Bald Eagles In Vacation Mode
It has been a busy autumn thus far with days filled with my work for the TCS Toronto Waterfront Marathon (held last Sunday), a couple of writing assignments and preparation for three wildlife photo presentations …
Bald Eagle Action
My visits to the Nith River bald eagles continue despite the ongoing heatwave(s) and the inconvenience of engaging with the mosquito population. I recently bought a mosquito net to cover my head while out along …
Eaglets Figuring Out Life
As my last email pointed out ‘The Narwhal’ published my photo essay on the Nith River bald eagles, July 11th, – a wonderful moment since it encapsulates six years of my experiences with the adult …
Meet the Neighbours!
After recently sinking another couple of thousand into car repairs I’ve been in urgent need of some ‘river therapy’. I find it’s much cheaper than the ‘retail therapy’ that appeals to many folks. A couple …
Bald Eagles Raising Chicks
Over the winter I spent lots of time with snowy owls, short-eared owls and northern harriers. Now that the ‘snowies’ have embarked on their long journey back to the arctic, and, since I haven’t seen …
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 …
Bald Eagles Caring for Chicks
Several weeks ago, on one of my regular photographic outings, I noticed an adult female bald eagle perched on her nest. Nothing unusual in that except on each subsequent visit she was in the same …
Winter Photography Scenes
Winter has visited with its usual unpredictability here in southern Ontario which makes for some interesting wildlife encounters. A couple of times the temperature has dipped to around -14c with strong winds making it more …