Birds & Beasts
No, that beast on the left looking over the branches and clinging to the bark of the tree is not a samsquanch, a.k.a. bigfoot or sasquatch, it is a tree eating porcupine, in this case a very cute baby porcupine with a serious hairdo!
I also ran into mom (ouch), or it could have been dad porcupine eating some buds off a tree close by.
All these photos are from an quick evening outing on May the 2nd, wow do I have to catch up and start updating more often (wood duck series coming soon!).
Adult male coopers flying by, fast!
Birds & Beasts seen that evening include, wood ducks, goldeneye ducks, my buddy crusty tail the coyote, another solitary sandpiper and an adult male coopers hawk that gave me a hard time iding..
At first I thought this accipiter to be a sharp-shinned hawk, but after further investigation (sending photo to hawking friends) it was confirmed to be an adult male coopers hawk on the hunt.
Adult male coopers hawk in-flight
A lucky grab was this flight photo of a male wood duck cruising low over the water (love these colourful ducks!)
Male wood duck flying by..
A single solitary sandpiper 
wading for food,
One Solitary Sandpiper
One male goldeneye duck landing, just look at those tail feather touching down on the water and those amazing yellow eyes!
Not A Sasquatch, a baby porcupine
Male goldeneye landing on the water
And a predator I see regularly, old crusty tail the coyote. I love seeing this male coyote but this encounter was to quick and I only got a few photos of him. I have not seen the female coyote in a few weeks, no doubt (hopefully) she is with pups.
Male Coyote
