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Chris Fisher
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Best-selling Author • Nature • Photo Tours • Podcast • Speaker 🇨🇦 Wings Environmental Solutions 🌎
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I'm Chris Fisher - a wildlife biologist, photographer, travel guide, writer & podcaster.
I hope to use this platform to increase engagement, understanding & passion for #Nature; as an outlet for my #creativity; to improve my #scicomm delivery.
in 1929, biologist Dewey Soper successfully completed his 6 year/30,000 mile quest for the nesting grounds of the Blue (Snow) Goose. This area is now a Migratory Bird Sanctuary. #birds
November 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Snow Buntings do not need to wait for the white stuff to time their southern journey. The first few have arrived to blend in nicely with our autumn brown landscapes. #birds #Ab
November 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Nicely done!
BOHEMIAN WAXWING
by Queen

Is this a real bird
Bombycilidae
Caught in a photo
High on a rowan tree
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see…
I just spotted our first Bohemian Waxwing of the fall. Waxwings are calendar birds, not only for the pin-up looks, but their annual appearances and disappearances turn the pages of our seasons. #birds
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 PM
We are in the last weeks of gulls.
They will be gone as soon as the weather turns really sour as the 🇨🇦 prairie is no place once winter roils. But for now, celebrate the last of our summer migrants! #birds #AB
November 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I just spotted our first Bohemian Waxwing of the fall. Waxwings are calendar birds, not only for the pin-up looks, but their annual appearances and disappearances turn the pages of our seasons. #birds
November 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Happy to see that our yard is being visited by both local nuthatches. Although Red-breasted and White-breasted looks pretty similar - its nice seeing their differences in attitude! #bird #AB
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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OHO. BIRD ART, YOU SAY?? i don't even know where to begin #art #🪶
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
My photo of the week - a family group of Trumpeter Swans stopping in on their southern journey. #birds #YYC
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
We drove the Smith-Dorrien Trail about a month ago and boy was it rough!
I finally looked up who the trail & the mountain was named after - turned out he was British General Sir Horace Lockwood Smith-Dorrien (1858–1930).
Nice little drive through the mountains today 🏔️

📌 Smith Dorrien Trail

#Alberta
November 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Stan provided us with daily celebratory moments of bright optimism. His voice and his images will be missed.
For those of you not still on X/Twitter, we received some sad news. Stan Collins @stan_sdcollins, passed away on Nov 4th. Stan was a wonderful photographer who posted about Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland. He was so engaging and full of positive energy and he will be missed by the whole community. RIP
November 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This morning, I woke up to the soft hooting of our neighbourhood Great-horned Owls. Was it the celebratory call of an evening hunt, the prelude to courtship or welcoming of the rising sun?
For me, it was a great way to start the day. #AB #Birds
November 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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Breaking news: James Watson, the American scientist and Nobel laureate whose part in discovering the structure of DNA — the genetic blueprint for life — has died. He was 97.
James Watson, who helped unravel genetic blueprint for life, dies at 97
With Francis Crick, he co-discovered the double-helix structure of DNA. His reputation was tarnished when his later writings were condemned as racist.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
A bit odd to have these two young Tundra Swans on the river today all by themselves. Tundra Swans tend to head a bit further south for the winter, so hopefully they'll catch the next flock that flies overhead so they can finish their journey. #YYC #birds
November 7, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Bear kicked out of den at popular Banff ski resort 'to ensure public safety' www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Bear kicked out of den at popular Banff ski resort 'to ensure public safety' | CBC News
A black bear denning at a popular Banff ski resort ahead of hibernation was removed from the area Oct. 31, Parks Canada says.
www.cbc.ca
November 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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The Prairie Provinces: Winter 2024–2025 Regional Report is out! Highlights include large numbers of Great Gray, Northern Hawk, and Northern Saw-whet owls, plus an extraordinary Sage Thrasher.

Read the report here: www.aba.org/prairie-prov...
Prairie Provinces: Winter 2024–2025 - American Birding Association
www.aba.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
As wetlands freeze over to the north, waters that remain open will draw in migrating waterbirds. Today, our local river was a magnet for ducks, geese and grebes. #birds
November 6, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The Trumpeter Swans have arrived on the open waters of the Bow River #AB #YYC. This group of seven was made up of five first year cygnets - a wonderfully productive summer if this is an intact family!
November 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
With early snow now dusting some areas of Alberta, moose are entering into their long season of discontent. With the rut over, it is about stoicism and stagnation. #mammal
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
What a pleasure to spend the day walking in the footsteps of a wolf pack! #AB #mammals
November 1, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Today I crawled inside this large mammal den and had a peak. Originally I thought it was dug by a black bear, but it could have also been dug by wolves as both species are known from the area.
November 1, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Today I was walking in the snowy footsteps of Wolves! Our paths crossed only a few hours apart. #AB #wildlife
October 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Wildlife #Conservation signs are out there altho they are hard to recognize. This photo from the heart of #AB grasslands shows a raised smooth lower wire for pronghorn/deer passage + reflectors to prevent sage grouse collisions. The power poles have deterrents keeping raptors away from the grouse
October 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I thought there was a chance that this cat skull that I found might be a Bobcat and a good record for S #AB. But see that tiny premolar- that makes this an unlucky House Cat that must have wandered far from the farm.
October 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Did you ask for a bird fact? No, but you're getting one whether you like it or not. 🪶
October 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Legendary 🇨🇦 naturalist and self-taught PhD - Dick Dekker has just released yet another book that only he could write: "Stories of Predation: 60 Years of Watching Wildlife"
www.hancockhouse.com/products/sto...
October 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM