Wildlife
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My sharp-eyed son
… saw this on our morning drive today. It was a most co-operative young Hare, dressed almost in its winter finest.
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Its the light
There's been some pretty funky light lately. Six short weeks ago the sun was setting for the first time since May, and on Monday we'll see less of the sun than everyone south of us. By the time another six weeks go by, we won't be seeing it at all. This rapidly changing light, especially
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An Arctic Trifecta
I ventured out to Uluksan Point this afternoon, as pods of Narwhal are still hanging around in Adam's Sound. Everything was a long way off, but this photo contains 1) Narwhal; 2) A small flock of eider; and 3) and iceberg. As a bonus here is a slightly better photo of a Narwhal splashing in
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Seal watch
The weather this past weekend was golden. Calm, sunny and temperatures around 10C to 12C. It was what this summer should have aspired to be. We took advantage of it, berry picking, drives and hanging out outside. Late last week we discovered that a large iceberg that had been grounded out at Nuvua (one of
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Torpor
Last night, I sat marveling at the scene before me. Stretched out on a steep hill, lazily picking blueberries while Hilary sat beside me, eating the blueberries I was picking and nattering away incessantly. Below was Marcil Lake and beyond that Adam's Sound. There was barely a breath of wind, and in the late evening
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Exclusive: The House’s first Polar Bear photos.
No, a little to the left of where you're looking. Its pretty much right there in the centre of the frame. Yeah, that white smudge, that's it. Late last night we drove over to Victor Bay, as there had been a rumour that there was a Polar Bear in the vicinity. Shortly after we got
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Avinga
Avinga is Inuktitut for lemming, and it is also one of my son's names (after an elder not the rodent). Both happened to be out a Uluksan Point last night. We have two species of lemmings here, the Brown Lemming (Lemmus trimucronatus) and Greenland Collared Lemming (Dicrostonyx groenlandicus), and I'm not sure which species the
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Muskrat Susie, Muskrat Sam
When I first read the title of my friend Mike's (of 10,000 Birds) newest post – Montezuma Muskrat Love, I set myself up for disappointment. Not that the photos aren't great, or that I didn't learn something (I was pretty smug in my knowledge that America did Muskrat Love before The Captain and Tenille, but
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B’rer Hare and B’rer Fox
Although the House Hare has been about since the tail end of the dark season I've not seen it. Only its tracks. However today Travis came running from the Great Room saying it was there, and then ran to the back door, just in time to see it go by. I grabbed my camera and