gunflint
Loc: Rocky Mountain High, Colorado
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
Great set Dave! Though sad to hear that the red fox/cross fox has become more prevalent in that area. They actually will kill arctic foxes and are considered an invasive species in that area.
PS. We only saw the arctic fox (no red foxes) when we went 10 years ago.
gunflint
Loc: Rocky Mountain High, Colorado
ricardo00 wrote:
Great set Dave! Though sad to hear that the red fox/cross fox has become more prevalent in that area. They actually will kill arctic foxes and are considered an invasive species in that area.
PS. We only saw the arctic fox (no red foxes) when we went 10 years ago.
That's interesting, we hadn't heard that. Some of the red foxes were hanging out around town because people were feeding them, that's not good...
Enjoyed them all.
The second fox image was outstanding.
Thanks for sharing.
Charley Grimes, Indianapolis
gunflint wrote:
That's interesting, we hadn't heard that. Some of the red foxes were hanging out around town because people were feeding them, that's not good...
Yikes, people feeding the red foxes! Hard to understand that they aren't aware of this. There have been many photos documenting this including a prize winning photo a number of years ago. One such photo (not mine):
https://www.flickr.com/photos/bouviered/138020586 This is the story of the prize winning photo:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/wpy2015-1.3270298
gunflint
Loc: Rocky Mountain High, Colorado
Great story, thanks for sharing it!
Excellent set Dave. Quite an experience for you
I am going this Nov 2024. Thanks so much for a preview of what to expect. Great photos
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