It had been few months since I took my last picture of Castle Mtn, I was there few days back. Snow and ice is melting and slowly the water level is rising.
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Amar
Grizzly
How time flies, in 2006 I took my first picture of a mammal, a pair of least chipmunks. In 2010 I took my very first picture of a grizzly bear, I was taking pictures of waterfowls when an adult female grizzly came into view. After few pictures she was gone. Since then I have seen many grizzlies and taken many more pictures. I can still remember if it was just yesterday, taking that very first picture of a grizzly, being aware of my surrounding and being cautious as the beautiful bear let me share her space. That feeling was still there, heat beating little faster, when I took this picture of the first bear spotted up from deep sleep this year in Banff National Park.
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Amar
Mule Deer
For the members of the deer family, life will become easier in few weeks with snow melting and green grass to follow.
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Amar
Mount Bourgeau
Dead organic matter falls into the water and sinks to the bottom to the delight of the waiting bacteria. The hungry bacteria feeds on this matter, in turn releasing methane gas. Which floats upward, coming in contact with frozen water, forming the various frozen ice bubbles.
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Amar
Mount Rundle
March has been a rollercoaster of weather, winter to spring to winter and now we are having spring again. This picture was taken during the winter part of the month, all covered by snow again. But by end of that day, we were back into spring.
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Amar
Moose
On a cold morning this young female moose was busy getting few calories from the willow shrubs.
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Amar
Massive Range
Over the years I have taken many pictures while walking to and from work. Being addicted to nature photography, it`s hard not to carry a camera at all times, being ready when the opportunity arises. In this case it was in the morning and I was half way to work when I looked toward the Massive Range, about 15 Kilometers away from me. The peaks I see most morning were lit up with the first light and I only had few minutes before the low clouds above would block the light. More than enough time to get the picture and another reason to keep carrying my camera.
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Amar
Red Squirrel
It was just few days ago when it was and as well felt like winter, how things have changed so fast. It was during one of those winter days I came across this red squirrel perched on a branch and eating the seeds from a spruce cone.
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Amar
Mount Rundle
Picture taken few hours before warmer weather arrived to push away wintery march. The trees were still holding the snow before spring like weather took over and start changing the look of the valley.
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Amar
Three-toed Woodpecker
The Three-toed Woodpecker is the most often spotted woodpecker here in Banff National Park, found year around. Boreal forests and montane coniferous forests is their preferred habitat. Diet preference are insects, dominated by wood-boring beetle larvae, also happy to eat fruits and feed on tree sap. So the nest time you are in their habitat and hear a soft chipping sound, stop, locate the direction of the sound and step over to watch the woodpecker scale off flakes of bark to get at insects.
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Amar
Mount Rundle
There was a small spot where the water was open and calm, reflecting the top of Mount Rundle. Grabbed the picture and decided to turn the image into back and white, providing more drama in the sky.
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Amar
Cascade Mountain
I have been enjoying the winter and the way things are looking it's not going away too soon. Cooler weather with snow arrived in March, it's back to winter wonderland in Banff National Park.
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Amar
Elk
It was a cold morning when I came across four male elk, the other two are just outside the frame. It had been a very cold night, so as soon as the sunshine hit the valley, they moved into it. Every bit helps.
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Amar
Mount Rundle
It was late afternoon when I took this picture of Mount Rundle from the vermilion lakes. It was the different blues that attracted me to take the picture and the foreground ice on top of the wood helped make it a better picture.
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Amar
Moose
For moose winter is about suffering and overcoming that suffering. Moose can handle cold, their large body is made just for that. It's about the food or more accurately the lack of nutritious food. Twigs are the main part of their winter diet, nowhere close to providing the nutrients they get from eating leaves during the summer. Now add the challenge of moving through the deep snow to get at the twigs. So it's no wonder that moose lose weight each day during the winter. But at the end of this winter as end of all winters, most will live to see spring.
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Amar
Cascade to Rundle
When you live in the town of Banff and can't get away, beautiful sunrises are not far away. I was in between things and decided to take a break and watch the sunset from the town. I was standing on the frozen Bow River trying to come up with a interesting composition, front of me the sky was on fire. So I decided to capture as much of the view as possible. Took several pictures from left to right and then created this panorama of a beautiful sunrise.
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Amar
Coyote
I came across this coyote in the morning, just before I was seeing various tracks including of a coyote. Shortly after I came across this male who came out of the woods just ahead of me and kept moving front of me. I just happen to be going in the same direction, I kept my distance until he stopped. I stopped as well and watched him as he listened for a possible prey underneath the snow just front of him. In the end no food. he then started to move again, soon he was out of sight.
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Amar
Cascade Mountain
With nature you take what you get. I was expecting with the sun setting behind me to light up the top of Cascade Mountain. But nature had other plans, the low clouds behind me came into play. Blocking the light from hitting the peak but soon after the clouds above Cascade lit up. In the end I got my picture.
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Amar
Northern Shrike
This masked feathered friend goes by the name of Northern Shrike. Comes down to southern Canada and northern United Sates during the winter. It's a predator, feeding on birds, mammals and insects and also considered a songbird. Shrikes use their pecking skills to kill their prey and if the prey is too large to hold in their talons, they will impale them for easy eating or for snack at a later time.
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Amar
Moon over Massive Range
Few mornings back I was watching the moon as it made its way back of the Massive Range. The Massive mountain range all covered with fresh snow, creating a beautiful winter morning. There was more then enough light on the moon and still mostly clear of the clouds. And just before the moon disappeared behind the clouds, I took the picture.
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Amar
