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In Europe, they are called reindeer. In North America, the name reindeer is used when referring to Eurasian populations and the name caribou to refer to wild populations in North America.
Nostalgie 2010, c'était mon grand souhait d'y retourner en décembre mais la pandémie à mis fin à mon voeu.
Nostalgie 2010, c'était mon grand souhait d'y retourner en décembre mais la pandémie à mis fin à mon voeu.
A young doe carefully watches my progression as I attempt to get closer. She took off shortly after this picture and rejoined her small herd...Shot about 20kms east of Deer Lake, NL.
Un de mes rêves s'est réalisé cet été. Une merveilleuse rencontre avec un Caribou de la Gaspésie. Pas facile la montée, mais cela valait la peine. Merci à mon cher Ismael pour m'accompagner et me permettre de vivre cette aventure !
Taken in Nunavut in the Southern Arctic, Canada. These animals were migrating south through this area so we did see several. Usually they were looking straight at us because they had never seen people before and didn't know what we were. Caught this one in a side pose.
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"Give me the clear blue sky above my head, and the green turf beneath my feet, a winding road before me..."
- Henry Hazlitt
The Caribou Trail (County Road 4, and yes, there once were Caribou in Minnesota) runs from Highway 61 in Lutsen, Minnesota for a little over 17 miles into the Superior National Forest, ending at "The Grade" (USFS Road 170). Note that Google Maps still calls "The Grade" USFS Road 153 at this spot, but it was renumbered years ago).
Caribou Trail is a gorgeous road that is half and half paved and dirt. It intersects with several other gorgeous forest roads with fishing lakes and campsites along the way. It is one of several roads-named-trails that run up into the forest from Lake Superior.
"The Grade" at the end of the Trail is a major USFS road that connects you to dozens of National Forest Campgrounds and lakes. The trailhead for Eagle Mountain (the highest point in Minnesota) is also on "The Grade" and is very close to where the Caribou intersects.
I took so many pictures of these caribou because it was such a treat to be able to see them in the wild. They were migrating through this area and sometimes came closer to check out what we were because they had never seen people before. Taken in the Southern Arctic in Nunavut, Canada.
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This is the animal I most associate with Alaska, and I'd really love someday to go and see the really big herds, with their tens of thousands of animals. Barren ground caribou, Denali National Park, Alaska.
The Royal Canadian Navy Orca Class training vessel Caribou 57 at anchor off Royal Bay with the the Olympic Mountains of Washington State making for a nice backdrop.
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Hiding behind a snow mound clicking away with the camera, a cow caribou stares in my direction. These two caribou were part of a herd of about 500 that were traversing Eagle Summit. It was a warm spring day and was nice to be able to photograph without shivering.
Every year as Christmas approaches, we see caribou in our area. Maybe we should give Santa a call to let him know that some of his reindeer are on the loose. I know he is going to need them in just six more days.
Photographed on a morning with light fog in Kenai National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.
Third installment in the virtual Alaska safari.
Emerging from the dense forest, a caribou made eye contact with me as she stepped into a clearing in our backyard.
Taken April 7th, shortly after this picture I broke my knee in a snowmobile accident. After bouncing around on the back of a qamutik for an hour, I was medivaced to Ottawa for surgery.
I only have the use of one leg for the next few weeks, very frustrating, when I'm normally quite active.
It was late in the day when I came across a bull caribou laying down on the tundra. At first, thought maybe he was sick or injured until I got closer and realized he was just napping. His antlers, blood red from shedding the velvet off, shown in the evening light. I stopped about 30 yard from him to take some photos, probably could have gotten closer, but did not want to startle him or change his behavior in any way. Spent about ten minutes with him before I bid him adieu.
Le "renne" est appelé "caribou" au Canada. C'est la même espèce. Il existe toutefois des sous-espèces dont le "caribou des bois" qui est menacé. C'est pourquoi, je privilégie "caribou", aucune espèce représentée à travers ces sculptures n'est nommée mais l'auteur est sensible aux menaces qui pèsent sur "le Vivant".
"Les hôtes du logis", de Victoria KLOTZ
Les Extatiques 2022
"Seine du vivant"
La Seine Musicale
Ile Seguin, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine
Actually a "caribou crossing" is anywhere they want it to be. So be on your toes when driving in Alaska, as they tend to pop out of the forest, and totally ignore any and all drivers.
I shot this scene a couple of hours ago while driving into Glennallen. Mount Drum can be seen looming overhead in the distance.
She and several others in her small band were migrating in a mostly southward direction, heading for their herd's spring calving grounds. This one has but one spindly antler, probably having lost the other very recently.
Caribou make an audible and distinctive 'clicking' sound when they walk, caused by a tendon slipping over bones in their feet.
A herd of more than 150 caribou graze on the arctic tundra in the Putuligayuk River area, seen from around 1,400 feet through the window of a 9-seat puddle-jumper between Nuiqsut and Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.
Here is the other model from the Halloween picture prior to her transformation. Caribou, also known as reindeer, are the only deer where the females also have antlers. That's probably handy in rejecting unwanted suitors. Shot handheld from inside the tour bus. Denali National Park, Alaska, USA, August 2016
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Le "renne" est appelé "caribou" au Canada. C'est la même espèce. Il existe toutefois des sous-espèces dont le "caribou des bois" qui est menacé. C'est pourquoi, je privilégie "caribou", aucune espèce représentée à travers ces sculptures n'est nommée mais l'auteur est sensible aux menaces qui pèsent sur "le Vivant".
"Les hôtes du logis", de Victoria KLOTZ
Les Extatiques 2022
"Seine du vivant"
La Seine Musicale
Ile Seguin, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine
Caribou Creek is surrounded by a steep climb and decent on both sides. Doc found a place to pull off under a bridge, and I hopped out to capture this image. Where I stood, Dall sheep were playing and foraging earlier in the week.
When you live in rural Alaska - it is almost like living in a humongous zoo. You never know what kind of wildlife will pop out of the forest.