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Emma13
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Lover of nature, music, mountains (especially Canadian Rockies) and all the animals. All photos mine unless noted/ reposted.
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Emma13 @emma1313.bsky.social Β· Jul 7
I am pretty sure the general public has no idea how much black #bears love eating dandelions. Here is a very happy bear enjoying the never ending supply.
#nature #mammals #photography
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Face shot of black bear with dandelions by its snout. Picture taken from car along Maligne Road in little side parking lot for a hike. Few seeds sticking to fur. Big ears, little eyes. Same bear mid munch. Dandelions seeds all over head and mouth. Can just see tongue and bottom teeth. Same bear, rubbing belly after getting its fill. Paws and belly covered in dandelion seeds. Very very happy bear.
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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ @secondnaturemb.bsky.social Β· 7d
How do Churchillians live with polar bears?
The Polar Bear Alert monitors town and resource officers chase bears out. Problem bears go to 'Polar Bear Jail' for up to 30 days before being relocated up the coast. Bear guards are employed to keep tourists safe. No bear has died since 2013. πŸ»β€β„οΈ 9/10
The polar bear holding facility (polar bear jail) a 3-humped quonset with a sleeping polar bear painted on the side houses problem polar bears until they can be relocated. A tranquilized polar bear is being lifted in a net by a helicopter. Its eyes are covered and it is marked with green paint. A polar bear guard in blaze orange stands on a rocky outcrop with his shotgun. They have a combination of cracker shells, rubber bullets and lethal rounds to help scare off bears. No bear has been killed in over a decade. A polar bear road crossing sign on the highway into Churchill on sunny fall day.
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Polar Bears International @polarbearsinternational.org Β· Aug 18
Why does Arctic sea ice matter?

Arctic sea ice is more than a platform for polar bears and other species to live, hunt, and rest on, it's the basis of the Arctic food chain and the driver of the whole Arctic ecosystem. Learn more: pbears.org/4oMh0JU 🌎
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Emma13 @emma1313.bsky.social Β· 6d
It’s that time of year in #Churchill Manitoba. #Polarbears are gathering waiting for the ice to show up in the bay. Check out explore.org/livecams/pol...
To see what is happening today. Love #bears #nature #animals #wapusk
Close up photo of Polar bear face looking up at me as I take photo. Can see one paw with dark claws. Little bit of snow on sandy gravel.
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Jenny M. @littletig2.bsky.social Β· Aug 31
#AvianAugust is pau! These species shown were made for BirdFest Hawaii on Oct 4. Mahalo for all the likes, reposts and follows! ❀️ And thank you #AvianAugust2025 for bringing worldwide attention to our critically endangered Hawaiian birds! Aloha! πŸ€™ #SciArt #WildlifeArt #BirdArt #FiberArt #NatureArt
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Emma13 @emma1313.bsky.social Β· Sep 29
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😳 #nature #bear
Polar bear mom fights off black bear who wants some of the food. Wild stuff!!
#wildlife #Canada
Labrador visitor gets front row seat to fight between black bear and polar bear β€” CBC News
A photo of a fight between a black bear and polar bear on the northern tip of Labrador is making the rounds on social media β€” something many are saying they've never seen before.
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Patrick Vallely @pjvphotography.bsky.social Β· Aug 28
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"

Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
A pika sits on a mossy rock. Tighter crop of the same pika, focusing on its head. An even tighter crop, focusing more on the pika's eye. An extremely tight crop of the pika's eye, emphasizing their reflection of an early morning mountain scene.
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Emma13 @emma1313.bsky.social Β· Aug 17
Red-juice tooth #mushroom
In #Jasper National #Park. Mushrooms were so amazing this past week. Hydnellum peckii has a lot of different names. Some call it Devil’s tooth.
Pinkish mushroom with red juice oozing out of spots on the cap surrounded by tree needles and a few small lichens.
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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ @secondnaturemb.bsky.social Β· Aug 16
This video is from a guest on my tour this week. I was busy taking stills. This is very much a wait for it video because the cutest part is at the end. It was absolutely magical to be able to watch these polar bear cubs and their mom just going about their day on the tundra in the rain. πŸŒΏπŸ¦ŠπŸ»β€β„οΈ
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Emma13 @emma1313.bsky.social Β· Jul 19
This deserves a hello from Jasper.
Fireweed growing in wildfire recovery area in front of Old Man Mountain. View from top of Signal Mountain on July 11, 2025. Shows townsite, Pyramid Mountain, lots of lakes, and the state of recovery from 2024 wildfire.
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John E Marriott Photography @johnemarriott.bsky.social Β· Jul 17
Famed grizzly bear #222 in Jasper with her cubs. Note the porcupine quills in all of their noses!
Grizzly bear photography by wildlife photographer John E. Marriott
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Emma13 @emma1313.bsky.social Β· Jul 12
#Jasper National #Park
Fireweed growing in front of Old Man Mountain. #wildfire #recovery #wildflowers
#nature #photography
Hiked up Signal #Mountain today. Incredible to see it so close to one year later.
Field with patch of pink fireweed in wildfire recovery area with big mountain in background. Old man mountain. The ridge line has a face profile.
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social Β· Jun 22
On June 22, 1971, Joni Mitchell's magnum opus album, Blue, was released.
It is not only hailed as her best album, but one of the greatest albums ever made.
The album is celebrated to this day by critics and fans alike.
This is the story of Joni Mitchell's fourth album.

