Wildlife during a winter blizzard

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The snow started to fly on Friday and has kept falling through the weekend.  And, it’s cold!  I went touring west of Bragg Creek yesterday but saw very little – even when the sun came out for a couple of hours.  Today was a different story and I saw a couple of moose, some white-tailed deer and a small banditry of chickadees.

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Moose love the cold so I hoped to see them in one of their regular haunts.  I found this young bull grazing in the bushes.

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These chickadees, mostly black-capped with a couple of boreals, flitted around a fence line that’s long been fighting to hold back the bushes behind.  I’ve always liked watching these little birds – they move very quickly so it’s a nice challenge to photograph them.

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16 responses

  1. maui1

    These are very cool wildlife winter pictures.

    February 9, 2017 at 11:33 pm

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    February 9, 2017 at 8:39 pm

  3. Love the pics, especially the chickadee on the sill.

    February 7, 2017 at 9:55 am

  4. Reblogged this on clawingmywayin and commented:
    Snow and wildlife

    February 7, 2017 at 9:54 am

  5. Really like seeing the third photo with the moose in it’s environment, and the one of the Chickadee taking off.I am sure it is a good day for shooting if I can extricate myself from this warm blanket I am cozying under.

    February 7, 2017 at 9:53 am

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  7. I mean your fantastic photography not friends photography

    February 6, 2017 at 10:46 am

  8. Beautiful work Christopher I enjoy reading and seeing your friends photography very much. Thank you.

    February 6, 2017 at 10:46 am

  9. Kenny

    very pretty seeing the animals in the snow

    February 6, 2017 at 5:57 am

  10. Reblogged this on O LADO ESCURO DA LUA.

    February 6, 2017 at 12:19 am

  11. Nice Click.

    February 5, 2017 at 11:43 pm

  12. Blimey! These are fantastic

    February 5, 2017 at 11:30 pm

  13. Very lovely to see after a tough day. Thanks for sharing.

    February 5, 2017 at 11:12 pm

  14. Beautiful capture of the bird’s wings!

    February 5, 2017 at 9:20 pm

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