This photo is cropped closely to give you a good look at the woodchuck’s paws.  Very hand-like with long claws for digging.  In a previous post of a woodchuck the colour was more grey-dark brown while this one is clearly more a rusty brown colour. Woodchucks are also known as groundhogs.  A very handsome woodchuck indeed!

Enjoy!

~Sharon

Beaudry Park is a small Provincial Park on the Manitoba prairie just west of Winnipeg. The Assiniboine River rambles through here and this is a great place to go walking in the summer or cross-country skiing in the winter. The park supports many varieties of birds and small mammals. Beaver and muskrats can be seen swimming in the river. It’s a nice place to go if you just want to get out of the city for a while as it is only about 10 minutes from the perimiter. Today is another cute critter, the Thirteen Striped Ground Squirrel. This little fellow was busy stuffing his cheeks with fresh grass but never far away from one of his escape routes. There were numerous holes in the ground. The first photo shows the striping on the back of the squirrel.

Below:  Ground Squirrel peeking out of burrow . . .  Was I still there ?

Enjoy !

~Sharon

You can find the page at the menu to the right in the “GALLERIES” section.

More Manitoba Wildflowers today. These photos were taken at Oak Hammock Marsh and Beaudry Park.
I plan on posting a complete page with all wildflowers sometime this fall. In this way, you will be able to see all the identified wildflowers in one section. In the meantime, if you click on “wildflowers” in the blog category section on the right it will bring up all the blogs to date with wildflower pictures.

Below: Blue Giant Hyssop

Below: Gallardia

Below: Common Evening Primrose

Enjoy!
~Sharon