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August 13, 2017

2017-08-13: Smoky Skies

Wildfires have been raging in British Columbia for the past two months, and while thankfully we have remained removed from the height of the chaos, we are definitely close enough to feel the effects. My city has been one of several hubs for people that have been evacuated from their homes due to the proximity of the fires, and depending on the wind and other atmospheric conditions, we have been on occasion inundated with smoke.

The past week has been smoky on and off and I’ve been photographing the intensely orange sunrises over the past few days; things turned quite eerie though yesterday afternoon, and this morning the smoke is so thick, I’ll be foregoing my normal walk around the neighbourhood. It’s rained on and off through the night, and it smells like a huge, washed out campfire outside at the moment.

Here are few images from the past week.

20170813_Smoke-4 — Sunrise yesterday morning while out walking.

20170813_Smoke-5 — A reflection of trees on my car, which was covered in a layer of fine ash.

20170813_Smoke-7 — Sunset is currently around 8:45pm. This was last night at 7:01pm. The sky began turning a strange yellow/grey/green colour around 2:00pm, and it just got creepier as the day wore on.

20170813_Smoke-8 — Sunrise through a layer of smoke on Wednesday.

20170813_Smoke-9 — This morning outside my home; the smoke hanging thickly amongst the trees. An hour later, it’s grown darker rather than brighter.

20170813_Smoke — Tuesday also provided a rather colourful sunrise through a layer of smoke.

February 12, 2017

2017-02-17: What I’ve seen this week

I had a call Friday around 5:30 from one of my neighbours, inviting me to come up to their house with my camera, as they had a moose in their backyard! I’ve seen moose a few times before but only for quick glances either while driving, or seeing them disappear into the bushes, so I headed up the road as quick as I could.

For a very large animal, moose are amazingly well camouflaged in and amongst the pines and other evergreens. It was growing dark quickly as well and the moon wasn’t up yet, so getting an awesome shot was out of the question. It was just so nice to be able to spend a bit of time watching the moose graze before it headed off towards the ravine.

I did see the moose again on my morning walk yesterday, but only briefly as it slipped deeper into the trees and completely disappeared within moments. Maybe someday I will be lucky and see one in the daytime and have enough time to get some decent photos.

Wishing you all a great day 🙂

This was the best I could capture (and this was the most exposed the moose ever got while I was there). 1/60 sec, f5.6, ISO 6400.

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January 22, 2017

2017-01-22: What I’ve seen this week

Actually, I guess this should be more appropriately titled What I Saw Last Week, as none of the photos are from the last 7 days. It’s typed now though and no point in wasting time changing it. On to the photos, and wishing everyone a great week ahead.

20170122_weeklyphotos-76-edit — Chickadees rarely sit still, so I am glad I managed to get a clear shot of this little one.

20170122_weeklyphotos-49-edit — A coyote made a visit to my yard one day; (s)he didn’t spend too long and I am grateful I looked out the window when I did to get these few photos.

20170122_weeklyphotos-44-edit — The coyote was very aware of me in the window snapping photos.

20170122_weeklyphotos-30-edit — What a difference the sunlight makes!

20170122_weeklyphotos-25-edit — A magpie spent a few minutes in the back yard, gathering food from the deer bucket.

20170122_weeklyphotos-8-edit — On my way back from town, I spotted this barred owl up the road; I quickly rushed home and grabbed my camera. The owl was very far back from the road, and didn’t stick around long.

20170122_weeklyphotos-24-edit — Now you see it, now you don’t. I only managed a couple minutes watching the owl (which was my first owl sighting of the year).

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January 8, 2017

2017-01-08: What I’ve seen this week

As I said in my Feel Good Friday post, this week has been great one for wildlife viewing around the house. The deer have been visiting in force, the flicker, grey jays, hairy woodpeckers, chickadees and magpies are around most days, and the rabbit has been by on more than one occasion.

The special visitor this week though was a gorgeous red fox, who I spotted two afternoons in a row. On both occasions, (s)he was hunting, the second day more successful than the first.

It’s such a joy to look out my office window while working and see all of this unfold!

Now, on to the photos 🙂

untitled-6 — I was absolutely blessed with such lovely light the first time I saw this fox in my yard. All day one photos 1/400sec, f5.6, ISO 500.

untitled-2 — So alert, stopping to listen every few moments.

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untitled-5 — I have a path cleared to get to the back of the yard from my shed, and that’s the way the fox took to head off on Tuesday.

untitled-10 — And then a couple of well aimed ounces and a bit of digging in the snow…

untitled-9 — Success! Some lunch, which the fox took to go.

