Shannon Ainslie

The ferry offers visitors from far and wide and unique and memorable experience.

Each species has distinctly different plumage colours and patterns, and unique vocalizations that make it easier to identify them.

The axolotl has the remarkable ability to regenerate parts of its body including limbs, eyes and vital organs.

“This mushroom has been dead for many months, but it’s still doing its job of spreading spores."

The tomato has worm-like shoots pushing out of its skin.

“Kids come by with pocket change they’ve saved from their allowances to grab the latest issues."

The topic of bad driving never fails to entertain.

The annual count is the only long-term roost monitoring program in the province.

“I’m having so much fun and I say to anyone who has a dream to go for it.”

“Instead of having time to support each other we’ve been facing financial and logistical barriers to make sure he’s treated with dignity.”

The birds are territorial during the breeding season and if encroached upon will hiss, honk and wave their heads back and forth at humans and other birds.

It’s the fifth winter the mannequin, known as Manny, has sat on a chair ice fishing on McQueen Lake.

“When you have a cranky feral cat and you work with him and he turns into a big love bug, there's just nothing better."

Snowshoe hares are hard to spot thanks to their secretive nature and unique ability to change fur colour to blend into their surroundings.

Shutterbugs snapped photos at just the right, comical moment.

“I can have a sense of humour about it but sometimes you’re sitting with the heaviness seeing all these broken utensils and being confronted with that hurt again."

“Every single wood has a different hardness and smell and they all look different, it amazes me the colours you get."

"You never know what you’re going to capture unless you step outside your door."

"This female probably had eggs nearby. She saw me setting up my camera and thought well, this can’t be good."

Those with a sweet tooth have a lot of decadent treats to choose from.

Despite the name of the full moon, no snow is predicted to fall this weekend.

Who needs a winter getaway, anyone?

"When the air is thick and damp enough, you can see the props cutting through the air which is really neat."

“After talking to people who lived here their whole lives, a lot of them don’t know otters live in Wood Lake.”