This week has been for the birds!

This is a close-up of male snow bunting I took a few days ago.
Yesterday Tom and I went for a drive and, while watching a hawk, this beautiful owl flew beside the truck and landed in a nearby tree. (I have to double-check on the species)

This interesting fellow (either a merlin or kestrel) was spotted outside our apartment this morning looking for a tasty treat (bunting-flavoured snowios).

This raven built a nest just outside of the boys' bathroom window at the elementary school. I hope that snow doesn't melt or that next might slide off the roof before the eggs hatch.

Happy Mother's Day 2007

Happy Mother's Day to all of you mothers out there! Hope your Mother's Day is filled with warmth and joy! (and not like our snow-filled -12C Mother's Day)

May 13, 2007

Snow Buntings resting on the roof of the house next door.

I'm Back...with Pictures

It's been a while and I am sorry! I have been incredibly busy finishing up yet another course and going on overnight field trips to the PINGOs in Tuktoyaktuk and to our school tent site for a trapping session.

Here are some pics of what we have been up to...

This is from my class trip to see the pingos in Tuk. I am standing at the top of a pingo in this picture. It was especially difficult to climb to the top with my bronchitis/asthma-related illness. Thank goodness I brought a Crazy Carpet up with me!

We spelled out the word PINGO with our bodies. I am the part of the G that differentiates this word from what would otherwise be the word 'pinco'.

In an authentic igloo on the shore of the Arctic Ocean.

Along the road on the way home from Tuk. I love the view along the Ice Road.

The snow is finally beginning to melt!

We went to Aklavik for a few hours with some friends. Their Jamboree was going on so we had some food and met up with this snow fellow.

Aklavik is also the site of burial for the Mad Trapper. For more information on this story, read The Mad Trapper of Rat River: A True Story of Canada's Biggest Manhunt by Dick North

View of the Richardson Mountains up close. (We can see these from Inuvik)

Along the route home from our day trip to Aklavik I decided to explore the deep snow with my 'nephew' - Sir Gunther Snowdrift (I just call him Gunther!)

Feel free to come up for a visit and we'll take you on a tour! I have to admit that I love the geography of the North!