Prairie Ghost Format:Canadian Wood Frame The aurora with the cloud

The aurora with the cloud created a mosaic of colours and sheets of jewel-like colours

This was very near their rendezvous site and there were pups around as well

The mother to the three cubs in this photograph had crossed the river to fish

She spotted a tree that intrigued her and had no problem climbing up

Prairie Ghost Format:Canadian Wood Frame The aurora with the cloudOyen, AB I had spent most of January and February trying to capture the elusive snowy owl. Snowy owls in my opinion are one of the toughest bird species to photograph. In my experiences they tend to be very skittish. I had tried using a remote trigger on my camera set up on a common snowy perch, I had tried sitting in a blind and waiting at common snowy perches, and I had tried stalking snowys, it seemed impossible to get within camera range. On a