A Look Back on 2024 Wildlife Encounters
As the year comes to an end I have taken the time to appreciate some of the more memorable wildlife encounters I enjoyed in 2024. Fueled by morning coffee I have enjoyed looking through my …
A Huge Wolf in Northern Ontario
Earlier this week, on my birthday as my good fortune allowed, I encountered the biggest wolf I have ever seen. What a gift this was! Here’s how it happened. Reaching a significant milestone in my …
Night Herons on a Local Pond
As I wrote in my last blog I’ve been enjoying relaxing times with the great egrets on Hespeler Mill Pond here in Cambridge, Ontario. Some evenings there are more than twenty of these beautiful birds …
Egrets On the Pond
After enjoying several amazing encounters with a juvenile bald eagle I have been unable to spot her on subsequent visits to the Nith River. I returned six consecutive evenings hoping for one more sighting but …
Eaglet Grows in Confidence
Good fortune with this juvenile bald eagle continues, I am delighted to report. Three more times in the past week she has flown directly towards me thereby offering incredible photographic opportunities. On two of those …
Young Bald Eagle Finding Its Wings
Summer is flying by and, I must admit, I have not been as active with my wildlife photography lately as in the past. But I had a wonderful encounter with a bald eagle last …
Wildlife Surrounds Us
Between assignments, the endless process of pitching story ideas to editors and watching Euro 2024 matches fanatically, I have managed to get out with my camera several hours a week. More often than not I …
Sandhill Crane Youngster
Since my return from Svalbard I’ve set aside a few hours each evening to go exploring in my local nature sites. This is a time when many young are experiencing their surroundings with the constant …
Arctic Wildlife Encounters
Despite the fact I’ve been home more than a week I am still feeling a sense of elation as I look through my Svalbard images recalling some of the moments I experienced aboard the MS …
Polar Adventures at 78° North
Although I have been fortunate to travel to more than thirty countries, until this month, I had not been to the arctic – the real arctic, that is. As I write I am sitting in …