Anyone who thinks that fall is the only time you can see polar bears in Churchill, MB hasn’t ventured north in the summertime to the Hudson Bay. Local resident Jodi Grosbrink took these recent photos of some majestic “summer” bears out in the Churchill Wildlife Management Area. Enjoy!
Natural Habitat’s first Churchill Arctic Summer group enjoyed an amazing week of flora, whales, birds and even five polar bears! An incredible feast of wildlife and wildflowers to start the summer.
Here’s the bird list..Bonnie Chartier would be proud…
Gulls, arctic tern, osprey, raven, white-crowned sparrow, Canada goose, greater yellow legs, surf scoter, parasitic jaeger, sandhill crane, common eider, lesser scaup, American robin, whimbrel, mallard duck, red-breasted merganser, trumpeter swan, snow goose, Wilsonian godwit, horned grebe
White-crowned sparrow with lunch. Stephanie Fernandez photo.
The five polar bears for July is quite a bounty. Here’s what Natural Habitat guide Stephanie Fernandez came across with her travelers. An adult male, A sow with two yearlings out at Eskimo Point and a snow white sow and cub out near halfway point while the group was on their polar rover excursion.
Sow and yearlings (coy’s) in the rocks off Eskimo Point. Stephanie Fernandez photo.
The colors of summer in Churchill are not in the sky but on the ground in the form of wildflowers. A continuous cycle of color explodes throughout the short growth season and then morphs into the earthen colors preceding fall. Life of the earth.
Check out this video by Joanne Stover in Churchill ….sow with cubs sauntering down the main drag. What a wild town. Stay tuned for more updates from Natural Habitat Adventures groups currently touring Churchill. Beluga whale season is in full swing as well as wild flowers galore.
Some of the first summer 2014 photo’s from Churchillian Katie de Meulles. The beluga whales have finally arrived in the Churchill River as the breakup is ongoing. Hopefully the train will be heading back up to Churchill soon as well. Look for some amazing updates from Natural Habitat groups in Churchill soon.
Kelsey Boulevard in Churchill. Katie DeMeulles photo.
A spring snowstorm cancelled flights into Churchill today and that coupled with suspended train service due to a recent grain train derailment has isolated Churchill. For many up north, that’s the way they like it. Birding season is here though it will have to wait a bit. Natural Habitat’s first Arctic summer trip is only a month away….crazy Canadian weather!
