Tag: Animals

  • Winged Burrowers at Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

    Winged Burrowers at Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park

    This birds live in colonies that can consist of anywhere from 10 to 2000 nests… and we have a colony living right here at Glenbow Ranch! Bank swallows (Riparia riparia) are named for the location of their nests – the sides of eroding banks. The males of the species dig into the side of the bank with its…

  • Canadian National Miniature Horse Show names Supreme Halter Champion

    Canadian National Miniature Horse Show names Supreme Halter Champion

    Calgary – If you’ve got a name like Imprint Totally Rich and Famous, you’d better bring the swagger when you step in the ring. As one of 82 animals competing in the Canadian National Miniature Horse Show that ran Tuesday through Thursday (during) the Calgary Stampede, Rich (as he’s known) was in it to win it,…

  • John Barlow: Mourning the Passing of Mr. Ken Hurlburt

    John Barlow: Mourning the Passing of Mr. Ken Hurlburt

    High River, AB – Foothills MP John Barlow was saddened to hear of the passing of Mr. Ken Hurlburt of Fort Macleod. An innovator in the business community, Mr. Hurlburt was the first person to sell land by auction 50 years ago, introduced video cattle sales with his son and business partner, Brant, and sold…

  • Calgary Stampede Blacksmith Classic Fires Up Friendly Competition

    Calgary Stampede Blacksmith Classic Fires Up Friendly Competition

    It’s Team World Champion Blacksmiths for the Win Calgary – You know it’s a friendly competition when the winners whoop it up at Ranchman’s alongside the teams they beat to take the title. That was the picture at the iconic watering hole Sunday night as Team World Champion Blacksmiths (WCB) celebrated their victory in the…

  • GRPF: Migrators From Far and Wide

    GRPF: Migrators From Far and Wide

    What bird travels 4300km every year to return here to Glenbow Ranch? The Osprey! The Osprey, Pandion haliaetus, is a skilled fisherman and on average catches 1 out of every 4 fish they hunt. It usually only takes 12 minutes to make their first catch, which would put most human fishing experts to shame! Osprey are not only…

  • Alberta Fish and Wildlife Close Area Due to Grizzly Attack

    Alberta Fish and Wildlife Close Area Due to Grizzly Attack

    The area along the TransAlta Road west of Highway 40 to Banff National Park has been closed due to bear activity. Yesterday, two cubs came out of the bush and stumbled across a man and a woman lounging by the Ghost River. Their mother then reacted aggressively in defense of her cubs. The man was…

  • Heavy Horse Hitches at the 2016 Calgary Stampede

    Heavy Horse Hitches at the 2016 Calgary Stampede

    By Madeline Babinec, communications advisor Spending 12 of their 225 travel days per year at the Calgary Stampede, the Express Clydesdale team couldn’t be happier. “We love Calgary! We absolutely love it here,” exclaimed Michael Honhner of the Express Hitch team, from Oklahoma. The Express Clydesdales came to the Stampede this year to participate in…

  • Researchers Recreate 1st Steps on Dry Land

    Researchers Recreate 1st Steps on Dry Land

    By Deborah Byrd in EARTH | July 16, 2016 In a groundbreaking study, researchers explored a key evolutionary transition – from animals living in water to living on land – using a robot called MuddyBot. Was a tail needed for ancient vertebrates to make the first steps from water onto dry land? That’s one of…

  • Kirk Sutherland Wins the Dash for Cash in the 2016 Rangeland Derby

    Kirk Sutherland Wins the Dash for Cash in the 2016 Rangeland Derby

    Read all about Kirk’s victory here. Cumulative Results By Place – DAY 10 – July, 17 2016 Place Wagon Letter Driver Canvas Total Run Time Total Penalties Total Time Payout 1 AA Vern Nolin Dentons Canada LLP 11:18.5000 0 11:18.5000 $40,700.00 2 DD Kirk Sutherland Ghostpine Environmental Services Ltd. 12:32.5700 0 12:32.5700 $131,950.00 3 M…

  • Waterton-Glacier Science and History Day in Waterton Lakes National Park

    Waterton-Glacier Science and History Day in Waterton Lakes National Park

    Learn from scientists and historians working in Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park Waterton Lakes National Park Parks Canada and the U.S. National Park Service will host the 13th annual Waterton-Glacier Science and History Day at the Falls Theatre (near Cameron Falls) in Waterton Lakes National Park on Tuesday, July 26, 2016. This international event, held annually…

  • NOT a Beaver

    NOT a Beaver

    There is a mammal that lives in our ponds here at Glenbow.  And while it may be a rodent, it is not a beaver… The muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus, is the largest member of the mouse family, and while it may be a semi aquatic rodent like the beaver, the similarities end there.  The muskrat has a thin…

  • ZEKE the Temperamental ‘Jerusalem Donkey’ Upstaged by Gabriel the Understudy Donkey!

    ZEKE the Temperamental ‘Jerusalem Donkey’ Upstaged by Gabriel the Understudy Donkey!

    Zeke has been grazing on too much sweet grass lately and his feet are bothering him.  Meanwhile, Gabriel, the female understudy donkey, replaced Zeke for the first three performances of the 2016 Canadian Badlands Passion Play.    Drumheller, Alberta — The Canadian Badlands Passion Play still hopes to welcome Zeke the donkey back to the stage…

  • Canada Parks Remembers Animal War Heroes: Fritz & Bruno

    Canada Parks Remembers Animal War Heroes: Fritz & Bruno

    The First World War was the last major conflict in which large numbers of animals served alongside soldiers on the battlefield. Millions of horses died, while dogs, bear cubs and other animals became mascots. Fritz and Bruno, a war horse and sheepdog, hold a special place in local military history. They belonged to Lieutenant-Colonel Charles…

  • Local Dog Handler Captures World Stock Dog Championship on its 20th Anniversary

    Local Dog Handler Captures World Stock Dog Championship on its 20th Anniversary

    Calgary – If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Multiply that “try” a few more times and you’ve got Milton Scott’s multiple attempts at winning the World Stock Dog Championship at the Calgary Stampede, a feat he finally accomplished on Sunday night in front of a packed house at the Agrium Western Event…

  • DJ Ranch ~ Summer Camps

    DJ Ranch ~ Summer Camps

    We are booking our 2016 camps – don’t miss out! Call today!