Category: Outdoors
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The Wolf Song
Once when our children were young, I took them on a wildlife hunt through Whiteshell Provincial Park. We played a discovery…
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White-tailed Deer
There are many deer species in the world. They range from the familiar white-tailed deer which came to Manitoba a century…
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Whiskey Jack
It arrives like a ghost. You may be sitting beside your campfire dozing through a lazy summer afternoon when everything is…
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Where’s the Camera?
We were driving along Falcon Lake’s south shore last year when suddenly Diane spotted a bird standing on the gravel shoulder.…
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Thirds for the Birds
It’s quiet. You’ve walked through a garage to the back. Moments ago, even from the freshly shoveled front walk, you heard dozens…
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Killdeer
The killdeer is an actor worthy of an Oscar. If you come too close to her nest – often a shallow…
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Hummingbird Myth
It’s a myth. Hummingbirds do not migrate under the wings of geese. I don’t know how the myth got started, but…
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The Alps
The towering Alps reach high to the sky, Too tall for me, busy pursuer of life, to climb But my gaze…
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Morocco
Here on a hillside, quiet and serene I sit and wonder at the places I’ve seen And none compare to this solitary…
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Highwind Lake
Here on the shore of Highwind Lake I dream away, hardly awake I sit and wait for a call from the loon…