"Out for a Stroll" are a pair of yearling Mule Deer among Balsam Leave Arrowroot. Mule deer are a fairly common site in the hills around Vernon, British Columbia.
"1 2 3 Fan" Rufous hummingbird showing tail feathers fully extended. Male Rufous can be quite entertaining when they see a rival or just for the joy of it. This species is quite common in the Southern parts of British Columbia, Canada.
What a delight it was to capture this downy woodpecker. It was busy opening the rosehip berries on this snow covered rosehip bush in the search for miniature bugs.
I guess there is a first for everything -> getting hissed on by a Great Basin Gopher snake (Pituophis catenifer deserticola) today which I nearly stepped on.
This female Red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) is romancing me from it's cattail perch. The background off Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium) makes this image a wall hanger.
World play on the "ducks in a row on this group of Western painted turtles.The Western painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) is the largest subspecies of painted turtle. I found those on one of my favorite ponds closed to Vernon, British Columbia, Canada.
The Northern Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma) is resident of the Interior of British Columbia and can be found in a number of locations. They are very hard to spot as they average only about 15.5-18 cm in length. They are a fierce hunter of rodents and birds, but also consume a wide variety of insects.
The two fledglings Great Horned Owlets (Bubo virginianus) where not to concerned with me being there. The magpie that eventually showed up pestering them they did not like and they flew into a nearby spruce tree.
The Great Grey Owl also known as Great Northern Ghost (Strix nebulosa) is rarely seen, as in inhabits dense coniferous forests. I was privilege to come across this one in one of my walks and it was hunting only about 30 meters away from me. What a privilege this was.
The back view of a female Rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) that had just visited the feeder. One can still see the glow of the moisture from the sweet treat on its slender beak.
By artists the background of this image would be defined as "Classical Master" resembling a cloth background often used in portrait photography. The Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) was curious and allowed me to capture an essential pose.
Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) can be found in the Southern Interior of British Columbia. Quietly watching you can hear there song through the Okanagan.
While not every ones favorite, the Western yellow-bellied racer (Coluber constrictor mormon) is sure a pretty snake. Juvenile have great colour variations while the adult snake is a uniform colour. I have experienced this snake to be very inquisitive.
The image "For Me" of a chipmunk eating breakfast is the 1st place winner in the 2020 SPCA Wildlife-in-Focus photography contest. More details can be found here: BC SPCA.
Such a magnificent creature is this Canadian timber wolf, a subspecies of the gray wolf. On a cold moon light winters night I got to hear a pack howl. The Siberian husky that I was walking just sat down and listening intently and shivering all over. What an experience. I have been privileged to see some in the wild, however no camera on hand.
Surveying his territory from the relatively secure snowy mount in the thorny bramble is this California quail. Making his distinct three syllables and sounds he was calling out a warning to the rest of the flock about the shutterbug invading his domain.
