One of our favourite activities on a summer evening is a drive along Highway 1A in Banff National Park.This scenic road parallels the Trans Canada Highway between Banff and Lake Louise, a much quieter and more interesting road. We always enjoy the scenery and sometimes, like today we see some wildlife. Today’s first encounter was…
Category: Wildlife
Life in the Wild
This blog is not about my pictures, it’s about a neighbourhood experience. This past Monday, we had a visitor to our neighbourhood, a black bear. We were not home, but our neighbour, Eleanor Benham spotted the intruder and snapped some great photographs. These pictures were taken in Eleanor’s back garden, just two doors down from…
The Owl and the Eagle
Our recent visit to Grouse Mountain in Vancouver included another interesting exhibition, “Birds in Motion”. A group called The Canadian Raptor Conservancy puts on daily demonstrations of birds of prey doing their thing, free flight. This group has a stable of raptors including hawks, falcons, bald eagles, golden eagles, owls and vultures. On the day…
Wiley Coyote
One of the best rules for photography in the Rockies is to be prepared to see wildlife at any time. It often pays to carry a camera equipped with a suitable lens to capture a random encounter with an animal. On a recent photo outing, I encountered a handsome looking coyote just begging to have…