All Creatures
The wildlife in Saskatchewan is spread diversely across the region. While the plains were once home to roaming herds of bison, terrain and climate still reflect the hunting and foraging habits of a vast range of birds, insects, water and boreal mammals, and a variety of endangered or vulnerable species.
Large Mammals
"Its angled rays brought the many glyphs, invisible in higher light, into existence; each morning and each evening its rays created them anew: human handprints, faces and footprints, grizzly bear claws, bison hoofprints leading over the edge of the high cliff."
~ Sharon Butala, Coyote’s Morning Cry
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1. Bison, Prince Albert National Park. |
2. Bison, Prince Albert National Park |
3. Pronghorn/antelope |
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4. Cow Elk |
5. Pronghorn/antelope at Crane Lake |
6. Moose in snow |
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7. Moose swimming in Northern Lake |
8. Horses at Fort Walsh |
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Small Mammals
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9. Beaver lodge near La Ronge |
10. Beaver’s work |
11. Ground squirrel/prairie dog at Cypress |
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12. Red Squirrel at Waskesiu |
13. Red Squirrel at Waskesiu |
14. Squirrel in Tree at Emma Lake |
Birds
"Here and there meadow larks were suddenly upon straw stacks, telephone wires, fence posts, their song clear with ineffable exuberance that startled and deepened the prairie silence - each quick and impudent climax of notes leaving behind it a vaster, emptier, prairie world."
~ W.O. Mitchell
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15. Robin Feeding Young |
16. Evening Grosbeak |
17. Pine Grosbeak |
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18. A Brewer’s Blackbird at Emma Lake |
19. Bird’s Nest and Eggs |
20. "Killdeer" Bird’s Nest and Eggs |
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21. Ducks swimming near Cut Knife |
22. A Female "Mallard" Duck |
23. Two Female “Mallard” Ducks Feeding |
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24. Several Ducks On and Near Shore |
25. Adult White Pelicans with Baby Chicks |
26. Three Whooping Cranes in Flight |
« Dans le ciel de l'été, d'un bleu absolu, là, un autour seul pendait. Il dérivait bas, dans des cercles paresseux, laissant glisser son ombre sombre sur le chaume, la jachère d'été, le blé cuisant. »
~ W.O. Mitchell
Amphibians, Insects, and Spiders
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27. Frog Sitting on a Rock |
28. Wing Spread of a Moth |
29. Long-horned Wood-boring Beetle, Lac la Ronge |
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30. Dew Covering a Spider’s Web near Anglin Lake |
31. Dew Covering a Spider’s Web near Anglin Lake |
32. Dew Covering a Spider’s Web near Anglin Lake |
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33. Dew Covering a Spider’s Web near Anglin Lake |
34. Dew Covering a Spider’s Web near Emma Lake |
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Artistic Interpretations
Mac Hone
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35. Sketch titled -Bluejays - 1991 |
36. Water colour sketch of birds |
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Joe Fafard
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37. Statue of a cow |
38. Statue of a cow |
39. Untitled painting of a marsh and waterfowl |
James Ratt
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40. Painting titled -Leaping Deer |
41. Untitled Painting of a Grizzly Bear |
42. Untitled Painting of a Wolf in snow |
John Halkett
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43. Untitled Painting of a Deer in Snow |
44. Painting titled - White Moose |
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Myles Charles
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45. Painting titled- Bull Moose |
46. Untitled Painting of Gulls in Flight |
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Bob Dalby
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47. Untitled Painting of Caribou Migration |
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Sonny MacDonald
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48. Carving of a Common Loon |
49. Carving - Loon and Young |
50. Carving of a Lake Trout |
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51. Carving of an Eagle’s Head |
52. Carving of a two birds mounted on driftwood |
53. Carving of a Lake Trout |
Lloyd Pinay
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54. Carving of an Eagle in catlinite pipestone |
55. Carving of a Bear’s head in pipestone |
56. Carving of a Marten in catlinite pipestone |
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57. Carving of a Trout in Wapawekka Lake pipestone |
58. Carving - The Watchers |
59. Carving of a Man’s Interaction between Animals and Birds |
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60. Carving of a Bison on a pipe |
61. Carving of a Common Loon |
62. Carving - Snake Pipe |
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