Residents of McIntyre Creek

A coyote walking along the wildlife corridor, was curious about us, and stopped to watch us approaching him.

A young eagle was seen waiting patiently for a fish to come by the opening in the freezing pond.

There is a new access road created on the wildlife corridor in anticipation of a traffic circle which will be built on Mountain View connecting with the road for Whistle Bend. Lots of changes happening in the area.

There are new bridges about to be placed over the creek. Signs have been up for over a week stating the trails are closed, although as of this afternoon, (Oct. 23), they were still passable.

Fall 2010 - McIntyre Creek Scenes

Yesterday I spotted an eagle perched on the tree where (s)he hung out most of the summer. I also saw a very healthy coyote who stopped and stared at us. Today I saw a lone duck swimming. I wondered if it was damaged that it had not flown with the rest of the ducks who had been resident on the pond. I am certain the early snow was a surprise to the ducks as well as the humans in Whitehorse.

Today there were signs out on the trails saying they were closed. I suspect that the new bridges are about to be installed over the Creek over the next several days, and this was the reason the trails were closed. However, it did not stop the many dog walkers and joggers from continuing on their regular paths throughout the area.

Photo by Gerry Steers