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Bring your cross-country skis and hit the trails with Yukon Wildlife Viewing staff to learn about Woodland Caribou. Register online.
Bring your cross-country skis and hit the trails with Yukon Wildlife Viewing staff to learn about Woodland Caribou. Register online.
I stashed a few peanuts in an awkward place I was fairly certain would prevent the conniving squirrels, but tempt the chipmunk.
To catch a chipmunk: It’s not as easy as you might think Read More »
In the North, we measure distance by the amount of time it takes. A way-post is an item that marks your progress along a road or trail.
Moose Bush: The way-posts home Read More »
What do mushrooms, squirrels, Kokanee salmon, a salt lake and elk have in common? They’re all things you can see in the upcoming Wild Discoveries
Wildlife viewing program offers free nature walks and talks Read More »
How can anyone call this guy a tree rat or a pest? Squirrels need to eat too!
Living With Wildlife: Steve Wilson Read More »
The International Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is Dec. 14 – Jan 5. last year (2017) saw 12 in The Yukon from Watson Lake to the Tombstones.
Counting birds is a social affair Read More »
Hello Everybody, We invite you to share your photos of Yukon wildlife. Email your high-resolution images with a description of what’s going on and what
Living With Wildlife: Steve Wilson Read More »
Hello Everybody, We invite you to share your photos of Yukon wildlife. Email your high-resolution images with a description of what’s going on and what
Living With Wildlife: Steve Wilson Read More »
Hello Everybody, We invite you to share your photos of Yukon wildlife. Email your high-resolution images with a description of what’s going on and what
Living With Wildlife: Tim Green Read More »
It’s winter—time to check out the bird feeders and stock up on “fast food” for our feathered friends. A huge variety of bird feeders are
Feeding our feathered friends … do it for joy, and do it for science Read More »
Hello Everybody, We invite you to share your photos of Yukon wildlife. Email your high-resolution images with a description of what’s going on and what
Living With Wildlife: Steve Wilson Read More »
Hello Everybody, We invite you to share your photos of Yukon wildlife. Email your high-resolution images with a description of what’s going on and what
Living With Wildlife: Pat Bragg Read More »
Yukon Wildlife Preserve offers wildlife viewing, school programs, family passes, run/ski/walk events, Yukoner Day and holiday activities.
Keeping Yukon wild at the Yukon Wildlife Preserve Read More »
Captured this beautiful juvenile bald eagle at my favorite spot along McIntyre Creek.
Living With Wildlife: Jeremy McCoy Read More »
This is what happens when you put fish heads on a lake shore cabin roof.
Living With Wildlife: Don Graham Read More »
This little beauty watched me when I hiked up a hill by Schwatka Lake in Whitehorse. Lovely spot and there is always wildlife to admire.
Living With Wildlife: Philip Doehler Read More »
Chipmunk encounter along the the Alaska Highway
Living with wildlife: Herbert Arnold Read More »
The Whitehorse Photography Club makes a photo trip to Skagway during June every year to photograph the field of irises at Dyea Tidal Flats. We always see bears on the road on the way home.
Living with Wildlife: Faye Cable Read More »
Here is a red squirrel in our backyard on Duncan Drive in the Golden Horn Subdivision enjoying some 50 per cent off bread from the Independent Store.
Living With Wildlife: Steve Wilson Read More »
Here are two photos of a male pine grosbeak in our backyard on Duncan Drive in the Golden Horn Subdivision.
Living With Wildlife: Steve Wilson Read More »
The Yukon Bird Club’s new president is Shyloh van Delft (shown here leading a field trip at Tagish). The club has launched a new season
Nothing says spring more than the sounds of birds Read More »
This photo of the running fox was shot in Whitehorse at Shipyards Park.
Living With Wildlife: Peter Zenkl Read More »
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Living With Wildlife: John Birmingham Read More »
Now’s the time to visit the Whitehorse fish ladder. This month the Yukon River Chinook salmon are migrating through Whitehorse, and the Whitehorse Rapids Fishway,
See the Amazing Journey Read More »
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Living With Wildlife: Brian Sunico Read More »
You don’t own a boat or a canoe? No problem – Little Atlin Lodge is one of the very rare locations in the Yukon where
Big Fun at Little Atlin Lake Read More »
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Living With Wildlife: Dave Rach Read More »
Hello Everybody,We invite you to share your photos of Yukon wildlife. Email your high-resolution images with a description of what’s going on and what camera
Living With Wildlife: Nadine Peters Read More »
Hello Everybody, We invite you to share your photos of Yukon wildlife. Email your high-resolution images with a description of what’s going on and what
Living With Wildlife: Laura Hill Read More »
You can learn a lot by studying animals, just ask local photographer Minnie Clarke. Her passion for capturing northern creatures was borne on a remote
Life Lessons Through the Lens Read More »
“They’re [cranes] a much more delicate bird, compared to the swans,” says Carrie McClelland, a wildlife viewing biologist with Environment Yukon. “They stand three and
Winter in Whitehorse is beautiful, but long. By the end of April 2016 we traveled down south to find Vancouver fully in bloom already. A
Start South, GoNorth! Read More »
If the crocus is the official flower of spring, then the swan must be the official bird of spring in the Yukon. Each year thousands
Sylvie Binette probably has the easiest job at the Department of Natural Resources. As a wildlife viewing technician, it is her job to make the
Swans are an ‘easy sell’ Read More »
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Living With Wildlife: Jackie Clancy Read More »
Hello Everybody, We invite you to share your photos of Yukon wildlife. Email your high-resolution images with a description of what’s going on and what
Living With Wildlife: Josh O’Brien Read More »
I’ve joined her in a Riverdale neighbourhood in search of a rare Mountain chickadee. The first species we see, however, is a noisy woodpecker, a
Birding on the Fly Read More »
Mary Whitley felt surprise and compassion when she saw a robin perched in a tree in her Hillcrest yard on December 9th.
