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  Look at this gorgeous bull! #photography #wildlife #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #VancouverIslandWildlife

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  When I held the seashell to my ear, I could hear the sea. 🌊 #photography #nature #SeasOfMastodon #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada

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  Sometimes you look for big furry things to photograph and you end up taking the photo of a cute little mouse in the forest. That was me last week. #photography #WildlifeWednesday #VancouverIslandWildlife #BritishColumbia #Canada

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  For #FungiFriday I have this bright fungus photographed this summer in the woods on Denman Island, British Columbia. #photography #nature #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada

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  The wild west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. #photography #nature #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #travel

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  #SilentSunday #photography #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada

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  The weekend is almost here, it's time to go play outside. 🍂 #photography #nature #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada

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  Logging took the trees that bears called home. The Haida Nation is building them new dens: https://cheknews.ca/logging-took-the-trees-that-bears-called-home-the-haida-nation-is-building-them-new-dens-1352366/ #bears #logging #forestry #HaidaNation #BritishColumbia

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  Fog season has started on Vancouver Island. I am happy. #photography #nature #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #LandscapePhotography

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  Bears are just too cool. This one was waiting for salmon to come a bit closer. #photography #nature #bears #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #VancouverIslandWildlife #Canada

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  Two Vancouver Island marmots (one pup and one yearling) playing in the mountains on Vancouver Island. Lots of theatrics and some friendly wrestling but nobody got hurt. They were just having fun and it was fun to watch! Photo taken years ago. #photography #nature #marmot #VancouverIslandWildlife #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada

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  Black bear and her cub looking for salmon in a river on Vancouver Island last week. #photography #nature #bears #wildlife #VancouverIslandWildlife #BritishColumbia #Canada

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  Western sandpiper foraging at low tide last week on Vancouver Island. I love sandpipers, they are interesting to photograph as I have to anticipate which way they're going and they move fast, stop, run, stop... #photography #nature #birds #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #VancouverIslandWildlife #Canada

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  Today I played hide-and-seek with black bears and I also photographed and filmed a herd of elk (wapiti) and that was my goal for today so I am very happy. Rut season has started. The bull I saw has a large harem and an impressive set of antlers. I then visited another of my secret spots for elk where I saw large scratches on a tree left by a bull. I could smell elk urine as well, it is distinctive. Vegetation was thick and visibility limited so I left for safety reasons.

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  Black bear cubs waiting for their mum while she is catching salmon. There was a lot of communication between the cubs and between the cubs and their mum. Verbal and also tactile. I enjoyed watching their interactions, I just wish I could understand. #photography #nature #wildlife #bears #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #VancouverIslandWildlife

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  Black bear sow looking at her two cubs. Photo taken earlier this week. She is a good mother and experienced. In a previous post, I mentioned that she might be the matriarch in the clan based on my observations of the past years. Here's more info about matrilinear hierarchy in black bears in North America: https://kilhambearcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Matrilinear-Hierarchy-of-black-bears.pdf #photography #nature #wildlife #bears #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #Vancouver...

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  Autumn is here, cooler nights, shorter days. Soon the Vancouver Island marmot will go into hibernation. This adult marmot was enjoying the last days of summer. Photo taken a few years ago. #photography #nature #marmots #VancouverIslandWildlife #VancouverIslandMarmot #BritishColumbia #Canada

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  #SilentSunday #photography #VancouverIslandWildlife

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  After catching a salmon in a river, bears walk to the forest to eat it. They eat the fatty parts of the fish such as the brain, skin and eggs. The rest of the fish feeds birds, insects, invertebrates, and trees. #photography #nature #wildlife #bears #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #VancouverIslandWildlife

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  Spot the bear! #photography #nature #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #VancouverIslandWildlife

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  We interrupt your regular program for a photo of a flying dinosaur on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. #photography #nature #birds #VancouverIslandWildlife #wildlife #Canada

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  A fawn sticks its tongue out at me as I catch it with its mother, eating the last of the blackberries. #photography #nature #WildlifeWednesday #VancouverIslandWildlife #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada

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  This gorgeous chunky black bear just spotted a delicious salmon. At this time of year, bears consume up to 20,000 calories per day. It is called hyperphagia. I can only hope to eat that much! 😆 #photography #nature #bears #VancouverIslandWildlife #BritishColumbia #Canada #wildlife

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  Mama Grizzly in a field of wildflowers on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Isn't she beautiful? #photography #nature #wildlife #VancouverIslandWildlife #Canada

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  Egg Yolk Jellyfish haunting the Pacific Ocean near Vancouver Island. #photography #nature #VancouverIslandWildlife #BritishColumbia #Canada #jellyfish

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  Mrs. and Mr. Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) on an early morning stroll at a marsh. Spotted during a recent photo tour. We heard their call first so we approached very slowly and quietly. #photography #nature #birds #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #VancouverIslandWildlife

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  I am a quiet and calm wildlife photographer. I move slowly. I pause often. I feel, smell and listen to nature around me. Sometimes wildlife gets close because they trust me or they are just curious. Recently a family of Black-tailed deer, 2 females and their fawns, walked towards me and then around me while foraging. They were so close that I could have touched them. I didn't. I remained still. Here's one of the fawns. #photography #wildlife #nature #VancouverIslandWildlife #Vancouver...

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  How many elk in this photo? #photography #nature #wildlife #VancouverIslandWildlife

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  When someone steals your lunch... #photography #wildlife #nature #marmots #VancouverIslandWildlife #BritishColumbia #Canada

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  Here's a Vancouver Island marmot pup to start your week. Young animals are curious and sometimes they get closer to the camera to the delight of photographers. Note that I used a telephoto lens for this photo of a wild marmot in a subalpine meadow on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. #photography #nature #wildlife #VancouverIslandWildlife #marmots