Category: critters

Riding Mountain National Park – day 2, part 3

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I had to take one more drive before bedtime and it turned out to be a mostly Black Bear drive. For some variety I drove up to get a photo of the walking man tree. It is north of Moon Lake.

Riding Mountain National Park – day 2, part 2

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After lunch I headed back out again – going into Wasagaming with a plan on walking out on the dock at Clear Lake. I didn’t even reach the highway when I saw this doe. She was looking and calling – you can see her mouth open on the last photo. I suspect she was looking… Continue reading Riding Mountain National Park – day 2, part 2

Riding Mountain National Park – day 2, part 1

Posted in Activities, animals, bear, birds, canada, critters, Manitoba, Moon, Nature, pictures, Riding Mountain National Park, travel, trees, vacation, Wildlife

I set off early looking for a sunrise. It was a cloudy morning, but you never know what might happen. I got a few interesting morning sky photos from various locations anyway. 🙂 Next I found a cooperative bird, but don’t know what he is and hard to look anything up with the slow and… Continue reading Riding Mountain National Park – day 2, part 1

Riding Mountain National Park – June 9, continued

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After checking into my beautiful deluxe room at Elkhorn Resort, I headed downstairs and outside to visit the horses at the stables. I talked to one of the employees, asking about the extra horses they had compared to other visits. She told me that they often board horses over the winter but due to COVID-19,… Continue reading Riding Mountain National Park – June 9, continued

Riding Mountain National Park is Open

Posted in Activities, animals, bear, birds, canada, critters, dragonflies, ducks, hawk, Manitoba, Nature, pictures, Riding Mountain National Park, travel, trees, Wildlife, Winnipeg2 Comments

Right after the Federal Government here announced that Riding Mountain National Park was opening – the Elkhorn Resort put their rooms on sale. All rooms for the same price – so I quickly picked a deluxe suite and booked 3 nights. I had packed my suitcase the night before I was leaving an had everything… Continue reading Riding Mountain National Park is Open

Back to the Zoo

Posted in Activities, animals, Assiniboine Park, assiniboine park zoo, birds, critters, eagle, Fort Whyte Alive, geese, Manitoba, Nature, pictures, walking, Wildlife, Winnipeg, zoo

Things are very slowly starting to return to normal. The big thing (for me) is that the Assiniboine Park Zoo has opened. Normally, I volunteer there about 3-4 times a week, and I have really missed it. The zoo opened to the public on Wednesday May 13th, but on Tuesday the 12th, we had a… Continue reading Back to the Zoo

Keeping Safe

Posted in Activities, Africa, Africam, animals, apartment, assiniboine park zoo, Baking, birds, cat, critters, home, life, Nature, owl, pictures, Wildlife, zoo4 Comments

Covid-19 is not the first pandemic that has threatened this world – but it is the current one. There was no internet for the other big ones though, and this has been a method of spreading the information (both true and untrue information) quickly for this pandemic. So – how are you doing? I have… Continue reading Keeping Safe

Dogs/Cats/House Sitting

Posted in Activities, animals, cat, critters, dog, dog walking, dogs, Harry, Leo, pets, pictures, Sunny, Timmy, walking, Winnipeg6 Comments

For the last couple of weeks, I have been staying with my buddies Sunny, Leo, Harry & Timmy in their home, while their mom is away on vacation. You have met these boys before, but I have (of course) taken a few more photos of our time together. Many of my facebook friends have seen… Continue reading Dogs/Cats/House Sitting

Looking for an Owl

Posted in Activities, animals, Assiniboine Park, assiniboine park zoo, bear, birds, critters, dog, dog walking, dogs, eagle, garden, Leo, Manitoba, Nature, owl, pictures, Sunny, trees, walking, Wildlife, Winnipeg, zoo2 Comments

After walking the dogs this morning, I headed to the English Garden beside the Zoo at Assiniboine Park. Several people have been seeing a Barred Owl there and I wanted to see and photograph it also. I couldn’t find him though – even with the help of a friend who had seen him more than… Continue reading Looking for an Owl

Bears will be Bears

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The Polar Bears at the Assiniboine Park Zoo were having lots of fun yesterday. The 2 main participants in this wrestling match are Storm and York and then Willow makes an appearance at the end as she very slowly slid down the hill towards them. I could have stayed and watched them much longer, but… Continue reading Bears will be Bears