Betty Moore Photography

I like this time of year because we end up seeing birds we don’t always see during the rest of the year. These are hooded mergansers. This is a male merganser. The white on the head can be expanded into a “hood”. Hooded mergansers are the smallest of the mergansers. The female is not as […]

We don’t see wood ducks on our lake very often. These two have been staying for a few days, so I was pleased to get a few pictures this morning. Wood Ducks do not nest on the ground as many other ducks do. They nest in cavities in trees and are comfortable flying through woods.  […]

Signs of spring – the Canada Geese are around again. The ice is melting, and the lake is beginning to have some of the water fowl are coming back. The number of Canada Geese on the lake can be overwhelming later in the summer, but they are interesting birds to watch. I like this one. […]

These are some pictures I took last summer when I was down the river. I enjoy listening to their songs. I took this last one in 2020. It is still one of my favourites.

When I looked back, I saw that there were 7 swans here last winter. We seem to see some swans each year now. I believe all of these are trumpeter swans. They were too far away for me to see if there were any tundra swans in there or not. It also doesn’t look like […]

It was a beautiful, foggy morning on our lake and river today. As I was coming around a bend in the river, I spotted a great blue heron. Even though we have them on our lake, we don’t get the opportunity to see them up close very often. This one was very accommodating.