Our backyard borders on some bush / woods / forest – whatever you want to call it. When I looked out the window a week ago, I spotted a larger bird in one of the trees. It was a partridge, or a ruffed grouse as it is also known. The proper name is Bonasa Umbellus. […]
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 […]
These aren’t the sharpest pictures, but they were taken with our trail cameras over the past year. I thought I would put them on my page for a record. It’s amazing how many different animals we have wandering around during the nights and early mornings. The only ones I didn’t upload because they were too […]
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 […]
The weather was perfect today for taking our pontoon boat on Redstone Lake and Little Redstone Lake. The leaves seem to be at their peak – gorgeous. I had a hard time trying to decide what pictures to put on my website. Please enjoy.