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The Hare and the Bobcat
Winter is now fully in charge. I bundle up and take my snowshoes along when I go wandering about these days. Breaking through the thin icy crust over knee deep snow makes travel a bit harder for me....
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Winter Beavers…and the Cougar
All seems quiet at the park lately. But the wildlife cams tell a different story. The beavers have been busy feeding kits, excavating and building. Their tracks, chewed sticks, chiseled stumps – and...
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Spring Beavers
Spring is here! And to celebrate, I am posting a video that shows beavers at Kokanee Creek Provincial Park eating and marking territory on their scent mound. I am still in pursuit of a good picture...
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Tom Turkey Finery
There is a flock of twenty-five or so Wild Turkeys on the trails above my home. They, along with the cougars, bears, coyotes, deer, elk and hares have made candid appearances on my wildlife cameras...
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The Wonderful Month of May
May: a month of incredible opportunities to see wildlife – and the abundance of wildlife near my home is amazing. So amazing that it is difficult to keep up with the wonderful videos recorded by my...
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Dawn Elk
I often see elk tracks in winter, but I do not often see the elk. The new green growth of spring draws them out in search of fresh forage and the herd often wanders near people. This herd of bulls...
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Spring Serenade: the Elk and the Wren
A bull elk ambles through a spring wood as a winter wren calls. A beautiful spring serenade.
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Dawn Cougar
A cougar at dawn The winter wren sings on all photos and videos copyright J.A. Siderius 2016. Visit me on http://www.sideriusphotos.ca to order photos.
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Wrestling Bear Cubs
“Kids”, and apparently bear cubs, of all ages know how to have fun. Two black bear cubs were “televising” their own wrestling matches in front of my trail cameras last week. From early in the morning...
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Hare!
This past week I saw a white snowshoe hare crouched among some dead leaves. The photo is deceiving – it looks like the hare’s white coat stood out brilliantly against the dead vegetation. But in...
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Elk on Parade!
I certainly found it tough slogging through the snow to collect this video, but the elk herd that walked by last week had no such trouble! Magnificent animals, aren’t they? all photos and videos...
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Cougar Tracks
Winter nights are long and dark – and home to mountain lions. But despite numerous cougar tracks in the snow, my trail cameras have managed to capture only the tip of a tail and a shadowy cougar shape...
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Singing, Diving and Dipping
Diving and swimming in frigid glacial water, singing throughout the winter and nesting beneath waterfalls – surely such a bird is worthy of note! But few are aware of the American Dipper. I have been...
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Turkey Trot
I have been waking up to the sound of gobbling wild turkey toms lately. I am not complaining about the early wake up calls though. Turkeys are beautiful (in a turkey-kind-of-way). Turkeys are also...
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Grizzly!
Grizzly Bear. Brown Bear. An ominivore (often referred to as a meat eater), endangered (or at least a species of concern in areas where they are still “common”) and seen as dangerous. No discussion...
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