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took these this morning before work, using my new lens to spy on a heron catching breakfast.
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and some from the other day - a black swan protecting its babies from a young ruffian.
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and yet more wow, your scenery is truly something.Antipatros wrote:The weekend just past is likely to be our second last camping trip before winter sets in. We were fortunate to have perfect weather: clear skies (apart from some forest fire smoke); high temperature each day in the mid-20s Celsius; overnight lows of 7C or 8C.
I had hoped to see the Clark's nutcracker, another member of the corvidae (ravens, crows, jays) family. No luck there; they're probably still at high elevation until the snow and cold sets in. (The same factors probably account for the absence of bighorn sheep sightings in the Sheep River valley.) We had frequent visits from the gray jay, a.k.a. whisky jack or camp robber, but that comes as no surprise, as they have almost no fear of people.
American robins were present in large numbers, perhaps already migrating south. And, of course, there were plenty of crows and ravens.
We did see one black bear, several mule deer (praising the Almighty for their safety in provincial parks during hunting season), and hordes of busy, busy squirrels.
We didn't see any rattlesnakes this time. I'm okay with that.
All of these scenes are in the Sheep River valley, within easy hiking distance of the Bluerock and Bluerock Equestrian campgrounds
its a male only colony, they hang out away from the females as lazily as they can and get as fat as possible before the next breeding season.Antipatros wrote:The big bloke basking in the sun has the right attitude: enjoy the sunshine and good weather while it's there.
thats cheatingFinally! At least the little blackguard literally works for peanuts.