Month: April 2022

Next Stop – Birds Hill Provincial Park

Posted in Activities, Bird's Hill Provincial Park, birds, canada, Hawk, life, Manitoba, Nature, pictures, snow, trees, walking, weather, Wildlife

From Lockport, it was a short drive to #59 highway and then I headed south to Birds Hill Provincial Park and then turned off and headed into the park. I was getting hungry by then and although I planned on walking before eating, I decided to stop and eat first. I figured my boots would… Continue reading Next Stop – Birds Hill Provincial Park

Starting the Day off with a Drive to Lockport

Posted in Activities, birds, canada, cormorant, duck, flight, Gull, life, lockport, Manitoba, Nature, pelican, pictures, River Road, trees, weather

This has been a very bad spring with two blizzard/snow storms. The flooding from those storms mean that driving anywhere was taking a chance of getting very wet and/or breaking an axle on your vehicle by hitting giant potholes (many of which were hidden in large water puddles. So – I stayed home. Another storm… Continue reading Starting the Day off with a Drive to Lockport

A Couple of Days

Posted in Activities, animals, Assiniboine Park, assiniboine park zoo, bear, birds, canada, churchill, critters, goat, life, Macy, Manitoba, Nature, owl, pictures, snake, snow, spring, Teddy, toucan, weather, Wildlife, Winnipeg, winter, zoo

Things have been a little crazy around here lately, but I figured it was time to post about some of the good stuff (which – of course – involves critters) as well as Assiniboine Park in the fresh snow. When I last wrote, I was staying with the adorable dogs – Teddy & Macy, and… Continue reading A Couple of Days

A Springtime Stroll at Fort Whyte Alive

Posted in Activities, animals, birds, bison, canada, critters, Eagle, Fort Whyte Alive, geese, goose, ice, life, Macy, Manitoba, Nature, Redpoll, snow, squirrel, Teddy, trees, walking, Waxwing, weather, Wildlife, Winnipeg, Woodpecker4 Comments

Right after Teddy, Macy and I had our morning walk, I decided to drive over to Fort Whyte Alive to have another walk. There is still a lot of snow and ice covering much of the trails and the lakes, but walking is ok. Every trail did have some gravel or sand showing and it… Continue reading A Springtime Stroll at Fort Whyte Alive