Crayfish Delight
In our continuing series of Wildlife Sticking Their Tongues Out, a Centre Island mink crunches through a crayfish, consuming it entirely shell and all.
Kitchen Coon
From the it-always-pays-to-have-a-camera-around department, a film oldie but a goodie. During foundation replacement, this fellow managed to find a way in. Finding the cat food bowl, he proceeded to hoover back as much as fast as possible, waking me up at about 2:00 in the morning. Turning on the kitchen light, he jumped eight feet […]
Waterline
A beaver swims past the shores of Algonquin, its face perfectly reflected in the calm waters of May.
Half Dry
A mink displays its curious ability to keep its top half dry while swimming near Doughnut Island.
Ready for the Closeup
A mink peers from a hollow log, trying to see if the coast is clear for its next dash to a safe stopping point.
Sandy Hands
A beaver eyeballs the camera on Ward’s Beach, its wonderful little hands treating a tasty branch like a cob of corn.
Beaver Teeth
A beaver displays bad manners chewing with its mouth open and covered in food, tasty branches pulled into the waters off Ward’s Beach.
Mink Sprint
A mink, exposed in the open, sprints to safety across the thinning ice of Blockhouse Bay (click for larger image).
Bighorn Gaze
On a completely Island-unrelated note, a bighorn sheep peers through its horns on a July trip to Alberta’s Icefields.
Mink Details
The carnivorous details of a perfectly preserved mink skull, found in the Sans Souci region of Georgian Bay.
Surprising Teeth
A beaver, teeth stained red from a winter diet of nothing but bark, floats in a hole kept open in the ice off of Snake Island.
Backlight Moon
Reflected light from the rising full moon frames a beaver in silhouette on Ward’s Beach.
Missing Link
Walking upright out of the water, a Toronto Island beaver carries mud and vegetation in its arms to build a scent mound, territorial markers to let other beavers know that this area is verboten.
Mirror Mirror
A beaver swims in an opening in the lagoon ice, still partially frozen in early March.
Humpback of Notre Island
A mink scampers along the lagoon’s edge at the south side of the Manitou Bridge.