Posts tagged with ‘alberta’ (6)
Posted by Kimberly Ryan
in Nature
on Monday, April 08, 2013
This great grey owl has become a frequent visitor to Jessica Yerxa's backyard in Grassland, Alberta.
When Jessica Yerxa grabbed her camera nearly three months ago to snap some photos of a great grey owl perched in a tree on her property in Grassland, Alberta, she had no way of knowing that it would mark the beginning of a very unlikely friendship.
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Posted by Andrew Lovesey
in Nature
on Thursday, March 14, 2013
Canada lynx, normally shy of humans, have been making appearances in Banff National Park this year. Click the image to view more photos of the lynx. Photo: Alex Taylor/Parks Canada
Though the lynx is often referred to as one of Canada’s most elusive creatures, a family that resides in Banff National Park is leading the public to think otherwise. Alex Taylor, a human-wildlife conflict specialist in Banff, Yoho and Kootenay national parks, was recently called out to Deer Lodge in the Lake Louise area when park visitors spotted the mother and her kitten yet again.
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Posted by Heather Yundt
in Mapping
on Thursday, March 07, 2013
The folk-country music legend Stompin' Tom Connors died yesterday at the age of 77.
The Canadian icon recorded 61 albums over his career, 10 of which, according to his website, have yet to be released.
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Prelude to Solar Maximum from InFocus Imagery Inc. on Vimeo.
Streams of green and pink light flicker across the Alberta sky in Edmonton-based photographer Zoltan Kenwell's latest work, Prelude to Solar Maximum.
Created from footage Kenwell collected over five months last year, the time-lapse video is a taste of what's to come during this year's solar maximum — an 11-year peak in solar activity.
For Kenwell, it means a busy year ahead. Kenwell plans to capture the vibrant aurora borealis displays with more time-lapse videos - even if that means regularly ...
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When dinosaur fossils survive the elements for millions of years, it’s outrageous to know that looters and vandals can destroy them in the span of a couple of hours.
Last week, a Hadrosaur dinosaur skeleton was smashed overnight in Peace Country, Alberta, the area’s fourth fossil crime in the past six weeks. The Hadrosaur, which was found on June 15 and partially prepared for display in the new Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum in northern Alberta, was discovered shattered on July 5, robbing ...
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