December 27, 2016

2016 Year in Review #5

I decided to take a look back at my most “popular” posts of 2016 – going only by the number of post views; since many of them are from the earlier part of 2016, I’ll be sharing them again over the next few days, along with a new photo related to the the original post.

I hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane 🙂

Coming in at #5 is the post 2016-02-07: What I’ve seen this week. I was lucky to see a pair of eagles during my daytime walk back in February, under lovely blue skies.

The photo below was one that I originally dismissed, but looking at it again, I really like the triangles of light hitting the eye, beak and back, which tie together with all the triangles created with the mess of tree branches.

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December 18, 2016

2016-12-18: What I've seen this week

I managed to capture a few photos of some of the local wildlife this week. I hope you enjoy, and have a great Sunday.

20161218-weekly-photots-35-edit — I’ve been seeing this rabbit in the neighbourhood for months, and it makes me sad as it is definitely not one of the regular wild hares, but likely a pet that someone abandoned. During the bitterly cold snap we have been having, I make sure there is some of the feed we leave for the deer accessible for him/her.

20161218-weekly-photots-15-edit — Fluffed up against the -28C temperatures. This flicker spent the day back and forth between the suet feeder and places like this to rest.

20161218-weekly-photots-71-edit — Just like last winter, the deer bowl was empty, so split-ear raided the sunflower seeds I leave out for the birds. And, she’s teaching her young ones the same tricks!

20161218-weekly-photots-59-edit — Four deer were in the yard when it was time for me to fill feeders; they are quite comfortable with me and I knew they wouldn’t go far when I was outside, so I took my camera along and grabbed a few photos. Good thing it had warmed up enough that I only needed gloves on, not mittens. Operating a camera with mittens is just not functional.

20161218-weekly-photots-47-edit — Food fight!

20161218-weekly-photots-43-edit — Not quite the customer I had in mind for the sunflower seeds!

December 18, 2016

2016-12-18: What I’ve seen this week

I managed to capture a few photos of some of the local wildlife this week. I hope you enjoy, and have a great Sunday.

November 20, 2016

2016-11-20: What I've seen this week

It’s seems like such a long time since I have done one of these posts! I was planning to do one last week, but woke up Sunday morning to a computer meltdown instead – not quite how I was planning to spend my day.

I’ve got a bit of a mixed bag from the last two weeks… Fingers crossed I can get back into the routine of weekly photos again 🙂

Have a great week everyone!

20161120_what-ive-seen-this-week — I was very excited that the first time I’ve saw Bohemian Waxwings happened to be on a bright, sunny day.

20161120_what-ive-seen-this-week-2 — These were part of a larger group that were in my neighbourhood for a very short period of time. If I had left a few minutes later for my lunchtime walk, I would have missed them. 1/800 sec, f5.6, ISO 320

20161120_what-ive-seen-this-week-5 — This fox has become a fixture in the neighbourhood, but (s)he is very shy and scurries away as soon as Spencer and I get close. The weather has been to iffy to haul around my big lens, so zoom and cropping are my friends. 1/500 sec, f5.6, ISO 800

20161120_what-ive-seen-this-week-3 — For the Monday supermoon, I went on a field trip with my photo club. After a year and a half living here, it’s the first time I have been down to photograph the train bridge. All you can see of the moon is the light trail on the water. 0.4 sec, f4.0, ISO 2000 (Nikon D610)

20161120_what-ive-seen-this-week-4 — Same scene, different camera and a different interpretation. 0.3 sec, f3.1, ISO 1000 (Panasonic FZ1000)

October 23, 2016

2016-10-23: What I've seen this week

This time last weekend, there was snow on the ground and it was a soggy, rather miserable day. But on my afternoon walk, I spotted one of the deer families and managed to get a couple quick pictures. It’s wonderful to see that this mom has managed to keep the young ones safe, especially with the coyotes in the area.

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That’s all I have for this week, hopefully there will more photo opportunities in the week to come.

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday 🙂

August 29, 2016

2016-08-29: Black Bears

When I got home from my lunch time walk with Spencer, I spotted two black bear cubs on the lawn near the entrance I use. I quickly went in a different way so as not to disturb them, and grabbed my camera.

What a fantastic lunch hour!

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The low hanging feeder was emptied, but despite checking out the one up the tree, they didn’t bother with it (I wonder if that’s because those seeds were coated in cayenne pepper to keep the squirrels away?)

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One of the cubs was significantly smaller than the other, and at one point, they had a scrap in the yard, with a lot of snarling and growling.

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