Northern Saskatchewan 2015 - October


First October snowfall. 

Water levels were very low all year largely due to very little snowfall last winter.  In May I had to wade the canoe in a creek that I would normally have been able to float down.  At the above campsite landing I grounded before the shore.  I made a small rock "dock" to enable easier collection of drinking water.
Firewood stacked to dry. 
Stovewood poles stacked to keep dry.
  
Mid October and the wood stove made for a comfortable camp in cool wet weather.


 Late October, the first heavy snowfall revealed the travel of the local residents.  Above shows a well used snowshoe hare trail.

A single snowshoe hare track.


A red squirrel left tracks as he searched for a meal.

I saw the red fox that made the above tracks.  He sat on his haunches about 50 meters away while we stared at each other for a few moments.  His tail was a beautiful bushy red with a white tip.

Spruce grouse spend most of their day on the ground as they eat, flying up in a tree at night to roost.

The wolf tracks were close to the fox trail.

There were lots of mouse tracks, probably deer mice, a common prey of the fox.




 
Recent marten (American pine marten) tracks.