Birds Fighting, Rondeau Provincial Park, Canada
Photograph by Martin Lukasiewicz Taken at Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, this image shows a fight between a redheaded woodpecker and a yellow-shafted northern flicker over a nest hole. The redheaded woodpeckers tried to chase away the intruding flickers but after this encounter, the fight was over. The flicker managed to grab the redheaded by its tongue and force it all the way down to the ground. Both birds spiraled while falling to the ground. It must have been painful as the redheaded gave up after this clash.
—Caption by Martin Lukasiewicz
Lynx Trap, British Columbia, Canada, 2005
Photograph by Amy Toensing A bird's wing waves above a trap set for lynx in British Columbia, Canada. Captured for conservation, trapped cats are set free in the Colorado Rockies—part of a project to restore the lynx to their historic range after decades of absence. (Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Of Lynx and Men," January 2006, National Geographic magazine)
Blood Indians, Alberta, Canada, 1986
Photograph by Sam Abell Chieftains of the Kainai, or Blood, Indian tribe wear elaborate headdresses during a ceremony in Alberta, Canada. The Blood are one of three tribes that make up the Blackfoot, a confederacy of Algonquian-speaking peoples. (Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "C.M. Russell, Cowboy Artist," January 1986, National Geographic magazine)
Sundog Light Phenomenon, Manitoba, Canada, 2005
Photograph by Norbert Rosing A solar phenomenon known as a sundog arcs over the tundra in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Sundogs are fairly common occurrences in the Arctic and Antarctic. They form when the sun is near the horizon and ice crystals high in the sky line up in a way that bends the solar rays like a prism. (Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Refuge in White: Winter in a Canadian National Park," December 2005, National Geographic magazine)
Rancher and Cows, Yukon Territory, Canada, 1978
Photograph by George Mobley A rancher attends to a mother cow and her calf at the Pelly River Ranch in Canada's Yukon Territory. Life can be hard in this rugged, picturesque territory, where winter temperatures fall to minus 58 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 50 degrees Celsius). A scant 30,000 people call the 186,000-square-mile (482,000-square-kilometer) tract home. (Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Yukon Fever: Call of the North," April 1978, National Geographic magazine)
Beaufort Sea, Yukon Territory, Canada, 1999
Photograph by Michael Melford Sunset over the Beaufort Sea plunges Canada's Yukon Territory into a crimson haze. More than 313,000 tourists make summer pilgrimages to the territory, one of North America's last great wildernesses. Today tourism booms there, drawing adventurers to the frontier's glaciated peaks, untouched wilderness, and abundant wildflowers and wildlife. (Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Caribou Dreams," March 1999, National Geographic Traveler magazine)
Harp Seal, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada, 2004
Photograph by Brian Skerry A young harp seal tests the frigid waters in Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence. Once the object of a bitter controversy between sealers and animal-welfare groups, import restrictions on their pelts and Canadian laws protecting seal pups have helped populations of these charismatic sea mammals recover. (Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Harp Seals: The Hunt for Balance," March, 2004, National Geographic magazine)
Newborn Calf, Ontario, Canada, 1977
Photograph by Sam Abell A cow cares for her newborn calf on a Mennonite farm in Elora, Ontario, Canada. Settled by Scottish immigrants in the early 1800s, Elora became an important agricultural town. The tiny village on the banks of the Grand River is now a haven for artists and a destination for tourists seeking the town's tranquility and spectacular vistas. (Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Ontario: Canada's Keystone," December 1978, National Geographic magazine)
Sandbar, St. Clair River, Canada, 2002
Photograph by Jay Dickman The Great Lakes hold a fifth of Earth's surface fresh water, and they've shrunk dramatically. For some, like this child playing in the St. Clair River, that means miles of newly exposed shoreline and sandbars to explore. For others, like those in the shipping and fishing industry, lakefront property owners, and water-dependent animal species, it's a disaster in the making. (Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Down the Drain," September 2002, National Geographic magazine)
Arctic Fox, Hudson Bay, Canada, 2004
Photograph by Norbert Rosing A stealthy arctic fox steals across a snow-patched ridge in Canada's Hudson Bay. Not much larger than a big housecat, these seemingly delicate northern mammals are as hearty as they come, thriving in the privation and bitter cold of the Arctic north. (Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Seasons of the Snow Fox," October 2004, National Geographic magazine)
Harp Seal, Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada, 2003
Photograph by Brian Skerry A young fur seal looks warily around an icy whelping site in Canada's Gulf of St. Lawrence. Seals that are weaned and have shed their downy fur are called beaters for the way they beat their flippers on the water. Their sleek, unmarred pelts are prime quarry for seal hunters. (Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Harp Seal: The Hunt for Balance," March 2004, National Geographic magazine)
Twilight on Vancouver Island, Canada, 2003
Photograph by Joel Sartore On Vancouver Island a soaked beach reflects a contemplative evening ride. At 12,079 square miles (31,285 square kilometers), Vancouver Island is the largest island on North America's Pacific Coast. Separated from mainland Canada by several straits, the island is actually the peak of a sunken mountain range. (Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Pacific Suite," February 2003, National Geographic magazine)
 An aurora borealis glows brightly over Churchill, Canada. Auroras occur when charged particles outside the Earth's atmosphere collide with atoms in the upper atmosphere. The result: a glowing display of curtains, arcs, and bands in the sky. The phenomenon is called aurora borealis or northern lights in the Northern Hemisphere and aurora australis or southern lights in the Southern Hemisphere. Photograph by Norbert Rosing The northern lights turn the night sky an otherworldly green above Wapusk National Park in Manitoba, Canada. Photograph by Norbert Rosing The northern lights streak across the twilight sky. Photograph by Norbert Rosing The aurora borealis illuminates the heavens with ghostly patterns. Photograph by Norbert Rosing  The aurora borealis lights up the sky above a snow-covered Canadian homestead. Photograph by Norbert Rosing The northern lights arch above the treeline in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. Photograph by Norbert Rosing  A subdued aurora fills the sky above the Mackenzie River in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Photograph by Raymond Gehman  Luminous green flames from the aurora borealis flicker in the Canadian sky. Photograph by Norbert Rosing  The aurora borealis forms a green curtain above Wapusk National Park in Manitoba, Canada. Photograph by Norbert Rosing  The northern lights spotlight evergreens in Canada. Photograph by Norbert Rosing
Canada, 1985 Photograph by George F. Mobley Frost-flecked tundra pools dot the landscape of Canada's North Yukon National Park. Treeless regions found in and around the Arctic, tundras are among Earth's coldest, harshest biomes. Permafrost, cold, wind, and scant rainfall make it difficult for most plants and animals to survive here. (Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Kluane: Canada's Icy Wilderness Park," November 1985, National Geographic magazine)
|
