Elk Island Sunset

I slipped back through Elk Island earlier this week with winter shooting in mind.  We had just come out of a minus 30 deep freeze and minus 10 felt pretty good.  Obviously, a group of snowshoers had felt the same way as I found these tracks leading out onto Astotin Lake, around the island and back.  I wandered around shooting snow drifts, snowshow hare tracks and waited for the sunset while listening to the coyotes howling back and forth across the lake.  A beautiful end to what had been a busy day on the road.

Snowy Owls coming back south

  
The snowy owls have made their return to the south.   I spotted 5 last week from the Yellowhead highway between Vermillion and Lloydminster.  This top one looks like a juvenile as it still has it's flocked vest on.  The adults are just a fluffy white.

Evening flight....