Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Canadian Wilds area

This beautiful Snowy Owl lives in one of the two Aviaries in the Canadian Wilds area at the Calgary Zoo, along with the Great Gray Owls. I'm not sure if it is a female or a juvenile - both have this heavy brown barring on their feathers. I seem to remember being told that it is an injured bird (it arrived fairly recently), and it does appear to have only one eye. On the other hand, that's what I thought about one of last year's young ones, because every photo I took of it was with only one eye. Then suddenly, one day, I made a visit and all the owls in the small enclosure had two eyes. Thought I'd post a photo taken from the back view, as the feathers really are very beautiful. Actually, it had come running (a sight to behold!) to within just a few feet of me and stayed there for a while, nothing between it and me. How I LOVE this feeling! Yes, hopefully the Snowy Owls will appear just outside the city before too long - totally awesome to see in the wild.

I was standing maybe six feet away from this beautiful Snowy Owl (female or juvenile) in the Canadian Wilds area of the Calgary Zoo. It was sitting near the edge of a bank about five feet high, near the edge of the path through the aviary. At first, a slight hiss came from that partly open beak - obviously a little warning to not invade its territory. Then the owl became used to my presence. I took a pile of photos with my new Panasonic FZ18 camera, too, but found that when I use flash with it, images come out darker than with my Canon S3 IS. Consequently, the eyes were barely yellow from the FZ18, which I didn't like, so I'm posting a photo from my Canon.

I always wonder why these majestic animals have to have such a HUGE set of antlers that come way down over the nose. Must be one of the most annoying things for any living creature! Seen in the Canadian Wilds area at the Calgary Zoo a couple of days ago.

Jan - I thought of you the instant I looked this Mountain Sheep in the eyes!! There was this black heart standing out so clearly on its white nose. This family of Mountain Sheep live in the Canadian Wilds area of the Calgary Zoo.