Searching for its next meal, a magpie glides effortlessly over fresh snow in the Alberta prairies.
A Desert Blonde tarantula roams near its burrow in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona. As a nocturnal species, they rarely are seen in sunlight except during mating season in the fall or after a rainfall, which was the case for this encounter.
I have lived in Alberta for nearly fifteen years and up until this year I have never seen a wild turkey in this province. I'm not sure if its sheer coincidence or if they are making a comeback but this is the third flock I have seen in the wild this year. This flock was comprised mostly of juveniles. There must have been at least six young for every one mature bird. It is a good sign that they are indeed making a comeback in the foothills of Alberta.
