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Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · Nov 19

I'm Chris Fisher - a wildlife biologist, photographer, travel guide, writer & podcaster.
I hope to use this platform to increase engagement, understanding & passion for #Nature; as an outlet for my #creativity; to improve my #scicomm delivery.

Composite image of Chris Fisher's photography including a rhinoceros, common loon, roseate spoonbills, barred owl, red fox and short-horned lizard.

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Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 3h

Plains Bison herds are a collection of ages, attitudes and actions. #mammals

Plains Bison in tall yellow grasses. A small reddish calf is seen in the background.

Plains Bison in tall yellow grasses. A large bull performs a flehmen response to determine the reproductive status of cows.

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Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 16h

This fall I have enjoyed many golden moments with northern wildlife. #birds #mammals
Yellow-rumped Warbler, Northern FLicker, Red Fox, Ring-necked Ducks

A yellow-rumped warbler perches on a wild rose plant with a golden backdrop of fall colours.

A northern flicker perches on a wolf willow plant with a golden backdrop of fall colours.

A red fox stands amid grasses with a golden backdrop of fall colours.

A small flock of ring-necked ducks swim on a calm wetland that reflects golden leaves.

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David Scott @davidrscott.bsky.social · 17h

This dozing Costa's Hummingbird is welcoming a little R&R after venturing from the Desert Southwest to Alberta, Canada. Here, she found a hospitable backyard still offering flowers and a feeder. But it won't serve as a refuge for long—winter is coming!

#birds #birdphotography #Alberta

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Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 1d

The golden light of autumn lights up the background for one of our last Yellow-rumped Warbler sightings of the year. #YYC ##birds #migration

A Yellow-rumped Warbler perches on a red leafed rosebush with a golden autumn glow in the background.

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Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 1d

While migrant American Robins are very common visitors to berry bushes in our #YYC yards - the availability of wild chokecherries may be what has historically timed their fall passage. Get into a good chokecherry patch at this time of year and see dozens of robins chowing down!

An American Robin feeding on a chokecherry berry amid fall colours.

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Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 2d

Loads of American Robins in our #YYC backyards - the clear skies overnight and the recent cold has motivated their southern movements. Put a water dish out for them and try to reduce window strikes by drawing curtains, moving feeders >10m from house and marking windows etc. #birds

An American Robin feeds on red-orange mountain ash berries against a backdrop of golden fall colours.

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Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 2d

Northern Flickers look good at any time of year - but especially so in the full fall colours. #birds

A Northern Flicker is perched on a small branch with yellow fall leaves in the background.

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Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 8d

A Red Fox among yellow leaves, makes for a perfect fall scene in Prince Albert NP #SK. #mammals #wildlifephotography

A Red Fox crouches low with blazing yellow fall colours as a backdrop.

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Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 3d

We are now able to experience Whooping Cranes in ways that were unimaginable only a few decades ago. It's probably been hundreds of years since flocks, numbering in the dozens of individuals, danced together in the warm autumn light. #Birds #conservation #SK

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Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 3d

It was wonderful meeting the resilient one-eyed Red Fox once again in Prince Albert NP. It's a chill and capable customer of the boreal wilds. #mammals

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Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 3d

One of the few remaining local Osprey doing a bit of last minute hunting. With bad weather on the rise - might this be my last sighting of 2025? #birds

An Osprey hovering against a clear blue sky.

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David Brace @davidbrace2.bsky.social · 3d

"Alit (Rocky Mountain High)", oil on vintage map, 10 1/4 x 14", 2025- $450 (Cdn). #art #sciart

A map of the Rocky Mountains along the border of BC & Alberta, Canada covered with 5 painted butterflies & 5 caterpillars. One butterfly, an orange, brown, black & white Painted Lady, sits in the top left corner, beside it is a grey, black & orange Rocky Mountain Parnassian, lower to the right is an orange & black Monarch & the Mourning Cloak, purple & brown with blue spots & a white fringe. At the bottom facing down is a buttery yellow & black Western Tiger Swallowtail.

