Mammals

Some recent photos of white tailed deer today.  These were taken in late October / early November and as I had hoped there were more bucks visible at this time of year.  It is rutting season and we need to be extra alert while driving in both the city (we have a large urban deer population in Winnipeg) and on the highways.  The deer run all over the place during the rut and many are killed in traffic.

Enjoy!

~Sharon

Mule deer are found in the Western portion of North America – the Rocky Mountain regions and get their name from their large “mule like” ears.  They are more grey in colour than their cousin the White Tailed Deer. The mule deer’s tail is black-tipped, whereas the whitetail’s is not. Mule deer forage and mate in the fall as do others in the deer family with fawns being born in the spring.   Humans and automobiles top the list of enemies but their natural enemies would be mountain lions, coyotes and also bears.  They are always alert and rely on speed to avoid harm.  These photos were taken in Alberta near Jasper.

Enjoy!

~Sharon

As a rule I do not use photographs of caged animals such as in a zoo but this year in Winnipeg at the Assiniboine Zoo we had a special event – two beautiful Siberian (Amur) Tiger Cubs were born.  A trip to the zoo was a must on a lovely fall day and I thoroughly enjoyed the antics of these two cubs who are known as Reka and Sarma.  They played, rolled around, chewed on and pestered their momma just like domestic kittens do and mother was so patient and gentle with them – just placing her large paw on their head to settle them down. I was surprised how big they were already.  They are simply adorable !   While at the zoo I took a few other photos and will post them in the near future and that will be it for  captive animal photos.

Enjoy!

~Sharon