Busy as beavers or is it busy beavers??? 🦫 For full story & more photos, please click link below: www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2026/10... #beaver #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography #Mammal #🦊 @briggsalexa.bsky.social @cpawssab.bsky.social

A large bobcat, over 24 inches at the shoulder. Thought he was looking for prey but may have been scenting a female. For full story & photos, click link below: www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2026/10... #bobcat @briggsalexa.bsky.social @goingwild.bsky.social #wildlifephotography #naturephotography

"Stay for just a while, Stay & let me look at you" - September Morn (Neil Diamond). For full story & photos, please click below: www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2026/10... #coyote @briggsalexa.bsky.social @thefurbearers.bsky.social @projectcoyote.bsky.social #wildlife #canislatrans #canid #September

Everyone's talking about how the Alberta referendum will be all about *turnout*. But how, exactly, would different turnout rates among separation supporters vs. stay-in-Canada supporters affect the outcome? I built a tool where you can play with the numbers and see for yourself:

The smaller side can win a referendum — or at least make it close

A side that's behind in the polls can still win if the other side stays home. Try it with the Alberta separation vote.

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Some junior flyers need to work on their flight protocols. For full story & photos, please click link below: www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2026/8/... #ospreys #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #flying #flightprotocols @briggsalexa.bsky.social @goingwild.bsky.social #flying

A wildlife "Game of Thrones". Not the outcome you would expect. For full story & photos, click link below: www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2026/8/... @briggsalexa.bsky.social #greatblueheron #cormorant #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #yyc

A dead fir tree makes for a great Watch Tower for an immature Black-Crowned Night Heron. For full story & photos, please click link below: www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2026/8/... #heron #blackcrownednightheron #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #naturephotography @briggsalexa.bsky.social #yyc

No - the sky's not falling! For full story & photos, click link below: www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2026/8/... #greatblueheron #heron #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #nature @briggsalexa.bsky.social @naturecanada.bsky.social #yyc #Alberta

Beaver mother going for groceries for youngsters at home. 🦫 For full story & photos, click link below: www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2026/7/... #beaver #wildlifephotography #naturephotography @thefurbearers.bsky.social @briggsalexa.bsky.social #wildlife #nature #groceryshopping #Alberta

It's a jungle out there! Or so it must seem to a small mink. August 2026 #wildlife #wildlifphotography #nature #naturephotography #mustelid #Mammal #Alberta #yyc @briggsalexa.bsky.social

Night time before sunset. Perhaps there should be a re-visit of this heron's name. Removing the "night" part?? 😂 www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2026/7/... #blackcrownednightheron #heron @briggsalexa.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography

Even Nature loves Pikas & has given this one a "like". There's a heart shaped lichen on the rock, right of the Pika. For full story & photos, click link below: www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2026/7/... #pika @briggsalexa.bsky.social #rockymountains #kananaskas #wildlife @thefurbearers.bsky.social

Believe the judges would have awarded a 10/10 for this jump in the Mink Olympics! For full story & photos, click link below: www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2026/7/... #mink #mustelid @mustelidmay.bsky.social @briggsalexa.bsky.social #Olympics #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wildlife

Smile for the camera! 😀 For full story & more photos, click link below: www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2026/7/... #sheep #rockymountainsheep #RockyMountains #Kananaskis @briggsalexa.bsky.social #wildlife #wildlifephotography #Alberta #nature #naturephotography #Mammal #🦊

Pika-boo! For full story & more photos, click link below: www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2026/7/... #pika #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature #naturephotography @ripfriattfro.bsky.social @briggsalexa.bsky.social #rockymountains #kananaskis @fisherspeaks.bsky.social @goingwild.bsky.social

Somewhere over the Rainbow! Osprey with Rainbow Trout. For full story & photos, click link below: www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2026/7/... #osprey #birdofprey @briggsalexa.bsky.social @goingwild.bsky.social #trout #BowRiver #Alberta #fishhawk @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #yyc #rainbowtrout

Ospreys are amazing flyers but didn't know "paragliding" was in their tool box too. 🙂 For full story & photos, please click link below: www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2026/6/... #osprey #birdofprey #paragliding @briggsalexa.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #Alberta #fishhawk

Makes a sound like a horse whinny, walks like a chicken & has alien feet - The Sora. For full story & photos, click link below: www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2026/6/... #sora #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography @fisherspeaks.bsky.social @briggsalexa.bsky.social #birds #yyc

Bet you can't do this! Yep - definitely no fish or anything for that matter in that bill. For full story & photos, please click link below: www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2026/6/... #americanwhitepelican #pelican @briggsalexa.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social #birdphotography #wildlife

The Great Blue Wild courtesy of a Great Blue Heron. For full story & photos, click link below: www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2026/6/... #greatlblueheron #heron #NaturePhotographyDay #birdphotography @briggsalexa.bsky.social #wildlifephotography @birdscanada.bsky.social @cpawssab.bsky.social #yyc

Ants beware if you hear knocking at your door! 🐜 For full story & photos, click link below: www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2026/5/... #woodpecker #pileatedwoodpecker #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #nature #wildlife @briggsalexa.bsky.social #birds @goingwild.bsky.social

A mink having a spa day! For full story & photos, click link below: www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2026/5/... #mink #mustelid @briggsalexa.bsky.social @mustelidmay.bsky.social #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #spa #wildlife #nature @ripfriattfro.bsky.social #🦊#Alberta #yyc

It's a "Night Stand" or more accurately a Black-Crowned Night Heron standing. For full story & photos, click link below: www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2026/5/... #nightheron #blackcrownednightheron #heron #birdphotography #wildlifephotography @briggsalexa.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social

Probably the largest mink I've seen so far, with the scarring showing his age & experience. For full story & photos, please click link below: www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2026/5/... #mink #mustelid @briggsalexa.bsky.social @ripfriattfro.bsky.social #🦊 #wildlifephotography #naturephotography

Someone else is changing their Winter wardrobe for Spring attire, including a new set of antler buds. 🫎 For full story & photos, click link below: www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2026/5/... #moose #twigeater @briggsalexa.bsky.social #wildlifephotography #naturephotography @cpawssab.bsky.social

There's nothing quite like a bird on the "catwalk". For full story & more photos, click link below: www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2026/5/... #pheasant #ringneckedpheasant @briggsalexa.bsky.social #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #catwalk #nature #wildlife #yyc #Spring

It's a bit of a "Mona Lisa" smile for Red-Necked Grebes 🙂 For full story & photos, please click link below: www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2026/5/... #grebe #redneckedgrebe #birdphotography #wildlifephotography @goingwild.bsky.social @briggsalexa.bsky.social #Alberta #wetlands #naturephotography

Are "we" looking a little tired??? 🦅 Potentially it will only get busier when eggs are laid & hatched! For full story & photos, click link below: www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2026/4/... #eagle #baldeagle @briggsalexa.bsky.social #wildlifephotography #birdphotography @birdscanada.bsky.social #yyc

Catching air or defying gravity?? A young coyote on her way home. For full story & photos, click link below: www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2026/4/... #coyote #canid #songdog @briggsalexa.bsky.social @projectcoyote.bsky.social #canislatrans #tinydancer #wildlifephotography @ripfriattfro.bsky.social

Faster than a camera can usually focus. But there are those moments. For full story & photos, please click link below: www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2026/4/... #mink #mustelid @briggsalexa.bsky.social @thefurbearers.bsky.social #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #Alberta #spring #yyc