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While I was trying to keep the Burrowing Owl in focus, it was focused on its next snack - probably a cricket. All the owls were feeding heavily on crickets that day, by Jiminy!
This young owl has acquired most of its adult plumage - I think it's in the late stages of the first full moult - and was working on its flying and hunting skills during the several sessions I spent observing and photographing, in August.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2025 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
A wooden KOI that I sculpted from a piece of pine board. I liked the way it looked on the chain link fence in front of my water garden.
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With lightning reflexes, the Eastern Kingbird is about to snap a green bottle fly out of the air. I didn't even see the fly when I snapped this shot; I was reacting to the sudden movement of the bird's head.
Usually this species leaves its branch to snatch flying insects on the wing. Not often does their prey come to them.
Tomorrow, some prairie skies. It's been a while, as wildlife takes centre stage whenever I come home with decent shots. But I do love the big skies here...
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2025 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
Playa El Morro, Tomé
Región del Biobío
Chile
A great view of El Morro beach, one that can only be had from the top of the cemetery.
We were out in the park at dawn, in thick valley bottom fog. It was, in fact, too thick... so we drove up a hill to a lookout point with sweeping views, and that was high enough. While the fog rolled along the river, George rolled video, and I got on a roll shooting stills. We were all rolling.
George Tsougrianis is a Swift Current based cinematographer whose film, Wild Prairie Man, was a finalist at the Cannes Film Festival back in 2022. He continues to work at a variety of nature-and-wildlife related projects in Grasslands National Park and other locations. The aforementioned documentary WPM is currently in the hands of a German distributor and may not be available in North America for the next year or so, until the contract expires. The latest? "We're big in Poland," says George.
Everything passes, of course. Four of us had supper last night, and much of the conversation revolved around how to make a living - or stay afloat - as an artist in a society that really doesn't value art. Friend Madonna concluded the exchange by observing that when rich folks get together they often talk about art; when artists get together, they often talk about money.
But money can't be the driving motivation for an artist. That isn't why we do it.
This morning, it's still pitch black at 5:45 a.m. George will be here in half an hour. We'll head out to the park again. I have no goals or expectations other than to be in "receptive mode" and to follow the light, which is the best guide. After that, what happens, happens.
Photographed in Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission © 2025 James R. Page - all rights reserved.