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Taken just above the trail bridge at the base of McGillivary Falls just before the snow started to fall.
I don't actually know the people in the boat, but it made for a good shot. Another of the same sunset at Falcon Lake, Manitoba.
semblance - the outward appearance or apparent form of something, esp. when the reality is different
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On a recent camping trip we stopped for a night at West Hawk Lake in Manitoba, one of the campgrounds in Whiteshell Provincial Park. My wife was taking photos of a deer when it began to walk toward her. She became nervous and moved away. A few minutes later this is what we saw.
April 2012
This immature Bald Eagle was perched atop a tree overlooking a field... likely looking for an easy meal...
According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology... Adult Bald Eagles have white heads and tails with dark brown bodies and wings. Their legs and bills are bright yellow. Immature birds have mostly dark heads and tails; their brown wings and bodies are mottled with white in varying amounts. Young birds attain adult plumage in about five years.
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400mm - ISO 400 -F5.6 - 1/5000th.
October 2011
This Bald Eagle took flight just as I was about to take a few pictures... I was able to get this one shot as he took flight.
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So unfortunately I don't have time this week to do a pre-thought MM photo. I decided to use one of the photos I took this weekend. Why is this luscious? Because of this. That's what the forest floor looks like, this is a macro-view of it. Awesomely awesome!
Added to MM theme: Luscious.
HMM everyone!
is seriously stupid. They have momentum...however unlike the Mr. who took his off I was determined.
We found ourselves out at pine point rapids again yesterday so this seemed like a great place for a jump!! The dog however did not. :)
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Black-backed Woodpecker
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Black-backed Woodpecker
The Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus) also known as the Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker inhabiting the forests of North America. It is a medium sized woodpecker (23 cm long).
The plumage of adults is black on the head, back, wings and rump. They are white from the throat to the belly; the flanks are white with black bars. Their tail is black with white outer feathers. There is an element of sexual dimorphism in the plumage, with the adult male possessing a yellow cap. Unlike all other woodpeckers except the related American and Eurasian Three-toed Woodpeckers, this species has three-toed feet.
Their breeding habitat is boreal forest across Canada, Alaska and the north-western United States. In particular the species is a burnt-forest specialist, feeding on the outbreaks of wood-boring beetles that feed on recently burnt trees. The most important wood boring beetles taken are in the families Cerambycidae and Buprestidae, along with engraver beetles and Mountain pine beetle. Most food is obtained by pecking, a smaller proportion is obtained by gleaning off branches. Black-backed Woodpecker are generally non-migratory but historically have undertaken intermittent irruptions.
Nest excavation occurs in April and May; a fresh nest is drilled each year into the sapwood of dead trees. Abandoned nests are used by other species of bird to nest in. The female lays 3 or 4 eggs, and incubation duties are shared between both parents, although the male alone incubates during the night. Upon hatching the altricial chicks are brooded until the nestling phase. Both parents feed the chicks, which take about 24 days to fledge.
The call note of the Black-backed Woodpecker is a single, sharp pik, and is lower pitched than the call of the American Three-toed Woodpecker.
Super friendly bird found in the Whiteshell. It usually doesn't take much convincing to get them to take peanuts from your hand - in fact as soon as they see us there they are waiting in the trees looking at us through the windows!
April 2011
This Woodchuck was spotted beside the road in the Whiteshell Provincial Park... when I got out of the vehicle to take a few pictures he ran over into the tall grasses that were along the side of a creek... suddenly he popped up to take a look and here is the shot that I was rewarded with...
Immediately after he turned and jumped in the water and swam to the other side of the creek and ran up the bank on the other side, out of sight... who knew they could swim???
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First time down at the cottage with my Digital SLR. Decided it was a fine evening to go take some photos. So I went for a drive to capture a little piece of the beauty in the most beautiful part of our province, the Whiteshell Provincial Park.