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 …
Peregrine Falcons – Urban Dwellers!
After a rather brief snowy owl ‘season’ I have now turned my attention to another large raptor that intrigues me: the peregrine falcon. Peregrines are the fastest member of the animal kingdom capable of …
Eagles Building Nests
Over the years I have learned that this is the time of year where bald eagles begin to reinforce their nests with sticks, moss and the like. Soon, they will mate and so begin the …
Great Egrets Offer A Great Experience!
It has been a somewhat frustrating month of photography. I have spent lots of time outdoors but on many occasions I have come home without making a single picture. On the weekend I was up …
An Afternoon at the River
A visit to the Nith River bald eagle nest is always a wonderful experience and although sometimes I come away without a single image there is, more often than not, something that catches my interest. …
Blue Herons Are Violent Predators
After another tremendous winter of snowy owl photography I’ve been staying relatively close to home and following the progress of two pairs of nesting sandhill cranes and, more recently, a single blue heron. This heron …
Majesty of the Bald Eagle
Residents of Southern Ontario woke up to a generous dusting of snow this morning and, while most of it melted quickly, some fields were still white several hours later. I was therefore keen to explore …
Wildlife ‘Intel’ Gathering
People sometimes ask how it is that I have so many wildlife encounters. There is a degree of luck, for sure, but, besides wandering around with my camera I also spend a lot of time …