World of the Wild

In the wilds of northwest Canada the residents are large or small and comparatively rare. A suburban backyard may provide a bird-feeder, and a garden, and perhaps several cultivated fruit trees, but the boreal forest is a tough place to live and those who live there often have to frequently watch over their shoulder for predators.

A deer was seen through a cabin window. He looked around cautiously for danger between each mouthful of grass.

This Ruffed Grouse was one of several flushed from the forest floor. He/she stopped long enough on the high branch to ascertain the best escape route.

The ever anxious red squirrel is perhaps the most common forest mammal - typically busy storing pine cones and mushrooms for the long winter ahead.

These fine perch were previously in a school just a few metres off shore . . .

. . .. before being caught by the most ubuiquitous, adaptable, and feared of all the forest wildlife.

Although some creatures could not be coaxed from the woods long enough for a photo - observed creatures included a Moose, Bear, Bald Eagle, Osprey, Mink, Raven, and Canada Jay.

This small winged wasp remained still long enough for a photo - and to hint at the presence of a vast smaller world of creatures - too numerous to mention.



And a much larger winged creature - the grey speckled Time Traveller - is also a visitor to these distant wild lands.