Nature & Wildlife Thread

[MitchM]

I always wanted to go to BC Canada, and Alaska.

Years ago I helped a friend bring back a 28' fishing boat from Ketchikan, Alaska to Bellingham, Washington.
Beautiful scenery, wildlife and interesting native villages the whole way, along with 20' swells south of the Queen Charlotte Islands! (well, not quite seasickness..but close!)

 

[addy1]

You probably wouldn't recognize Banff today.
Lots of development.

It was like 40 years ago...............

 

[MitchM]

ok, then for sure you wouldn't recognize it!
Multi-million dollar "cabin/mansions" everywhere.

 

[addy1]

I remember some really neat statues in a park, think it was Banff, might have been Jasper. I need to find my photos.

 

[Mike in Vermont]

Years ago I helped a friend bring back a 28' fishing boat from Ketchikan, Alaska to Bellingham, Washington.
Beautiful scenery, wildlife and interesting native villages the whole way, along with 20' swells south of the Queen Charlotte Islands! (well, not quite seasickness..but close!)

Hm 20 foot swells? We will probably take the car.

 

[cas]

@MitchM I love the aerial view with the descriptions. Beautiful place where you live.
Interesting moose antler picture - and the next picture made me laugh.

 

[MitchM]

@MitchM I love the aerial view with the descriptions. Beautiful place where you live.
Interesting moose antler picture - and the next picture made me laugh.

I'm always very interested whenever I come across some animal droppings. It tells me who was there and about how long ago.
Some droppings I can't identify, so the trail cams help me with that.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

One of the turkeys is sleeping in the neighbor's tree tonight. I knew they slept in trees, but never knew they'd go up that high. This one is about 80ft off the ground!

 

[JBtheExplorer]

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Dragonfly in my native garden this morning.

 

[MitchM]

I found a website that has live wildlife webcams from around the world.

http://explore.org/live-cams/player/african-river-wildlife-camera

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[JBtheExplorer]

Had a bird drinking out of my birdbath earlier tonight. Last night, the female was over on my neighbor's roof, then I watched it fly up into a tree. That was the first time I've ever seen one fly, and it was pretty cool!

 

[JBtheExplorer]

White Blue-eyed Grass found on today's walk. First one I've seen this year.

 

[j.w]

My cat noticed this pretty butterfly first and I grabbed her fast and put her in the house. It stayed around for a long time going to all the lilac blooms. For all I know it's still out there flitting around on that one bush.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Yesterday, I had a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak at the feeder.

But the big surprise came today. I looked out the window and saw Four male Orioles, one female Oriole, and one female Grosbeak! Wow!