Why Fly South When You Can Tough it out Here Read More »
I am pleased to announce that I recently had my first encounter with a sandhill crane. I have never gone to the Crane and Sheep
A Sandhill Crane (Grus canadensis) Read More »
On August 13, my friend Nancy Ohm and I went for a hike in my backyard. I’ve been working on a walking trail towards the
To go where few people go: I wonder if that is why we saw four wolverines playing? Read More »
We’re getting ready for winter and so are the birds. They’re chirping and feeding everywhere and the sky is alive with flocks of all kinds.
Getting Ready for Fall and Winter Birding Read More »
Yes, bear stories, undoubtedly a favourite topic in the Yukon and one that gets people talking. As I write here, there is a black bear
Avoiding Calamity with Bears Read More »
In summer, birding is all about the kids. Or, chicks. After the spring blitz of migration and mating, many birds are rearing offspring and staying closer to
Summer Birding: It’s All About the Kids Read More »
Looking for a memorable northern road trip? The 17th annual Tombstone Weekend on the Wing (WOW) offers three days of fabulous hiking, a birding festival
Putting the WOW in Tombstone Park Read More »
“Last year was a big year,” says Scott Cameron, Environment Yukon’s Wildlife Viewing Technician. “We were up to 2,000 swans every day for a few
You Know It’s Spring When the Swans Arrive Read More »
Back in the early 1960s, I spent a couple of years banding waterfowl in one of the newly-created marshes of the hydro project in Lake
What You Might Not Know About Ducks Read More »
Boxing Day: we drive out to Kusawa Lake. My beloved lake, Kusawa. The joys of the lake for me include swimming, boating, floating, skating, to
Ode to Kusawa Lake Read More »
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Living with Wildlife: Urs Wyss Read More »
There’s nothing like a bird count to inspire new and seasoned birders. This Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) takes place Feb. 12-15 and it’s a
Hello Everybody, We invite you to share your photos of Yukon wildlife. Email your high-resolution images with a description of what’s going on and what
Living with Wildlife: Jozien Keijzer Read More »
Hello Everybody, We invite you to share your photos of Yukon wildlife. Email your high-resolution images with a description of what’s going on and what
Living with Wildlife: Michele Newell Read More »
Hello Everybody, We invite you to share your photos of Yukon wildlife. Email your high-resolution images with a description of what’s going on and what
Living with Wildlife: Richard Brochet Read More »
Hello Everybody, We invite you to share your photos of Yukon wildlife. Email your high-resolution images with a description of what’s going on and what
Living With Wildlife: Michele Newell Read More »
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Living with wildlife: 2015-11-05 Read More »
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Living With Wildlife: John Birmingham Read More »
Walking along the Millennium Trail in mid-July, it was just perfect to catch a shot of these two (eagles), sitting on the cliffs
Living with Wildlife: Nancy Ohm Eagles Read More »
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Living With Wildlife: Jacqueline Clancy Read More »
The thermals above the town of Faro may account for the “tens of thousands” of sand hill cranes that fly above it each spring. Or
Cranes Fly High Up in the Sky Read More »
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Living With Wildlife: Maggie Leary Read More »
April 19, 2013 was a beautiful sunny day. I got out of bed and cooked eggs and ham for breakfast. I packed my hunting gear, two
I Lived to tell the Tale Read More »
The end of April’s Celebration of Swans at Marsh Lake comes at a good time. That’s because at least a hundred other bird species are now
Spring migration means a busy time for birders Read More »
For more than a decade, the Yukon Fish and Game Association has helped youngsters build houses for our winged friends. That tradition will continue on
Birds, Bats & Bees Read More »
If Carmen Smith has her way, there will no free lunch for bears or other critters in Whitehorse wheelie-bins. Smith is program co-ordinator for a
It was a cloudy afternoon in late August at approximately 2 p.m. when my husband called me to come to our bedroom. Through the bedroom
Living With Wildlife: Erin Purdie Read More »
If you spend time at Marsh Lake’s M’Clintock Bay this week, you may see new visitors. At up to four-and-a-half feet tall, 35 pounds, with
The Arrival of the Swans Means Spring is Near Read More »
April marks the glorious return of thousands of swans to the M’Clintock Bay area of Marsh Lake. This year is particularly special because it marks
Swans Return to Their Second Home Read More »
A sprawling landscape of trees and snow-covered mountains pours in through the large living room windows. As the sun shines on the scenic view, Heidi
The Art of Bird Watching Read More »
Who among us hasn’t, at one time or another, gazed upon a bird in flight and marvelled at it … or even wondered what it
Protecting our fine feathered friends Read More »
On my very first day at the Preserve, I met someone. It was a beautiful, cold and sunny February day and I was engrossed in
The Preserve is for Kids Read More »
A quarter million sandhill cranes! When, anywhere in this territory, do we have the opportunity to see a quarter million anything? Caribou? Nope. People? Not
Sandhills on Demand Read More »
It has been a real pleasure utilizing our new facility, which is filled with unique and exciting features that allow us to provide excellent care
Rehab at the Wildlife Preserve Read More »
A friend had been hiking in the Chadburn Lake area. She came across two buildings, The second structure was a hot spot for little brown bats.
Here There Be Bats Read More »