Mammals and Rodents of Elk Island National Park
& the Blackfoot area.
This was a great day out seeing what Canada really has to offer in the great outdoors. There was an abundance of wildlife indicating a healthy local ecosystem.
All the shots below were taken over a five hour period on a single day on a guided trip by Wayne Millar of 'Birds and Back Country'.
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Bigger than a Bobcat and smaller than a Mountain Lion is one description of the Lynx, explained to me.
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This Lynx is being kept in captivity as one of a breeding pair. Both look comfortable and they have produced several offspring.
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A White Tail Deer showing it is alerted by having it's tail up.
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The Beaver can be seen feeding on some vegetation in the top photo.
Beaver diving under the water with a decent splash.
The Duck doesn't look too perturbed; could say 'like water of a ducks back'.
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A couple more shots of Mr Beaver.
In Canada, a 200mm lens with a 1.4X teleconverter was also used for many of the images.
A 300mm prime lens is the minimum size I would recommend for most wildlife photography, as the animals are often hard to get close to, or too dangerous to approach.
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The Beavers Home.
No joking, I thought this was a man made pile of rubbish, Doh!
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My only image of the wild Bison.
Didn't want to get too close so hope viewers can see an artistic side to this image.
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