Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: interestingness#312

After a three-hour walk (which includes lots of stops to look at birds!), I had just left the parking lot at Sikome, Fish Creek Park, when I spotted a Deer on the hillside across from Hull's Wood. Pulled over to take a few photos and then noticed that this handsome buck had emerged from some trees. All my birding friends had already left the area, so I suspect I was the only person to see him, which is too bad. Taken on 29 November 2012 at Hull's Wood, Fish Creek Park. Another grey day today with freezing fog, with all the trees covered in whte snow/frost. Beautiful to see, but wish the sun would come out. It's -11C (12F) with windchill of -18C (0F). Ha, I need to find time to look for a few brightly coloured photos from my archives, to post in between all these white shots! This is our world, though - WHITE! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-tailed_deer

This is NOT one of "my" owlets, though a friend has seen one of "mine" out of the nest and on a nearby branch. Today, when I went down to check, I found both owlets back in the nest, LOL. The owl in this photo was seen yesterday on a drive with a friend to the Frank Lake area. A second owlet could be seen up on the nest. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this gorgeous ball of fluff!