This week I have some fun photos of snow buntings. It’s been a while since I had such a wonderful up-close photo session with these toasty little birds. They are quite chatty little things buzzing and twittering and chirping cheerily amongst themselves. It is one of the happiest sounds I know. I recently had some snow buntings in my …
I have been in isolation for the past week which has been very frustrating seeing as how migration is now in full swing. I have been doing my best to take notes of all the birds I see from my yard but it is not the same as being able to get out in the field. The upside is …
This week I wanted to share a few images I shot of ravens hanging out in my neighbourhood. We have a few ravens that patrol our dumpsters and harass cats and small dogs during the day. I’m pretty sure that the ravens have divided up the city into their own ‘hoods and disperse into their respective territories in the morning. …
Life is picking up out here and birds are starting to arrive. If you have been following this page for a while, you know that owls are around quite reliably in April. A couple of weeks ago I went out to search for Great Grey Owls that hang out along the highway and happened upon a scuffle between a Great …
I had a lovely evening out with a friend last night and spotted my first Great Grey Owls of 2021. There were also a ton of ptarmigan out but we passed on them in search of the Great Grey. There is a relatively short window in which to photograph Great Grey owls so I do my best to take every …
I have some fox pictures to share this week. There’s not a lot we haven’t explored about foxes here and many people are familiar with them because they are relatively harmless urban dwellers. Foxes have adapted incredibly well to the urban environment and to human activity. Much of their activity takes place in the evening and overnight, a time when …
I have spent some time sorting through my bird photos lately thinning out my images and trying to use some discretion in weeding out the best from the average. I have over 11K bird photos so needless to say I have re-discovered a few surprises. When I took these photos I had no idea what bird this was. Fast forward …
I’ve been working through culling my 11K+ catalogue of bird images and came upon these images of a young grebe and I thought identifying juvenile grebes would make a good post. As I looked at the first few images I couldn’t tell what type of grebe this was. I wondered if there was a way to tell the difference between …
This week I am sharing a few photos of a female Ruby-Crowned Kinglet that I spotted near the end of September. Ruby-Crowned Kinglets are very small birds, smaller than chickadees, that usually hang about in coniferous trees during breeding season since this is where they make their nests. They are fast and busy as they flit about in the high …
This week I wanted to share a few images of this curious and brave fox that I have spent some time photographing over the winter. This is one of a pair that may be siblings or may be planning to start a family… only time will tell! While I was photographing this fox, it came within 6 feet of me. …