We are seeing some American Goldfinches at our bird feeders. They have their winter plumage, which is not as bright as in the summer. In the summer the males are quite bright yellow, but in the winter they are similar in colour to the females. Goldfinches eat seeds from weeds, shrubs, trees, and especially like […]
Our backyard has been busy since the snow and cold have come. We are seeing several different kinds of birds, so I thought I would do a series of those birds that we see in our backyard at feeders and in the bush. The first one is the dark-eyed junco. It is a small sparrow […]
I normally don’t pay a lot of attention to the robins that we see around here, so haven’t taken too many photos of them. However, this fall they were in our burning bush eating the berries. This provided some interesting opportunities for taking their pictures. Robins are common in our area, and in almost all […]
We took our pontoon boat on Boshkung Lake for a last ride yesterday before putting it away for the winter. Some of the colours still looked pretty good, but the highlight for us was seeing a bald eagle. It was windy and the lake was quite wavy so it was a challenge to be able […]
We were able to go out in the pontoon boat today. It’s been a wonderful October – lots of rain, but the temperature has been warm for this time of year. We saw several loons. The following pictures were taken on Pine Lake. This is an adult loon with its winter plumage. Sometimes it’s hard […]
Loons are still one of my favourite birds. I’ve collected quite a few photos of them this summer, so thought I would add these.
We enjoy seeing the mallard ducks each summer. I thought I would put a few of my favourite pictures up from this summer, and some from last summer.
We’ve seen a couple of birds we don’t usually see. I wasn’t able to get many pictures of each, so thought I would put each of them on here. This is a juvenile yellow-bellied sapsucker. It is still brownish, and doesn’t have the red that you see on the adult sapsuckers. I’ve seen the adults […]
This morning as I was kayaking back to the house, it started to rain. It is quite warm out still, and it was a light rain, so it wasn’t bothering me. Of course, the loons didn’t mind it either.
I saw a pair of loons today when I was out in the kayak. They were very accommodating, and came up around my kayak several times. They didn’t seem to care that I was there. Loons are probably one of my favourite birds to photograph. God’s handiwork is amazing.