Greg Shchepanek

 Blandings Turtle Yawn The Blandings Turtle  ( Emydoidea blandingii ) is one of our rare and endangered turtles, I was lucky to come across two at the same location in Stittsville, Ontario, Canada. Evaluated as Endangered by IUCN Red List : http://www.iucnredlist.org/species/7709/155088836 . NatureServe evaluates the situation as Vulnerable in Ontario and Canada. I have only come across this species once before and that was in Dunrobin and that was years ago in 2013. Dunrobin, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It came as a great surprise that there was actually two of these turtles in close proximity I am hoping that one was female and the other male but I have no idea how to figure out their sexes. They were buried in the muck of the stream and I first thought was it was a large frog than a Blandings. I photographed the two from the position along a bridge that crossed the stream. It was only when they began to move that you could identify them as turtles. Looking like a frog. S...

 September 2019 Self portrait of me at the Yellowknife River in the Northwest Territories. My last great adventure with my father, he is now too old to travel and hike the nature trails in the wild. I just have the Yukon to visit then I am finished all my provinces and territories. Can't believe I didn't blog about my trip to the NWT it was a grand adventure with ultimate nature parks and great food in my stay at Yellowknife. I do love to visit the North of Canada and the Nunavut still is one of my most favourite places on earth to visit. The amount of stunning waterfalls that are found in the NWT makes this visit one to remember. Cameron Falls is most notable as a water cascade that we discovered deep in the woods. Wonderfull waterfalls My Hiking Attire at Cameron Falls Dear old Dad McNallie Creek Territorial Park, Northwest Territories, Canada.   Lady Evelyn Falls Territorial Park, Northwest Territories, Canada. Cameron River Rampart Falls, Cameron River Crossing Territ...