Recent Posts Tagged With 'wildlife'

• Renovating the Squirrel Condo

  Posted on Monday November 16th, 2009 at 09:37 in photos, weather, Nature, wildlife, yukon-alaska stuff, northern lifestyle

  If you’re a squirrel, a sheltered woodpile no doubt looks like a great place spend the winter. There are lots of places to nest in complete safety and relative warmth. But squirrels don’t seem to know what woodpiles are created for –...

• Bye-bye, Cruisers!

  Posted on Thursday September 24th, 2009 at 10:06 in travel, photos, people, weather, Nature, cruises, wildlife, yukon-alaska stuff

  I try to get down to Skagway to see the last ships each year, and yesterday turned out to be an excellent one. Lousy weather (as expected), excellent day. I always wonder whether people know the kind of weather to expect when they book these very lat...

• Moose-ing Around

  Posted on Wednesday September 23rd, 2009 at 22:46 in photos, wildlife, yukon-alaska stuff

  It’s that time of year when moose mate. Today I got incredibly lucky and witnessed part of a mating dance at Tutshi Lake. I first saw this bull on the sand bar at the south end of the lake, at the mouth of the Tutshi River. He was just a speck ...

• Heading Down the Alaska Highway

  Posted on Thursday May 7th, 2009 at 23:57 in travel, photos, wildlife

  I’m currently in a hotel at Mile 300 of the Alaska Highway (Fort Nelson, BC). I had hoped to reach Fort St. John but got slowed down by seeing about a million animals up close today - bears, moose, caribou, Rocky Mountain sheep, bison, even a b...

• 2009 Biodiversity Forum

  Posted on Friday March 27th, 2009 at 08:15 in events, Nature, wildlife, yukon-alaska stuff

  The Biodiversity Working Group is pleased to present the 2009 Biodiversity Forum in Whitehorse on Saturday, April 4th from 9 AM - 4 PM. We have over a dozen speakers lined up to give short, 15 minute talks in plain language on a variety of Yukon pla...

• Lynx Make My Day

  Posted on Wednesday February 18th, 2009 at 11:15 in travel, Nature, wildlife, yukon-alaska stuff

  I enjoy seeing any wildlife when I’m out cruising, but spending time with lynx is an absolutely magical experience. My buddy Rob and I went down to Skagway yesterday for a day photo of photography, and on the way home we saw 3 lynx along Tutshi...

• The Moose Tonight

  Posted on Friday January 9th, 2009 at 20:52 in wildlife, yukon-alaska stuff

  The bull moose was gone when we got up this morning, but returned while I was in town picking Cathy up from work. This photo was shot at 6:35 in almost total darkness (the sun set almost 2½ hours ago) - 300mm lens, ISO 1600 and a 13-second expos...

• A Peek at our Moose!

  Posted on Thursday January 8th, 2009 at 20:00 in photos, wildlife, yukon-alaska stuff

  We have a young bull moose bedded down less than 100 feet from our bedroom window right now. He looks pretty cozy (or as cozy as you can be at 40 below zero) and I hope to see him in the morning light. The shot below was taken in near-dark with a 300...

• Moose Alert

  Posted on Friday December 26th, 2008 at 08:57 in wildlife, yukon-alaska stuff

  For the past week, we’ve had 2 moose coming through the property on their rounds, and on Christmas Eve they bedded down for the night less than 100 feet from our bedroom window. We haven’t seen them yet, but the next-door neighbour says i...

• Safety in Polar Bear Country

  Posted on Tuesday November 25th, 2008 at 13:55 in travel, arctic, wildlife, yukon-alaska stuff

  A couple of weeks ago, I received some information from Parks Canada about safety around polar bears. Many years ago I saw a polar bear while I was flying along the Beaufort Sea coast west of Tuktoyaktuk, and ever since have been determined to some d...