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Mother bear standing up

So, second night in Canada, our guide takes us out for a drive after dinner to go bear spotting. 10 minutes in, BAM! Bears! She's standing up to see what we're all about.
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Juvenile Elk in Canada

A young Elk spotted alongside a river at Banff. (Between Echo Creek and Bow Falls) Received a commendation in the Intrepid Photo Competition (http://www.intrepidtravel.com/inspirations/win/photocomps/2011_june_winners.php)
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Ibis (Sydney)

This Ibis was strutting around in Pyrmont Point Park, Sydney
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Garden Skink

A small garden skink, a common inhabitant of gardens around Sydney, poking his head out over a fallen leaf in Turramurra, Sydney.
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Red Panda

A Red Panda (a.k.a. "Firefox")
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Red Panda being cheeky

A Red Panda (a.k.a. "Firefox") ... being cheeky.
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Barn Swallow

A Barn Swallow perched on a pillar at Emerald Lake
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Clark's Nutcracker

A Nutcracker perched on a rock next to Lake Louise, Canada
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Canadian Geese and Gosling

A pair of Canadian geese with their gosling spotted just outside of Banff
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Red Squirrel (Banff)

A Red Squirrel near Banff. This one was kind of following me around for a little while. Very inquisitive little guy.
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Brown-Headed Cowbird (female)

This female Brown-Headed Cowbird was spotted together with her mate along the Icefields Parkway, Canada.
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Brown-Headed Cowbird (male)

A male Brown-Headed Cowbird that we saw together with its mate along the Icefields Parkway, Canada
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Spruce Grouse

We stopped along the Icefields Parkway to walk down to a lake and saw this Spruce Grouse looking... well, grouse.
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Bighorn Sheep (juvenile)

We were quite lucky that only a few minutes after we left the Athabasca Glacier at Columbia Icefields, we spotted this young Bighorn Sheep
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Grizzly Bear

This Grizzly we spotted on the way to Jasper along the Icefields Parkway
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Red Squirrel (Jasper)

I didn't think I'd get another opportunity to get close to a Red Squirrel, but as I was hiking up The Whistler's at Jasper I saw this guy and managed to get close enough.
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Camera Canon EOS 1000D Aperture F 5.6 ISO 200 Shutter Speed 1/60 sec Focal Length 250 mm Flash Not fired