Wildlife – Page 71 – Jennifer Sawicky Photography

February 7, 2016

2016-02-07: What I’ve seen this week

It was quite an exciting week for photos this week! Given the continued icy conditions on my road, I’ve been driving a short distance away to one of the main roads to walk Spencer. Tuesday morning, there were a huge group of ravens and magpies surrounding a ravine, so I stopped the car to see what had happened. During the night, the local coyote pack took down a deer, and the birds were tucking into the leftovers (evening at 9am, maybe only 1/4 of the deer remained.

We set off again at lunch for another walk, and this time the ravens and magpies were absent; while walking I figured out why – a beautiful bald eagle was watching over the area. I grabbed a few shots and he or she flew off through the field, and I carried on with my walk. On the drive home, I spotted the eagle again and grabbed a few more shots through the open window of the car, before realizing that there were two eagles in the area. I followed one to the end of the cul de sac, and was lucky enough to be able to get a few more shots in before it was time to get home and get back to work.

Fingers crossed this coming week brings more wonderful photo opportunities.

Have a great week!

20160207_What I've seen this week — On Monday afternoon I spent a bit more time with the northern hawk owl. It was late afternoon and snowing lightly, and he chose the top of the tallest tree possible to perch. This was the best of the few shots I got.

20160207_What I've seen this week-2 — First spot of the eagle; this was only the second time I have seen eagles in my neighbourhood. The first time was a fleeting glimpse far too quick for me to capture.

20160207_What I've seen this week-3 — The deer carcass was at the base of this hill. The previous day, the snow was untouched; there certainly was a large amount of activity that went on in the night.

20160207_What I've seen this week-4 — I stopped the car, put on the four way flashers, and took a few photos (I live in a really quiet area so it’s not a safety issue).

20160207_What I've seen this week-6 — This is the second of the eagles I saw. I don’t know of the distinguishing features between sexes, so I don’t know if I saw two males, two females or one of each.

20160207_What I've seen this week-7 — I couldn’t have asked for better light. Midday sun up north in the winter comes in at a pretty gentle angle.

20160207_What I've seen this week-5 — The branch shadows are a bit unfortunately, but at least the body positioning leaves the stunning yellow eye exposed.

20160207_What I've seen this week-9 — Up and away. I did briefly see the pair when I returned home, circling high up, reminding me of the vultures in southern Africa.

20160207_What I've seen this week-10 — What more could you ask for on a Tuesday lunch break?

20160207_What I've seen this week-8 — I always love the opportunity to capture birds in flight. 1/1600sec, f5.6, ISO 180

February 3, 2016

2016-02-03: Wordless Wednesday

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February 1, 2016

2016-02-01: Monochrome Monday

I wanted to do something a bit different for this monochrome Monday, so I edited this photo in a very stylized manner, hoping to be reminiscent of a painting.

Let me know what you think.

Happy Monday!

20160201_Monochrome Monday — A northern hawk owl

Prince George, BC, January 2016

January 27, 2016

2016-01-27: Wordless Wednesday

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January 26, 2016

2016-01-26: WPC Optimistic

I am optimistic that all of these beautiful creatures will have the opportunity to live out their lives in the way nature intended, without the influence of poacher’s or trophy hunter’s bullets. That is my hope, and if like minded people continue to join together, perhaps it will happen in my lifetime.

20160126_WPC Optimistic-3 — A leopard with one of her young, as they worked to reunite with the second cup (gratefully we were able to witness the reunion).
Ngala Game Reserve, May 2015

20160126_WPC Optimistic-4 — Part of an elephant parade on route to a waterhole for an early evening drink.
Sabi Sands, May 2015

WPC: Optimistic

January 20, 2016

2016-01-20: Wordless Wednesday

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January 18, 2016

2016-01-18: Monochrome Monday

As it turns out, I didn’t end up liking a single photo I took last week, so instead, I edited one from the archives that I was looking at over the weekend.

January 17, 2016

2016-01-18: What I’m sharing this week

I’ve modified the title a bit this week, since I’ll be honest, I’ve really not been out with my camera very much, and the few photos I do have, I think would be better for tomorrow’s Monochrome Monday post.

So instead, I thought I would share a sample of a project I worked on in November and December for a Christmas gift – a custom colouring book. It was a really fun project to do, and was very popular with the recipient as well.

I’ve included a few pages as a PDF available to download, if you are interested in printing them out and having a relaxing time with some coloured pencils. It’s my first attempt at making a PDF available for download, so fingers crossed I’ve done it right (It should be an easy control click or right click and select download linked file).

That’s all for today, I hope you enjoy, and have a lovely evening.

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