We have a brown creeper in our back yard. We’ve seen several of them through the summer, but we haven’t noticed any here in the winter before. When I checked, it looks like they winter down in the United States for the cold months. So it looks like we might have another little bird who didn’t […]
We have a pine warbler at our bird feeder. We have never had one before as far as we know. When I checked the range for this bird, it looks like it could be in our area in the summer. However, it usually goes far south (Florida) for the winter. Winter is here and so […]
We have a lot of blue jays coming to our feeders at this time of year. They are timid birds, but when interested in the feeders, there is a chance to photograph them. Blue jays are so common that we don’t think about them often here in Ontario. When my sister is here from the […]
We have had a population boom of turkeys in our area in the last few years. We often see them around our area, in our yard, in the bush behind, on the road. We don’t just have to watch for deer now – we also have to watch for turkeys. At one time, wild turkeys […]
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 […]