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On my second drive to Alaska from Maryland and through Canada my friend Margaret, who lives near Saskatoon in Saskatchewan, was driving me around the area to see what birds were there. We came across a small herd of Mule Deer and this one in particular alerted to our presence. They didn't run off immediately but watched us for several minutes before slipping away. That same day I saw Mule Deer bounding off, and I mean bounding on all fours. I had never seen that before and it was a laugh out loud moment for me!
Taken 20 June 2017 in Saskatchewan, Canada.
I haven't posted for a while...I think I have forgotten what my camera looks like!!
I hope everyone is well.
Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
Perro de trineo en el centro invernal Valle Tierra Mayor, en las afueras de Ushuaia.
Observe their environment: By standing still, they can better survey the area to assess the threat and determine their next move.
Listen for sounds: This posture allows them to listen more intently to detect any further signs of danger.
Chipmunks seem to be always on the alert. With good reason, too. I've read that they have a relatively short life span due to having so many predators.
Styan's Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens refulgens) named "Honey" at the San Diego Zoo.
These are the original pandas. They were described by French zoologist Cuvier in 1825 > 40 years before the black-and-white bear was cataloged. Both live in the same bamboo forests of China. The Red Panda also lives in the mountains of Nepal, Bhutan, and India.
Over the years, the San Diego Zoo has had both subspecies of red panda. Honey is an example of Styan's red panda (Ailurus fulgens refulgens) that is somewhat larger and darker than the Western Red Panda.
Conservation Status: Endangered
"Firefox" is another name for Red Panda
This somewhat strange title refers to "Anne Elk's Theory on Brontosauruses", a monty python sketch (www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgxqkP5TZiw) that always crosses my mind when I see Anne Elck, ehhh I mean an elck.
Apart from that pleasant memory, this shot brings back pleasant memories as well. I took this one at the end of the day in Jasper NP (just before the rainbow shot, www.flickr.com/photos/115540984@N02/23770903984) close to Edith Lake. It was raining and I rightly had guessed there would be elcks at this spot. It was a rather big herd of ca 20-30 individuals (males, females and young) that were grazing peacefully all around me, while I was sitting in my car, not worrying too much about my presence, and sometimes passing my car only one meter away. That gave some focus problems again (having a200 mm lens), but the experience was just wonderful, enjoying it with only one other car around. I stood there for ca. an hour.
Despite the peacefulness of the scene in this picture you can see that elcks are are alert for danger, with ears up, and the nose sniffing for danger.
From 11 June till the 25th of July, I traveled in Canada. Starting in Brighton Ontario, where my sister lives at the border of an amazing part of lake Ontario, I flew to Vancouver, and Vancouver island where I took the boat at Port Hardy to take part 1 of the Inside passage, to Prince Rupert in BC. Two days later I took part 2 to Skagway in Alaska. When coming from Skagway Alaska, you can take the train to Carcross. it is a very scenic train ride that halts at Bennet lake.
And then to Whitehorse and further on by car to Kluane National park in the Yukon district. Whitehorse is situated at the border of the Yukon. From there I flew back to Vancouver, rented a car, and traveled three weeks in the BC- and Alberta Rockies, visiting the famous, and less famous Nature parks like Banff and Jasper. Last few days back to Brighton Ontario to enjoy lake Ontario once more, before going home. A picture of my itinerary can be found on Facebook (www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152940536581759&set...).
4000 pictures later, it is quite a task to show the right stuff, although the stunning scenery guarantees at least a few great shots to share. Objective will be to make a book (for myself mainly), and that might take a while.
I hope you will enjoy the impression of my travel, one that equals earlier journeys to Alaska and south America, this journey was the first in the digital era, and equally intensive because of all the hiking activities every day on and on. I loved every minute of it.
I was walking along a ridge in the woods when I felt I was being watched. I looked down to see this beauty staring at me. We looked at one another for a while before she decided to play it safe and run gracefully away.