Sofie Sharom
Ottawa, CA
Member since August 28, 2013
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Rabbits are hard animals to photograph. They are quick, agile, and don't stay in one spot for very long. On an early morning hike in Elk Island National Park I spotted a lone Mountain Cottontail grazing in a small field of grass. I followed it hop by hop as it moved further and further away, stopping to graze on leafy greens along the way.
Breakfast with a beaver
Beaver are early risers. During my visit to Elk Island National Park I toured the park at dawn to search for wildlife. There are numerous ponds dotted around the park, and they are all teeming with beaver activity in the early morning hours. Seen here is a busy beaver I spotted enjoying a snack of tall green grass on the pond's edge after a busy morning of dam construction. About an hour after sunrise all the beavers disappeared, and any passerby would think it was just a quiet uninhabited pond.
Mother and baby
I woke up every morning at dawn during my visit to Elk Island National Park. One morning when I was alone in the park I was lucky enough to see a small heard of bison crossing the road. Tucked into the middle of the pack I spotted a baby calf amongst the heard, protected on all sides by other animals. I cut the engine and watched silently, and when they sensed no danger, the pack thinned out and the mother and calf emerged into the early morning sunlight.
Puffin cloud
A group of puffin fish off the coast of Elliston, Newfoundland and Labrador in late spring.
Grizzly grazing
A young grizzly foraging for barnacles under seaside rocks in the Great Bear Rainforest in British Columbia. Grizzlies depend on barnacles for food, especially in early spring and summer when other food sources are scarce.