Last October we travelled to Churchill, Manitoba for 5 days to try for polar bears. The first 4 days gave us terrible weather with constant 40-50mph winds, blowing snow, and of course cold temps. What bears were around were not moving and we saw a few but very far away, at least for my camera gear. We did have some nice encounters with Red Fox and what they call Cross Fox (a color variation of the red fox). One curled up Arctic Fox, a few Ptarmigan, and Arctic Hares were also seen. The very last day the wind was at a more manageable level and the sun was partially out! Driving around we finally had a nice encounter with a Polar Bear walking up the coast line. It really was beautiful.

So these are some of the photos from our trip...

Dave

A wet day-37F at our yard, breezy and dreary! All of the birds in this set are Wet! Along with the photographer and his weary, arthritic bones...

Noted the Varied Thrush bouncing through the woods out front so I grabbed my Z9 with 600pF attached and tried a few shots. Low-light-ISOs above 9000- and just gloomy. Perhaps this Is a great setting for vampire movies...

With most of the broad-leaf cover gone, the birds must move in the rain between trees where something to eat may be found. Little cover except near to tree trunks and some find heath we have on our property sheltering. Few leaves=easier to see them as they move through the trees. No robins yet-thrush often move together.

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Another of Australia's favourite birds.
A large white cockatoo with a spectacular plumed yellow crest and dark bill. In flight it often misses a wing-beat with short glides between regular flaps on broad wings. Often erects its crest immediately upon landing. Occurs in a wide variety of woodland habitats, including parks and gardens. Calls include extremely loud harsh screeches lacking any musical quality whatsoever. Despite this, they make wonderful pets and can talk and mimic sounds as well.