Wildlife - Instagram Posts
Gallery updated regularly. Photo order does not reflect order of instagram posts.
A little hungry
Red squirrel loads up with tree bark which they use to both eat and as nesting.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
And so the exodus begins.
The Canada geese embark on their seasonal migration from Manitoba southward.
Published by the Canadian Geographic Magazine in their edition of "Ultimate Canadian Instagram Photos Vol. 3 in March, 2019.
Oak Hammock Marsh
Manitoba.
"Hi there Handsome!"
A young wood duck couple sharing an intimate afternoon together.
Kildonan Park
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Reposted by CBC Manitoba on Oct 16, 2018
Coming soon to pond near you!
A wood duckling pond cruising during a warm June midday.
Kildonan Park
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Hole Sweet Home
Female squirrel pops out briefly to see what all the noise is about as a Mr Squirrel races up and down the tree chirping.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Entering rough waters ... literally.
An American white pelican checking out the falls created by the Lockport dam on the Red River.
Lockport, Manitoba
Little duck, big attitude.
Mallard duckling with mama nearby.
Kildonan Park
Winnipeg, Manitoba
So hot today, even the water is sticky!
Posted during the summer when local city temperatures and humidities were considerably higher than seasonal averages.
St Vital Park Pond
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Show off!
Male wood duck rises up for a little stretch while pond cruising.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Now that's cooling off
Another hot summer day in the city.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
"I wuv winter"
An adorable red squirrel along the Red River sharing a couple of tender moments with me and my camera.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Vaping O'naturelle!
Capturing essentially ice fog as exhaled breath by this Manitoban bison during a sunny winter afternoon.
Assiniboine Park Zoo
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Reposted by CBC Manitoba on Dec 20, 2018
The precious warmth of a mother is like no other
Mother goose with her gosling on a local pond.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
"You knocked?"
Photo was also reposted by @CBCManitoba Nov 7, 2018 as well by @thewildlifebiologist on Jan 8, 2019.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
"Listen to the water, she's speaking to us"
At least that's what I imagined the mallard duckling was thinking when I took this photo.
Kildonan Park
Winnipeg, Manitoba
"CHEEEESE!"
Tip #1 for Better Holiday Portraits
- always be nice to your subject!
A usually friendlier Amur/Siberian Tiger @assiniboinepark zoo.
Assiniboine Park Zoo
Winnipeg, Manitoba
The smell of snowfall
Elk
Assiniboine Park Zoo
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Reposted by CBC Manitoba on Dec 5, 2018
One Flew ...East, West or over the Cuckoo's Nest?
This crow was actually flying north at the time!
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Up, up and away!
With the demeanour likening to that of an "Avenger Action" character, this magnificent American white pelican takes off from the Red River near the Lockport Dam in Manitoba.
Lockport, Manitoba
So shy!
Red squirrel
Kildonan Park
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Pooped posing
Grey Squirrel nearing the end of his patience and energy during the last of my photos that day.
Kildonan Park
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Butt Freezing Cold
In demeanour at least
Assiniboine Park
Winnipeg, Manitoba
"Happy Thanksgiving America!"
A great day to be a duck.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Taking off or landing?
American white pelican
Bunn's Creek Watershed
Winnipeg, Manirova
Helicopter parenting
A pair of Canadian goose parents hovering around their goslings last spring.
St Vital Park Pond
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Bottoms up!
Three American white pelicans fishing on the Red River.
Lockport, Manitoba
Doubly Adorable
Two sibling wood ducklings pond cruising.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
This ain't the Olympics
A Canada goose comes in for rougher than usual landing.
St Vital Park Pond
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Stop Staring
A surprised red squirrel caught off guard.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Duck out of water
Male wood duck finds his way back to the water on the footpath.
St Vital Park Pond
Winnipeg, Manitoba
A Yoga thing?
A Canada goose couple hanging out or rather standing out in the Red River.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
When you're smiling, the whole smiles with you!
Red Squirrel
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Happy Thanksgiving! I'm so glad I'm a duck this weekend!"
Celebrating Thanksgiving in Canada.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Crow Appreciation Day
aka Halloween.
One very large crow/raven at the summit of Tunnel Mountain.
Banff, AlbertaFrom Canadian Rockies
Cozy
A family of mallard ducklings tucked under mother during a sunny afternoon.
Kildonan Park
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Trail Panhandler or Pretty Poser?
One friendly chipmunk along the public trail to the top of Sulphur Mountain.
Banff, Alberta
Ducks in a row, literally.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Hey winter's coming, we gotta go!
The assumed dialogue between the two geese. Though often a fair amount of chatter does occur, the context isn't always clear between geese couples!
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Alpha Mallard
A family of young mallard ducklings taking in some midday sun.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
A "Pulp Fiction" movie moment?
An american white pelican on the Red River.
Lockport, Manitoba
Baby it's cold outside
One frosted cougar during the winter at a local city zoo.
Assiniboine Park Zoo
Winnipeg, Manitoba
West Coast Feel in Prairie Manitoba
A pair of American white pelicans landing in tandem on the Red River with a view of the Lockport Dam Falls in the background.
Lockport, Manitoba
Wrong Crowd!
Drink and socialize responsibly this New Year's Eve.
Kildonan Park
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Kinda sunny all of a sudden
An american white pelican on the Bunn's Creek watershed.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Lovely launch!
A male wood duck gently takes off for the near bank of a local pond.
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Winter Wonder
Grey wolf
Assiniboine Park Zoo
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Head ups, coming in!
American white pelican approaches land seemingly always near or on top of other pelicans.
Lockport, Manitoba