I’ve had a couple of really delightful days with guests from California – discussing the implications of climate change policies, legislation, and tourism. These wonderful folks had spent a few days in Churchill, Manitoba viewing polar bears and decided to come down to Riding Mountain National Park for a couple of days of wildlife viewing and photography.
While we were skunked on moose in the more accessible locations of travel, we did have quite a photo session with a beautiful Great Gray Owl in the middle of a light snowfall.
As well, we spotted a fisher (infrequent sightings), and had a few minutes to observe and photograph a badger. A highlight was photographing snowflakes in the middle of a very thick snowfall and discovering some optical illusions reflected in the surface of water that were best captured with video. A morning sunlight session today with bison topped off a great couple of days.
One of the things that was wonderful about working with these guests is that they understood that wildlife are not predictable. They enjoyed the “zen of just being out there”, experiencing the landscape, the falling snow, bison behaviour, and the remarkable moments with the great gray owl, the fisher, and the badger.
Bison in morning sunlight
