Yes, Mid May has already passed. We are waiting for the green leaves to arrive. The trees seem ready to burst their leaves out for all to see and enjoy. And yet, we are waiting. Mother Nature has her own timetable, I guess.

Little creeks still show no signs of green, although we all know that it will be there soon.

It looks like we have to grab those days whenever they present themselves. Unlike winter days, spring days make themselves scarce. So when the last one finally showed itself, I thought I’d grab the camera, get out and see what was nice and warm to see.

First off to see a friend, hadn’t seen him in some time and a coffee imposed itself. He came up with the idea to shoot some Tundra Geese, a bird I had never seen before. A lifer, in other words.

At least not against other birds. Mostly. After a series of posts with birds of prey, the logical counterpart would be the birds that do not eat other birds, right? Well, if that is so, then this post will be for you. Otherwise, keep reading anyway.

All jokes apart, from time to time it is good to change the subject. While I do not like to delve too far into my archives to find the right pictures for this blog, sometimes I have no choice.

After a long period of skies without much character, except for the biting kind, it is time to show some more of the fantastic skies we can have in Manitoba throughout the year.

Most of the wild skies happen when it is not winter, so that leaves us logically with 3/4 of the year. Except for this year. So I will have to dig a bit in last year’s archives to get a decent number of presentable pictures .