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Phil Tank
@thinktanksk.bsky.social
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Award-winning journalist, former paper boy. Former opinion editor and columnist at the Saskatoon StarPhoenix. Posts are mine unless some fiend has stolen my phone.
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Found this mink’s hiding place in the rocks near the University Bridge in #Saskatoon on a summer-like day last week …
#mink #saskatchewan #wildlifephotography #urbanwildlife #meewasin #sask #kayaking #cuteanimals
October 7, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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I’ve never got this close to a #mink, which usually scamper away, but maybe last week’s unusually warm weather in #Saskatoon kept this critter in the chill zone near the University Bridge …
#saskatchewan #wildlifephotography #urbanwildlife #meewasin #sask #kayaking
October 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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This juvenile black-crowned night heron looks like it’s practising dance moves in the South #Saskatchewan River in #Saskatoon …
#heron #birds #wildlifephotography #urbanwildlife #meewasin #sask #kayaking
October 3, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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Holding out for a heron … came across this juvenile black-crowned night heron last week …
#saskatchewan #saskatoon #wildlifephotography #urbanwildlife #meewasin #sask #kayaking #slowmotion #replay #birds #heron #nightheron
October 2, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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🎵 Gulls just wanna have fun 🎶
#gull #seagull #saskatchewan #saskatoon #wildlifephotography #urbanwildlife #meewasin #sask #kayaking #slowmotion #replay
October 1, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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More video of a #beaver swimming in the South #Saskatchewan River in #Saskatoon …
#wildlifephotography #urbanwildlife #meewasin #sask #kayaking
September 25, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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A #beaver glides through the South #Saskatchewan River and sends ripples through the reflection of the University Bridge this weekend in #Saskatoon
#wildlifephotography #urbanwildlife #meewasin #sask #fall #kayaking
September 23, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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The demolition of the historic Lutheran seminary at the University of #Saskatchewan in #Saskatoon continues …
#heritage #history #lutheran
September 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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I’ve been informed by people who know more about identifying birds than I do - which is I’m sure a long list - that this is actually a young black-crowned night heron …
#saskatchewan #saskatoon #wildlifephotography #urbanwildlife #meewasin #sask #birds #nightheron #heron #kayaking
September 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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So here’s a bird I’ve never seen before - a brown thrasher, I think - calmly observing a human getting closer … and then …
#birds #thrasher #saskatchewan #saskatoon #wildlifephotography #urbanwildlife #meewasin #sask #sask #kayaking #replay #slowmotion
September 17, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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As summer winds down, this #beaver glides through the South #Saskatchewan River in #Saskatoon …
#sask #meewasin #urbanwildlife #wildlifephotography #kayaking
September 16, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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This critter spins around in the South #Saskatchewan River just south of #Saskatoon recently …
#wildlifephotography #urbanwildlife #meewasin #sask #beaver #kayaking
September 15, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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This critter moves calmly through the South #Saskatchewan River near the Gordie Howe Bridge in #Saskatoon …
#beaver #sask #wildlifephotography #urbanwildlife #meewasin #gordiehowe
September 10, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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One last clip of a pelican soaring to a landing before the majestic birds head south … and I also landed (far less gracefully) at the next stop in my journalism journey this week at #CBC in #Saskatoon
#pelican #saskatchewan #wildlifephotography #urbanwildlife #sask #journalism #news #canadianmedia
September 9, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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Time to take flight on a new chapter … starting this week
#pelican #saskatoon #saskatchewan #wildlifephotography #urbanwildlife #meewasin #sask
September 8, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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Entering the South #Saskatchewan River in #Saskatoon
#sask #urbanwildlife #wildlifephotography #meewasin #beaver #kayaking #slowmotion #replay #beavertails
September 4, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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A mouse made a temporary home in the engine of my vehicle - and stayed there during the three-hour-plus drive from Val Marie to Regina.
#mouse #mice #saskatchewan #sask #urbanwildlife #wildlifephotography
August 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Visitors to Grasslands National Park are advised to stay 100 metres from the Western Hemisphere’s largest land animal - but nobody told the bison, which number in the hundreds in the park.
#bison #grasslands #grasslandsnationalpark #saskatchewan #sask #wildlifephotography #canada #canadiantourism
August 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Grasslands National Park features several communities of black-tailed prairie dogs in their natural habitat. Most are skittish, but this one cares little about the presence of humans.
#prairiedog #saskatchewan #sask #wildlifephotography #grasslandsnationalpark #canada #canadianparks #canadiantourism
August 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Nothing like a prairie thunderstorm … there was even a tornado alert on my phone earlier …
#prairie #thunderstorm #saskatoon #saskatchewan #sask 🌪️ ⚡️
August 21, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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An idyllic July evening to watch #beaver behaviour in the South #Saskatchewan River in #Saskatoon 🦫
#wildlifephotography #urbanwildlife #meewasin #sask
July 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Time to shake …
#saskatoon #saskatchewan #wildlifephotography #urbanwildlife #meewasin #beaver #kayak
July 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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At the edge of the South #Saskatchewan River in #Saskatoon
#beaver #wildlifephotography #meewasin #urbanwildlife #kayak #sask
July 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM