We’ve had a visitor in our yard for the last few days. We didn’t recognize the bird, so I contacted one of my expert friends who identified it for us. He said it is a fox sparrow, and apparently it only shows up in our area for a few weeks in the spring and fall […]
We found a turkey feather last summer, and I’ve been meaning to take some photos of it. We’ve had a flock of turkeys in the area, and occasionally see them on our neighbour’s property, the road, and sometimes on our own. One of these days I may be able to get a good photo of […]
This fall when we were out in the kayaks, we often saw loon feathers floating in the water. I believe these were from the loons (probably the young) molting before migrating. Some mornings you would see quite a few, so I started gathering them up. I was unable to take a photo of them from […]
We were visiting my father in Burk’s Falls a couple of weeks ago, and I was able to capture some photos of a robin feeding her young … or maybe it was the father feeding his young. The robin was quite curious about me taking pictures, but was not very nervous. She is used to […]
Cedar Waxwings are usually shy. We see them very rarely, and when we do, it is difficult to get good photos of them. They are usually peaking at you from behind leaves, like this one, or they fly away as soon as you look like you’re going their direction. I love their song. If you […]
Last year, in one of my blogs in September, I said that we don’t see baby loons on our lake. However, this year we have. I’m wondering if we aren’t seeing them when they are very little, but possibly we have seen them when they were bigger, and we didn’t realize they were this year’s […]
I learned some new things about robins this year. Apparently, robins lay one egg per day over a period of 4-5 days. They often let the eggs cool until all of the eggs are laid, and then sit (brood) on the nest. This way, the eggs all hatch around the same time. I did read […]
We have ruby-throated hummingbirds in our area. I’ve been trying to photograph them over the years, and was looking on the internet for suggestions about how to get good pictures of them. They’ve been really busy here in the last week or so, but of course, when I was hoping to see them and take […]
I was going to post some scenery pictures from Point Pelee this week, but as I was going through my pictures, I saw some that I had taken of some birders and thought that I would put them up this week, and the scenery next week.Sometimes it got a bit crowded when we were going […]
About a week ago, we had the opportunity to go to Point Pelee, Ontario, to see some of the bird migration. We had never been there before, and enjoyed the trip to the Leamington area. The weather was great when we were there, and we weren’t bothered by bugs. The birding festival was on and there […]