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I am a retired marketing and business development professional living the good life in the Kootenays of British Columbia. Wild life abounds here and I aim to catch as much of it with my camera as I can.
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More About youth
Like the loons, other waterfowl gradually morph into adults. The Pied-billed Grebes are wonderful to follow over the summer months. Once again we have a bird with seemingly wild plumage while young. But when you see them in their natural… Read More ›
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A Time for New Beginnings
One of the marvellous things about living here is the opportunity to see the young of so many species develop over the spring and summer. By fall most of them are ready to depart for their winter places. Over the… Read More ›
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The Right way to fish
As I have mentioned before, I have a bucket list of sights I would like to capture. Sometimes, I have caught something but it hasn’t turned out when I get back home. But on the way I was really excited…. Read More ›
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Don’t try this at home
As I showed you in a previous post, one of the birds that calls the valley its summer home is the common merganser. Don’t worry I won’t do my rant about ‘common’ again. The shots I displayed were of the… Read More ›
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Bear! Where? There!
So now the saga continues with our bears this fall. I promised a close up shot of the big bear showing his (?) claws. This isn’t to say that the other grizzly have skimpy claws. Isn’t that a beautiful bear?!… Read More ›
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Bears, bears, everywhere!
Well, not exactly. As you have heard already in past posts, the grizzly were very late this fall. But they did eventually show up. And we were fortunate to see six in a couple of days! There were more seen… Read More ›
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More Feathered Friends
Continuing on the topic of birds who like salmon, the common merganser loves them too! But first let me say I am not in favour of the naming protocol for anything that starts with ‘common’. This is a lovely bird… Read More ›
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Our Family of Griz
One of the big questions for this fall’s griz watch is whether or not the family of three will be here. The mother and two cubs have been around for at least two years and possibly they will have split… Read More ›
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Birds of a feather
The bears aren’t the only creatures around here with a vested interest in the salmon. The eagles gather each fall to hunt Kokanee. Our gathering isn’t as large as some but last year in one afternoon I counted 84 along… Read More ›
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Waiting for the bears
It’s that time of the year when we go bear crazy around here – grizzly bear to be exact. However, this year they are slow in coming down from the mountain meadows. The huckleberry harvest was fantastic. Great if you… Read More ›
