The young juvenile loons have been in our lake until just the last week or so. They stay longer than the adults before migrating. I took these photos about a month ago. As you can see, the markings are not the same as an adult loon. By the time they left, they were looking more like […]
Views of mallards from this summer. I always enjoy watching them.
Seagulls, herring gulls … I never know what to call them. Usually they seem like an annoying noise in the background – in cities, beaches, parking lots … basically anywhere. However, they can be very interesting to watch.
Last week we visited the George Langman Sanctuary which is located west of Orillia. They have some swans, ducks, rabbits and pheasants to look at, and it is well worth the stop there. The part I enjoyed the most was seeing the swans. They have both trumpeter swans and mute swans. I didn’t know the difference […]
Lately we’ve had fog in the mornings. This is a great time to go out in the kayak and enjoy the quietness of the morning. When I was out there the other day, I was able to get fairly close to a loon that was doing its daily ritual of preening. Preening is necessary to […]
When we were at Lake Louise, we had the opportunity to see a Clark’s Nutcracker. People in the western provinces are used to seeing them, but we don’t see them here, so they are unique for us. They aren’t very afraid of people, especially around Lake Louise where they have a lot of tourists around them. Clark’s […]
Last week we saw a juvenile bald eagle up in a tree near our lake. We’ve seen some bald eagles in the area lately, which is new for us in this area. I like seeing them every once in awhile, and I’ve been hoping to take some photos of them. This is the closest I’ve been […]
The red-tailed hawk is interesting to watch. You often see them sitting on top of telephone poles or soaring high in the sky. We enjoyed watching this one high in the sky.
We have a lot of ducks around our lake, and I enjoy taking photos of them. They have become very habituated so that it’s easy to get up close enough to take photos. These are some of my favourites. This next photo was taken a few years ago. The mother duck and her ducklings were […]
I recently did a post about loons, but thought I would add this. Last week, when we were staying in Canisbay, Algonquin Park, we saw something that was completely new to us. We’ve seen loons run along the water as they are taking off to fly, but this time it looked like two loons were […]