Bear & Wolf

If you hate this we can't be friends.

Owls are Rad

This video proves it.

Mordecai

We found this little guy on the road about a week ago. He was unable to fly having just left his nest. With none of his friends or parents around we decided to help him out and take him home. Usually we don't take in wild animals or get involved in their lives but there are a lot of coyotes and badgers out there and we wanted to give him a good shot at growing up. We have a large cage in our garage that he has been staying in and we take him out and do flying exercises with him to help build the strength in his wings. We've identified him as a Swainson's Hawk. Find out more about them here. Quite an impressive bird if I do say so myself. It's been neat to see his growth over the past several days. We've been feeding him and getting him aquatinted with his surroundings. We will be letting him go in a the next couple days I suspect.

I named him Mordecai due to his resemblance to another bird of prey featured in one of my favorite movies. If you can honestly name the movie I'm talking about I'll send you a post card from Waterton National Park. This is no gimmick. Just write your answer in the comment section and email me your address and you'll have yourself a nice new post card I know you'll enjoy. You have to be honest and can't peek at the other comments. I'll give you a hint: Think German Christmas Trees. You can find my email address in the information section of this here web log. I've never done something like this before so we will see who responds. I expect maybe one or two responses, one being my mother and perhaps one other person. Surprise me... I dare ya. I'll send a postcard to anywhere so don't hesitate.

Parks Canada

I'm lucky enough to work in a National Park this summer. It's not a glamourous job (especially for someone who just graduated from college; don't worry, serving tables is not a career move) but I really enjoy it, plus my two younger sisters and kid brother all work in the park as well so its all about family this summer. Ha. This video was taken a few hours north of me in Banff. I really like Banff but Waterton is truly the place to be. On a regular basis I get to see several of the animals showcased in this little video.

Just yesterday I passed a little bear cub wandering around the bridge just before the entrance to the park. Pretty neat.

If you want to see unicorns you should head over to Banff though... there is proof if you click HERE.