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The photo is the cover art for the album "Blue" by Joni Mitchell. It features a close-up, blue-toned image of a person with long hair, captured in a contemplative pose with a cigarette near their mouth. The title "BLUE" and the artist's name "JONI MITCHELL" are prominently displayed in white text on the left side against the solid blue background.
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Jeff Hollett @jeffontherock.bsky.social Β· Jun 15
A caribou dropped by for a visit on my hike yesterday. On the barrens of the Bay de Verde Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada. #hike #wildlife #backpacking
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Emma13 @emma1313.bsky.social Β· Jun 22
I am crazy in love with one simple potted plant in my backyard that I want to live in. Perfect pink petals I want to sleep in. #bloomscrolling #flowers #pink #garden
Close up side shot of short pink curled petals. Close to bubble gum pink. Pink flower with yellow centre in the sun. Pink (maybe begonia or something similar) flowers with lots of short pink curled petals, a yellow centre, lots of green pointed leaves.
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Emma13 @emma1313.bsky.social Β· Jun 21
Also kind of wild and prickly but smell really good. #wildflowers #bloomscrolling #rose
#Jasper #nature
Wild prickly rose, one bloom fully open and bright fuchsia with yellow centre, another in top right corner still in bud. Thorns on reddish brown stems. Lots of green leaves.
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Emma13 @emma1313.bsky.social Β· Jun 7
Grizzly bear chilling out in Jasper. The forest is burnt but the grass and flowers are coming back in this spot. #JasperNationalPark #Bears #nature
Lightish brown Grizzly bear lying down with snout on front paws in burnt forest with lots of grass starting to grow.
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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social Β· May 17
Here are some nice mushrooms
A family of sinuous bleeding fairy cap Mycena grow from the punk of a decaying branch in a sunlit green forest. All photos by me
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Nature’s Eyes🌱 @see3trees.bsky.social Β· Apr 26
The natural world is a balance of fragility and resilience. #BlueSkyArtShow #earth
A giant tree trunk with a huge gaping hole at its base, still alive at the time this photo was taken.
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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ @secondnaturemb.bsky.social Β· Apr 25
Do you see what I see? #birds 🌿
You can just see the white head of a bald eagle peeking through the tangle of branches in its enormous nest in the crotch of a large poplar tree. The sky is blue all around it.
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Emma13 @emma1313.bsky.social Β· Apr 13
Found my first bloom of 2025 in #Jasper National Park. Beautiful day πŸ”οΈβ˜€οΈ
#spring #wildflowers
#nature #photography
Light purple prairie crocus just opened and yellow inside shining brightly Purple prairie crocus close to opening in the sun and dry grass. Can see Pallisades mountain range in back and blue sky Light Purple prairie crocus just about to open. Mostly dead grass, but some green. Mountains and blue sky in background.
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Andrea Shaw @shaws-light.bsky.social Β· Apr 3
Less than a second was all this Arctic Fox gave me to take a snap. Then it was gone. #arcticfox #foxoftheday #nature #wildlife #photography #landscape #portrait #color #thephotohour #tundra
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Emma13 @emma1313.bsky.social Β· Apr 8
Things are growing in #Jasper National Park. The hike up Old Fort Point is dry and in another weekend or two those prairie crocus will be blooming. πŸ”οΈβ˜€οΈ #nature #spring
Buds of prairie crocus growing on top of burnt spot with snowy Pyramid Mountain in background with blue sky Strawberry plants growing on burnt slope. Dwarf bilberry or some variety of bearberry? Very red small leaves in little bushel growing out of burnt spot
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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ @secondnaturemb.bsky.social Β· Mar 23
It's #WorldBearDay! Did you know that Manitoba, Canada, is one of the only places in North America where you can find black bears, grizzlies (barren ground), and polar bears? All three can be spotted near Churchill, though I've only seen two so far, and all my black bears have been in the south. 🌿🦊
A large black bear stands on a fallen log and looks at the photographer before disappearing into the green forest behind it. Mosquitoes flit around the dark fur. A female black bear stands in the tall grasses and plants along the bend in a gravel road. The evening sun lights up the dust in the air as she watches her cub which was just out of the shot. A polar bear mom stands on her hind legs and stares off into the distance as her two 1.5-year-old cubs sit at her feet and wonder what has mom so concerned. There is a light skiff of snow on the ground among the willow where they are sheltered. Two young male polar bears spar on their hind legs. One is taking a swat at the other as they dance in the snow.
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Jessi πŸ’« @jessigrace.bsky.social Β· Mar 14
Because every timeline needs a dancing bison 🦬

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ @secondnaturemb.bsky.social Β· Mar 8
Guess who just came back for a visit!!
This time mom and baby were together. This would be her kitten from last year who will soon be forging off on their own. For now, though the kitten is still hanging out with Mom as she patiently waits for him to finish exploring my driveway. 🌿🦊
A young lynx stands on a snow-covered driveway and looks off to the right of the image. A momma lynx stands behind a snowbank and watches her kitten who is out of the frame. Behind her are large windrows of snow against a thick forest.
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