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Stephen Urquhart
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Chem prof & synchrotron maven.

Associate Editor J. El. Spectrosc. Rel. Phen.

Staff to 3 🐈

I chase wild protein and forage tasty 🍄‍🟫 & 🫐 in Saskatchewan.

Board member, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers Canada

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We went bird watching … but we were late!
Wing imprint of a bird, in the snow. Tip of my boot, as a really bad scale marker.
November 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Pitcher plant watching season never ends in Prince Albert National Park.
Lake at the midpoint of Boundary Bog Trail. Picture is of a lake in a boreal forest, surrounded by bog. The sun is low in the sky, as sunset is 2 hours away. A cluster of pitcher plants, in a snow covered bog A cluster of pitcher plants, in a snow covered bog.
November 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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November 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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I need to make better decisions. Like not wait until its -15 C to move the trailer batteries inside.
Picture of the trailer battery wiring, so I properly connect the shunt next year. The trailer is powered by nuclear fusion!
November 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Our kitties opened the first gift in their kitty solstice calendar (it’s an advent calendar, but re-timed to end on the solstice).
TerryCat, sniffing the first solstice calendar gift - blue and red balks!
November 29, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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I was going to get up and back to work.
Picture of a big Turkish van boy cat, sprawled across and flowing off my lap. He’s very effective at stopping me from getting any work done.
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Near St Denis, also last week.

And yes, I need a better camera.
Two bald eagles perched on a tree, in a field.
November 18, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Berniecat at the vet. She is certified as BAR - bright alert and responsive - and very sweet.

Also in very good health for an 18 year old furball!
A calico cat hiding underneath the edge of my flannel jacket. The cat is impossibly sweet.
November 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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My, I see a lot of them.
Mycelium board game tiles.
November 15, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Lots of spruce grouse today!

#tailgategizzardsnack
November 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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You’ve never the only predator when in the boreal forest.
An old logging road in the boreal forest. The footprint of a bear, next to the toe of my boot.
October 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Claimed as soon as I got home.
Two desperate and pathetic cats, glommed onto my lap.
October 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Force to ‘call in cat’ this morning, for work.
Picture of the face of an adorable calico cat, with white, orange and black fur, who is sitting on my knee and purring loudly. She is trying to stop me from going to work. Out of the field of view of the camera is my to-do list, which is getting longer and longer as I sit here, with this sweet, demanding and loudly purring cat on my lap.
October 1, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Happy upland game season, for those who celebrate.
A picture of the tail of a ruffed grouse, lying next to a Ruger M77 22LR rifle, somewhere in Saskatchewan’s boreal forest.
September 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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If you only have one day in Eastend, make it a train day.
Photograph of some old rail engines and cars, on a siding. Logo of a former role for the railcar - ‘Okanagan Valley Wine Train’
August 27, 2025 at 1:15 AM
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First trip to Old Man on his back and it didn’t disappoint. Speed goats and a large herd of bison!
A picture of the prairie landscape from the road. Three pronghorn antelope - likely a mana and two kids - race across the road and into the field. In the background, 5 adult bison and two calves are grazing. A panoramic picture of a herd of bison, in a depression on the landscape. More than 100 bison are in the area.
August 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Here is a gentler meep.
August 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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I have finally managed to catch TerryCat’s quiet ‘meeps’ on video.

Sound up.
August 6, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Hey @usask - don’t tell me what you think a family should look like.
August 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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King Island PANP - packraft trip.
Green packraft pulled up on shore. King Island on Waskesu lake. Slight chop in the water, and clouds starting to form on the horizon. Pelican fishing near the reeds off shore on Waskesu lake
August 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Pictures from before the fire.
A picture of an old jack pine forest, where the ground is covered with reindeer moss. A picture of a chanterelle mushroom, growing through the reindeer moss in an old jack pine forest.
July 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Pictures from an old jack pine forest north of Smeaton, SK. Burnt in the Shoe Fire this spring.
A jack pine cone, post forest fire. A picture of fresh growth on the stump of a deciduous bush, burnt in a forest fire. A picture of a burnt jack pine forest.
July 8, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Wapati is pretty damn fantastic.

@ryankbrook.bsky.social - do you research anything that isn’t super tasty?
June 12, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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Iykyk

The Robertson Trading Company burnt tonight.
Photo of a sign advertising gold pans, and the Robertson trading company in La Ronge.
June 4, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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Nut Point, La Ronge Provincial Park.

Another on a series of ‘before the 2025 wildfire series’ pictures.
Picture of me eating breakfast at the edge of a cove off of the Nut Point trail, east of La Ronge.
June 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM