Sakwes Loc: Peace River, Alberta, Canada

These are some but not all of the animals that inhabit Alberta.
All photographed in the wild, by me.

There are still a few species I have not captured on camera, such as our Western Jumping Mouse. A critter that some call Kangaroo Mouse because they can jump several times their body length in one bound.

Others I have only blurry photos of. I'll try to post the best shots I have of each species.

We used to have a lot of Moose but numbers are way down in the north. The result of increased hunting pressure and an over abundant Wolf population.

(Download)

There are still good populations of Big Horn Sheep in the mountains along the western border of the province.

(Download)

And a healthy population of Pronghorn Antalope in the southern parts of the province.


We have both Black and Grizzly bears here in the north, and a high percentage of blacks are color phase bears, like this Chocolete Brown phase Balck Bear.


We have three species of rabbit, like ths Cottontail,


And this White Tailed Jack Rabbit.

(Download)

In the North of the province we have only Snowshoe Hare, like this one.

(Download)

We have a healthy population of Otter.

(Download)

And a low population of Fisher.

(Download)

There are Wolverine around, but there never has been a lot of them.

(Download)

13 Loc: I am only responsible to what I say..not what

Nice & fun shots!!

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

These are all great! I saw a wolverine in the mountains of Colorado several years ago. According to the Wildlife professionals I didn't, but I know what I saw and I saw the tracks in the snow. That was a life goal for me! And have seen lots of Moose in Alaska!

Architect1776 Loc: In my mind

Most excellent photos and even better no silly birds slipped in.
Thank you.

bcheary Loc: Jacksonville, FL

Excellent series.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

An excellent overview!

NMGal Loc: NE NM

Very, very nice.

fredtoo Loc: Houston

I really enjoyed seeing the wildlife photos of your area, and I believe you really enjoyed taking the shots.
Thank you for sharing.
fwt

Sakwes Loc: Peace River, Alberta, Canada

Some more of the critters that populate this province.

There are tons of Beaver around, to the point they inhabit every available water body, including farm ponds.

(Download)

And tons of gophers (Richardson's Ground Squirrel), in the southern half of the province.


We don't have ground squirrels in the north but we do have Chipmunks.

(Download)

And Red Squirrels, some call them Pine Squirrels. But no Gray Squirrels here.

(Download)

As everywhere else there are plenty of Coyote,

(Download)

As mentioned before we have an over population of Timber Wolves.

(Download)

Along with a healthy population of Red Fox, including Silver and Cross Fox color variations as posted before.

(Download)

And Mink. We also have Pine Martin but I only have trail cam photos of them which I wasn't able to locate tonight.

(Download)

There are also good numbers of Elk,

(Download)

As well as decent numbers of Mule Deer along with this rare albino individual.

(Download)

Sakwes Loc: Peace River, Alberta, Canada

LOL No silly birds!
Bite your tongue! LOL
Birds are awesome, so colorful and so busy!
They are my favorite kind of wildlife, but other types are cool in their own way.

Seriously though, birds are wildlife too. And all wild things are interesting to me. Including mushrooms and insects.

Sakwes Loc: Peace River, Alberta, Canada

I do enjoy sharing the photos more then taking them to be honest. :)

Sakwes Loc: Peace River, Alberta, Canada

I found the only Martin photo that I have.

This photo was captured by a game camera about two hundred yards from my house.
I see their tracks in my yard from time to time but they are very wary and good at staying hidden.

I also have photos of a Woodland Caribou that I was not able to locate.

And I don't have any photos of the smaller animals like Meadow Vole, Deer Mice, and Shrews even though there are lots around and I see them from time to time, just never when I'm holding a camera.

But I do have lots of photos of Whitetai Deer, they come through my yard almost every day.

There are Moutain Goats in the province, in the Mountains, go figure. But I've never seen one, anwhere.

I did have some photos of Weasle, take with film camera's years ago. I think they were lost when the house burned down.

Pine Martin close to my home.

(Download)

Whitetail Deer.

(Download)

There are also Woodland Bison in the province but I've only seen them in the NWT six hundred miles to the north, which is where I photographed this bug bull.

(Download)

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

Nice set.

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

Again, really nice photos. I have seen Woodland Bison/Buffalo in the Yukon. Bigger than the plains Buffalo in the States! They are huge!!