This morning I decided to head over to Fort Whyte Alive and so that is what I did and arrived a few minutes after they opened at 9:00 am. I stopped on the road as I was driving in to get a photo of some of the Canada Geese and Sea Gulls at the edge of some open water. It is lovely to see open water again. 🙂
The Parking lot was almost empty, so I knew there weren’t many people in for a walk this morning. It was still pretty chilly after our couple of days of snow and cold, so that didn’t surprise me too much. I wandered around and did not see anyone other than 2 of the volunteers who were there to make sure everyone was happy and doing ok. The sun was shining and there was basically no wind.
All the photos will show a larger shot if you click on them. They just have to be resized to fit the pages here.
Goose leaving goose tracks 
Just a few Canada Geese.
Snowy Path 
Blue skies & tree tops 
Red Squirrel 
He let me walk right up to him
Tracks in the snow 
I put my foot in the photo to show the size.
Goose in charge at sod house
snowy trail 
More Canada Geese at the edge of water 
Canada Geese in the water 
Black-billed Magpie
Canada Geese and Gulls from the deck at Fort Whyte Alive 
A Dark-eyed Junco was outside the back entrance to building at Fort Whyte Alive.
When I talked to one of the volunteers while walking, I was given a general area to look for a Bald Eagle nest and since I have a good zoom on my camera, I might be able to see it. I followed the directions and although I didn’t see the Eagles or the nest, I took a couple of photos, and in the photos, I can see them. They are still at a great distance, but you should be able to see them in this photo too. Next time I will be able to zoom in more and get a better photo without having to crop as much.
This photo was cropped and re-sized quite a bit smaller.
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