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Bryan Sarauer
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Science and agriculture instructor, kayaking instructor, paddler, cyclist, trail runner, napper. Saskatchewanian, Saskatonian. He/him
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The host on @cfcrcommunity.bsky.social just gave the information I was hoping for before rolling into the second song on side two. The song is from The Guess Who Live at the Paramount.
Side two
"American Woman" (Randy Bachman, Cummings, Jim Kale, Garry Peterson) - 17:05

Great stuff.
The Guess Who Live at the Paramount album cover from Wikipedia. Image is of the band sitting and leaning on the front of the stage. The cover art can be obtained from RCA Records., Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=24651359
November 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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I did see a few critters and plants today during my walk in the nearby urban park. I didn't try to catalogue *everything* I saw or I would still be out there.
Screenshot of the day's insects, plants, a squirrel and some of the birds I was able to photograph. Screen shot of the day's birds as shown on e-bird. 8 species plus a couple that I couldn't completely narrow down.
November 7, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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The first bird spotted and identified on our trip to Costa Rica! Passer domesticus, the house sparrow 🤣

Oh, and I think that was a cabbage white butterfly that just flew by.

#extremelycommoncritters
Screenshot of the house sparrow entry from the Merlin bird id app.
November 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Dammit.

I'm on uncle duty this weekend. Brought my nephew to his hockey tournament while his parents are away. He zonked just before the end of the 10th inning.
A tired out hockey-playing kid falling asleep in the 10th inning of game 7 of the World Series. Kids playing hockey. My nephew is in net. A bunch of U13 kids playing hockey. It's a faceoff at center ice.
November 2, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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My current favourite punctuation mark is the interrobang. If I'm posting a question on social media, odds are high that I am doing so to express my incredulity.

What do mean you don't want to go for a 120 km bike ride after work‽
Interrobang image. No machine-readable author provided. Nilsjohan~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
October 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Damn, I make good soup if I do say so myself.
A large pot of homemade soup from homemade turkey broth, noodles, rice, zucchini, tomatoes, carrots and corn.
October 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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There is a LOT of forest in Saskatchewan and much of it is coniferous. Well over half of Saskatchewan is covered in boreal forest. We have a lot of farmland, and lot of trees.

www.biodiversity.sk.ca/eco.htm
A map showing the ecoregions of Saskatchewan. The map shows the southern third being prairie while the northern region is divided into boreal plain, boreal shield and taiga shield. Source: https://www.biodiversity.sk.ca/eco.htm
October 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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It was a great moon last night during my bike ride. MUCH more impressive in person than it shows up on my cell phone photo.
Full moon rising over an area of prairie bush south of Saskatoon.
October 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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I just finished listening to a great audiobook by Alex Hutchinson, The Explorer's Gene. I really enjoyed it and a lot of points struck a chord. One thing annoyed me though, the narrator's pronunciation of various Canadian and indigenous words. e.g. Chipewyan, portage, Iroquois, Regina...
Screenshot of The Explorer's Gene in the app Libby. The cover shows a mountaineer hiking on snow under the weight of a pack with mountain peaks in the background.
October 7, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Welp, I now have an open air cab on the grain cart tractor. The wind caught the glass door and whipped it open, smashing it into a million tiny pieces.

#agriculture #harvest #saskatchewan #farming
Claas Xerion 4500 tractor missing its glass door. I'm parked in a canola field on the stubble. View out the place where a glass door used to be. I'm parked in a canola field on a clear blue windy day.
September 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Colin Linden at The Bassment was amazing. Damn, that was a good show. #yxe
Blues musician Colin Linden playing solo on stage in a basement club. He's dressed in black and playing a steel guitar, well lit by stage lighting.
September 16, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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It seems the common earthworm Lumbricus terrestris is introduced to North America from Europe. inaturalist.ca/taxa/81545-L...

