A adult cinnamon black bear keeps his eyes on my as he enjoys his meal. There are stiff few places where the dandelions are left, but now the big focus is on shepherd (or better knows as buffaloberries} for the black and frizzly bears.
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Amar
This lamb like other offsprings don't get much time to relax, they are on their feet in less then 30 minutes of birth and need to be able to follow their mother within 24 hours. They have to learn to face the elements right away, there are few places which gives them any amount of protection in the wild. Only about 50 percent of the lamb will get through their first year, because of predation, starvation, accidents and disease. I remember two years ago a two month old lamb had to outrun a wolf, that time the lamb's wild instinct saved the day. Perhaps that lamb was part of the 50 percent that survived its first year.
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Amar
It's never too early to stretch, this less then month old elk calf bend its head back, taking a quick break from eating all that fresh grass. The mothers who had calfs have joined rest of the herd, it's still good to keep your distance from the wildlife, even with the elk calving season done for a another year.
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Amar
Bringing home the dinner, the male osprey bringing a fish to the nest. At this nest there are least two mouths to feed, the adult and at least one nestling that I have seen. There might be more nestlings, but I have yet to see them. As they get bigger it will be easier to tell how big the family is this year.
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Amar
A picture from the day I was out taking pictures of the various falls. I got to Sunwapta Falls later then I hoped, but the dark overcast sky helped out with long exposures. I'm looking forward to getting out there again.
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Amar
The days are long and there is always something to take pictures of, flora, fauna and landscapes are providing endless photography opportunities. There is time before work, after work and on days off the hardest part is deciding what not to take pictures of. Sometime I think it would have been lot easier if I just took pictures of mammals, or just birds, or just be into landscape photography. But it's hard to choose one from others, the challenge is fun and this way it's very rare returning home without any pictures. And most of all it's a great way to learn how all parts of nature are connected.
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Amar
I caught grizzly bear F148 rubbing her back on the same tree I had seen a black bear do the same thing few weeks before. There must be something special about this spruce tree, I might try rubbing on it myself.
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Amar
The summer is full on, the flowers are popping out everywhere from the bottom of the valley to the meadows high up. Here's a picture of a Columbine, spotted along a trail while spending some time on 93 North.
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Amar
There was still few hours of sunlight, but the view front of me was beautiful, just asking me to start taking its pictures. I thought then the images would look better in black and white, with the lit up Mount Rundle, clouds in the sky and the moon clearly visible. I was happy it worked out that way.
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Amar
I came across this red fox waiting for the vehicles to pass by before crossing the road, safety first. It had food in its mouth, perhaps snack for later or taking food back to hungry mouths.
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Amar
For nature photography after patience, I would put perseverance as something you need to get the picture. The day I got this picture of the coyote, I was leaving the town of Banff, where I could see a beautiful sunrise was about to occur, but I wanted to take a sunrise picture elsewhere. I got out of my car and started to walk to my location, I could see in the distance the beautiful sunrise I had left behind and as I now started to run to my location I was passing other opportunities to get other mountains in the morning glow. I was determined to get the picture with the mountain I had in mind that morning. I got there in time, but the clouds moved in and blocked the light I needed. I looked around for few minutes and decided it was too late for a sunrise picture in any direction, so I started to walk to my car. I came across few birds, just as I got my camera out they flew away. Few hours later I came across three coyotes, I started to take their pictures but an issue occurred with the memory card. I changed the card but the coyotes were gone from the area. I was not going to give up, knowing the direction they were headed I got ahead of them using a short cut and this time I got a picture.
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Amar
I was walking along the Bow River one morning, enjoying the walk, enjoying the sounds of the birds. Just then I heard the sound of a waterfowl, I looked toward the direction of the sound and up, there flying above the river was this juvenile Bald Eagle.
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Amar
I was out shooting landscape pictures while exploring 93 North. I started with the sunrise and then with dark clouds moving in, I was able to shoot various falls throughout the day. I shot Mistaya Falls before the weather changed.
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Amar
This coyote was wandering through the marsh/wet land area, seem to be searching for bird nests. Hoping to catch a bird or maybe get hold of some eggs. That morning it had no luck with eggs or birds, other then startling few water fowls.
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Amar
Johnston Canyon is one of the busier place in Banff NP, but being there early in the morning I had more for less the place to myself. I was out there to take pictures of the falls, here is the lower falls.
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Amar
The male Harlequin Duck is worth seeing up close, the markings on them are amazing. Perhaps only the males in the Wood Duck have more out standing marking, at least for the ducks we see in the mountains.
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Amar
I was out there 5 in the morning to take pictures of the sunrise and then for my main reason, to take pictures of Harlequin Ducks. There were several others taking pictures of the sunrise, but with lack of clouds and wind creating ripples, I decided it was best to locate the ducks. All together there were 8 harlequins, five males and three females. Being it was the mating season, the three males with mates were kept busy keeping the other two males away from the females. By the time the light was good for bird photography, rest of the photographer were gone, the ducks and I had the lake to ourselves. The kept me entertained, watching them diving for food and males chasing each other away. I was hoping the sun would soon hit the lake and provide warmth, when it did, I was not the only taking in the sun,
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Amar
This picture was taken last month of the wolf looking back while walking on an animal trail. He was exploring his pack's home range, which involves marking the territory and looking for food.
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Amar
I was out during the morning taking pictures of birds, all around me I could hear and or see various species. Most of the pictures I was getting were of small species, with the odd Raven, Magpie and Canada Goose being spotted in the distance. Then I saw a Great Blue Heron flying my way, I quickly I got the camera on it and started snapping. A fun morning.
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Amar
A black bear on the move, I don't always have a chance to get the get the picture of the animals facing the camera. So over time I have become used to getting pictures from different perspective. In this case this black bear was moving away from me along the side of the road, I wanted to make sure I got the picture just when one of its back paw was exposed.
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Amar