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Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 4d

One-eyed Red Foxes have gotten a lot of attention by photogs in Prince Albert NP #SK 🇨🇦. In the last 5 years we have seen two different foxes both missing their left eye - likely the result of sparring with other foxes. Both were otherwise in full health.
(📷 2021, 2023, 2025)

A one-eyed Red Fox from 2021 with an injured and missing left eye. This fox also has a scar on its nose.

A one-eyed Red Fox. from 2023 with an injured and missing left eye. This fox also does not have a scar on its nose.

A one-eyed Red Fox. from 2025 with an injured and missing left eye. This fox also does not have a scar on its nose.

Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 5d

Though not a busy as their more famous kin the beaver, right now Muskrats are very occupied in their own right making winter preparations. #mammals

A muskrat is standing on a large pile of leafy debris beside a slam blue wetland.

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Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 5d

When you take a closer look at the big flocks of Snow Geese, you realize that 40% are the smaller look-alike Ross's Geese! #SK

A flock of snow and Ross's Geese (in red circles) rise up off a cultivated field.

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Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 6d

Beavers are now all-in on their winter preparations. When their ponds freeze in a couple of weeks, the only food that they will be able to eat is what they have been collecting and storing below the waterline. #mammals

Side view of a beaver swimming with a willow branch that it will store for winter food.

Head-on view of a beaver swimming with a willow branch that it will store for winter food.

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Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 6d

In October 2025 you can actually watch flocks of North America's cranes - both Sandhills and Whooping, wing their way south #SK #birds.

About 30 adult and young Whooping Cranes gather on a cultivated field on migration.

A flock of Sandhill Cranes rise up over a cultivated field.

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RASC Calgary Centre @calgaryrasc.bsky.social · 6d

Large flocks of migratory #birds moving through the Fox Valley region of Saskatchewan Wednesday. #skstorm

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Dr. Catie Ivy @catieivy.bsky.social · May 6

Do you like songbirds? Are you concerned about how wildfire smoke may impact their physiology?

I'm searching for graduate students who are interested in looking at the effect of wildfire smoke on songbird physiology! Come join my lab @usaskartsci.bsky.social!

research-groups.usask.ca/ivy-lab/

The Ivy Lab! - Welcome to the Ivy Lab!

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Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 7d

Every fall for the last 5 years, I've help guide a wildlife photo tour to #SK 🇨🇦. It never fails to impress with the power of #bird migration.

Snow and Ross's Geese fly up from a cultivated field in a large flock of black and white plumage.

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 7d

The Porcupine caribou herd travels more than 4,000 kilometres across the Arctic each year. But its migration is imperilled by climate change and oil and gas expansion. Scientists are rushing to count the animals amid the threat. @trinamoyles.bsky.social reports: thenarwhal.ca/counting-por...

The biologists racing to count Porcupine caribou | The Narwhal

Scientists in Yukon and Alaska are tracking the size of the Porcupine caribou herd. It’s urgent work: the animals face environmental and political threats

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Catherine @shadowdogdesigns.bsky.social · 8d

#Photographer Bernd Nowack Shares the Story Behind Viral #Photo of the #Moon Perfectly Centered Behind a #Tree

Link for more info: mymodernmet.com/full-moon-tr...

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Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 7d

The moon rise on the day before the full moon occurs just before the sun sets. Yesterday, we took full advantage as the 98% moon rose behind this grain elevator that was glowing in the setting sun. #SK #Rex #landscape #moonrise

A 98% moon rise behind a red grain elevator on the Canadian prairies.

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weavetheringtail.bsky.social @weavetheringtail.bsky.social · 8d

Foxes are autumn made flesh.

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Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 8d

When you know a guy who can plan perfect locations to witness the rise of the #HarvestMoon. #astronomy #grainelevator #saskatchewan

The rise of the harvest moon is seen adjacent to an old red grain elevator on the Saskatchewan prairie.

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