9 species are reported on iNaturalist in Mb and some of those could be confused with common earthworm. It looks like all earthworm-like ones are introduced to Canada.
Screenshot of Earthworms and Allies group of species observed in Manitoba from the iNaturalist app. 9 species are listed.
September 3, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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Reason #246 why I love Margaret Atwood's writing: Saint E.O. Wilson of Hymenoptera.
#entomology
Screenshot of the Margaret Atwood audiobook, The Year of The Flood. Nala the doodle dog looking longingly at the water in a slough during a long warm trail run. Running trail along the South Saskatchewan River at the north end of Saskatoon.
September 3, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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Well that was a first. Had a coyote pursue my dogs and I while I was running a trail just outside of Humboldt.
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Strava summary picture showing a few stats from the run and the background is a picture of my dog after the run. Heart rate chart from Strava showing the low HR of the cool-down run then the HR climbing to my max as we were followed by the coyote. Map showing the pace of my run down the rail trail toward Humboldt. The colours show my pace increasing as we run back toward town. The pace stops and starts as I stop to yell at the coyote and a slowdown as I call my sister-in-law.
August 7, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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Morning view. The storm passed me by.
View inside the hammock surrounded in mosquito mesh. Blue hammock with an orange top quilt and a blue tarp overhead. The world outside is bright sunlit green and blue sky. View inside the hammock surrounded in mosquito mesh. Blue hammock with an orange top quilt and a blue tarp overhead. The world outside is bright sunlit green and blue sky. View from the hammock beyond the mosquito net. Dirt riverside with a river beyond and clear blue sky.
July 25, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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It was day 2 of a 3-day adventure and my route had me winding through the Thickwood Hills today. It's a beautiful part of Saskatchewan. Most of the morning was spent in aspen parkland forest.
Rough gravel trail through aspen Aspen forest. Grassy trail through aspen forest. A lake is in the distance. Heading uphill on a rough gravel trail through aspen forest.
July 25, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Can't sleep so might as well post some pictures from today. 95 km on a heavily loaded bike on hilly terrain with a route that included grassy trails, rocky double track, pea soup gravel, etc. was tough. The hills were steep, 650 m elevation isn't that bad over that distance, but it was a slog.
Early morning view over a field of dew-covered oats with bushes and a slough in the middle distance. Fog rises from the pond. The sky is pastel colors of morning. Gravel road through rolling hills surrounded by fields. Hammock tent set up under a tarp among poplar trees. Mirror water surface of the North Saskatchewan River nearing sunset. The riverbanks are forested.
July 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Loaded and ready to head out in the morning for a 3 day gravel adventure.
Front view of bike loaded with camping gear and bags for a few days of touring. Side view of bike loaded with bags, ready for bikepacking.
July 23, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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That's not even the fish I was thinking of when I mentioned having having a fish bite me. That one was while fishing on the Churchill River near Pawistik Island (where I pilfered my username from). This sucker bit me pretty good.
Bryan standing in the water holding a large jack fish. There is the tail end of Sluice Falls in the background.
April 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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I had forgotten about this when I posted earlier but fb reminded me. We were netting fish on Lk. Diefenbaker looking for spawning females. A big jack clamped down on my thumb through the glove into my finger and sliced through the thumbnail when I yanked my finger back. Ouch! #biologist #toxicology
Thumb with a sliced and somewhat bloody fingernail.
April 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Could be either.
Screenshot from Environment Canada app for Saskatoon. 7°C, WNW 42 km/hr, gusts 54 km/hr.
April 16, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Get off the highway and explore. Both of these areas are about a 15 minute drive off of the Trans Canada Highway. Traveling across Canada and have a bit of time to enjoy it? Detour into the Qu'Appelle Valley in good weather and you won't regret it. Better yet, explore it by bicycle.
View of the Qu'Appelle Valley north of Whitewood along a gravel road. The distant hills of the valley are lit in the light of sunset.
April 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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The next evening I ventured north of town to the Qu'Appelle Valley. It was a fantastic ride, even though it went later into the evening than intended. The #637 is a beautiful road and among the best gravel roads I have ever ridden. Curving, gently rolling and scenic with little actual gravel.
Map showing my route following gravel roads north of the Qu'Appelle river and valley. 51.9 km, 433 m, 2h 44m. View looking east down the #637 gravel road through the valley. It is getting toward sunset and I am casting a long shadow down the road. The sky is blue, there are grassy hills on the left (south-facing) slope and forested hills to the distant right. Looking back along the road while climbing out of the valley. Dead end with a road covered in snow and mud. It is now late evening and the sky is dark purple with a line of fading orange along the eastern horizon. There is a line of trees on the north (right) side of the dirt road.
April 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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The first ride was south of town around the Pipestone Creek through the small valley. One of the recommended roads was still snowed in so I rerouted back to the vehicle on the highway.
Map of my route around Pipestone Creek through Saskatchewan farmland. 28.8 km, 1h 29m. Gravel road descending into the valley along Pipestone Creek. There is still a fair bit of snow in the fields. View to the east along Pipestone Creek with a view of the valley. The creek is mostly frozen. Sunset on a gravel road. The fields are covered in snow.
April 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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This past week I was working in Whitewood, SK, and went for a couple of great evening bike rides while there. I really enjoyed exploring the area.
Long shadow of a cyclist on a gravel road in evening light. The shadow extends over snow in the ditch and a stubble field with pothole. The sky is dark with the rain which recently passed.
April 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM