Frozen moment

A White tailed deer freezes for a moment (in that it stood still, but it was also a cold day) in a neighbours yard. Sturgeon County

Browsing moose

A bull moose sans antlers browses the dog wood shrubbery on the banks of the Sturgeon River on a cool (-20 C) February morning. Sturgeon County.

Cool Owl

A Great Horned Owl looking quite a bit frosty on a -30C morning with a -40C wind chill. Sturgeon County

Snowy on snow on ice

A Snowy Owl watches and waits patiently for a opportunity to snatch a muskrat that is feeding through a hole in the ice on the partially thawed Sturgeon River during the evening blue hour. St Albert.

The food chain

A crayfish finds itself at the bottom the food chain, the muskrat doesn't know that it is not at the top...yet, as snowy owls lurk over the Sturgeon River during a mid-January thaw. St Albert.

Hunting the hunter

A snowy owl patiently watches a muskrat fishing in the partially thawed sturgeon River in late January. St Albert

Prey

A muskrat on a fishing hole in the Sturgeon River during a late January thaw, seemingly oblivious to a snowy owl silently watching from the bank. St Albert.

Northern Shrike

Observing us from a lofty perch above the frozen Sturgeon River. Sturgeon County.

Squirrel shot of the week

How many squirrel shots are too many...never when they are this cute! Sturgeon County

White-tailed Deer

These deer popped out of the trees close to where we were standing and literally having a discussion with another well known local and accomplished photographer about not seeing any deer around though there are lots of tracks. Unfortunately the "other's" camera was packed away in his vehicle and I got the shot! Sturgeon County, although this field is in the proposed St Albert annexation area.

Industrial Leap

Unfortunately the industrialization of rural Alberta means that wildlife photography can sometimes have very ugly and cluttered backgrounds, even more than "photo-shopping" can handle. Sturgeon County in the proposed St Albert annexation lands.

The drift

Snow on he banks of the Sturgeon River on a snowy day. Sturgeon County.

Winter Solitude

A solitary fiddle head fern pokes above the snow near St Albert.

A splash of colour

Winter in Alberta can be a very muted experience colour-wise, lots of whites, greys, browns, blacks...but with an occasional Mountain Ash Tree to brighten up the place, taken in Sturgeon County during perfect golden light in the hour before sunset.

Winter view

A moose cow and her calf browse the bank of the Sturgeon River just after sunrise in January. Sturgeon County

Urban view

A snowy owl on its perch above the busy traffic on Ray Gibbon Drive. Soon to be harassed and chased off by an OWG with a point and shoot. St Albert.

The Prize

A Snowy Owl lifts off from a field in St Albert where it had snagged a vole to eat and clutched it firmly in its talon. It had spotted the vole while sitting on its lofty perch above Ray Gibbon Drive.

A 'snowy" field

A Snowy owl in a field in St Albert, it had just dove from it's perch about 300 m away from here

Muskrat for New Year's

A muskrat sitting on the partially frozen Sturgeon River in St Albert....in January!

Snowy scene

Xmas day snowfall in Sturgeon County.

Running for it

A White-tailed deer running off on the frozen Sturgeon River. Sturgeon County.

Moose for Christmas

A young bull moose near the Sturgeon River on Christmas Day

I know, another squirrel photo but....

..................................................................the darn critters are so cute!