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I never get bored of watching animals eat, especially in the wild. They have to go and look for their food, and when they find it, we are watching them enjoy their reward in a very…

This vibrant orange and yellow bird is called a Taveta Golden Weaver. This one is at the Calgary Zoo and originates from southeastern Kenya and northeastern Tanzania. They are name…

I think Lego is something that manages to fascinate and captivate people of all ages. You can literally build anything with it and I find it has this addictive quality to it where …

Beyond all the cosplay shots that I spend my time chasing down at the Calgary Comic Expo, there is a wide range of pop culture, displays, vendors, and oddities. I like the visual a…

Lemurs are interesting little animals to watch; they seem pretty playful and are all over the place, so it can be tricky to catch them sitting still when they are in this mood. The…

A member of the Corvidae family, the magpie is one of the more intelligent birds around. It is also one of the few nonmammalian species to recognize itself in a mirror. They are ca…

This jackrabbit was just relaxing, enjoying some shade on a hot day. A few feet outside my patio window, in perfect range for me to get really close up. I tried to vary my angle a …

Somehow this ladybug found its way inside; I thought it must have found a seam or a crack in my screen door that I couldn't see. It was crawling along slowly and changed directions…

In the butterfly enclosure at the Calgary Zoo, you can see every stage of the lifecycle of these majestic little creatures. Caterpillars will crawl around the leaves, munching them…

This pink flamingo at the Calgary zoo was one of many. As I watched this bird dip its head in and out of the water, I liked the way the reflections rippled. I have learned that it …

Here is a collection of some photography from the 2025 Parade of Wonders in downtown Calgary. It happened back at the end of April, featuring hundreds and hundreds of cosplayers ma…

I found looking up at this statue created a neat effect with the sun shining overhead. The star points of the sun were the result of shooting with a smaller aperture. As I looked u…

I always feel a certain magic when the comic expo kicks off. Everyone has a chance to pretend they are someone or something else for a few days. I even feel that way myself as I ge…

Colobus monkeys are usually pretty relaxed animals, preferring to hang out and relax in trees. They are also known as old-world monkeys, as they evolved around 2-4 million years ag…

I saw this male and female pair of sparrows sitting on a fence together and wondered if maybe they are a couple. The darker brown one is the male, while the female is much lighter …

This great grey owl was looking away for quite a while, and I thought it might never turn its head back around. Then it happened, and I got to see its amazing face and wise old eye…

The very regal-looking butterfly is a monarch. They can be found across southern Canada and are known to travel almost 5000 kilometers during a long two-way migration. They travel …

This Snowy White Owl is a rescue bird; it had an injury and can't fly anymore, so it ended up under the care of my local Calgary zoo. It has an open enclosure where you're actually…

There was a pair of these gray wolves doing laps in their enclosure; their determined jog didn't stop or let up other than when they would change directions. They both moved so qui…

It's hard to get sparrows up close, and the one place where I seem to have the most success is at the Calgary Zoo, where they seem to be everywhere. Maybe they are a little more us…