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Category: wildlife photography

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Wildlife ‘Intel’ Gathering

Wildlife ‘Intel’ Gathering

Paul E Gains September 14, 2022 September 16, 2022

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 …

Bald Eagles | Birds | Foxes | Pileated woodpecker | river wildlife | wildlife | wildlife photography
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Blue Herons Are Great

Blue Herons Are Great

Paul E Gains August 1, 2022 August 1, 2022

Great blue herons are a ubiquitous presence along rivers and ponds near my home in Cambridge, Ontario. In fact some of the signs welcoming visitors to the city are engraved with images of these large …

Birds | Great blue herons | river wildlife | wildlife | wildlife photography
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Great Egrets Return

Great Egrets Return

Paul E Gains July 10, 2022 July 10, 2022

Great egrets are strikingly beautiful birds which frequent rivers and ponds across southern Ontario during the warm months. It’s no surprise that the National Audubon Society has been using this bird as its symbol since …

Birds | Great Egrets | river wildlife | wildlife | wildlife photography
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A Bald Eagle Fishing Success

A Bald Eagle Fishing Success

Paul E Gains June 13, 2022 June 13, 2022

After visiting the Nith River bald eagles a few times and not seeing the eagles at all I must agree with locals who say the pair have moved on following last month’s severe storm.  This prompted me to turn …

Bald Eagles | Birds | Raptors | river wildlife | wildlife | wildlife photography
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An Unexpected Moose Encounter

An Unexpected Moose Encounter

Paul E Gains June 6, 2022 June 6, 2022

If you have regularly followed my posts or attended any of my wildlife photo presentations you will know that I often mention the absence of a moose in my photo library. While everyone seems to encounter them at some point …

moose | wildlife | wildlife photography
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An Evening Kestrel Hunt

An Evening Kestrel Hunt

Paul E Gains April 22, 2022 April 22, 2022

Cruising the country roads outside Paris, Ontario I have had some remarkable experiences with birds of prey.  There is a pair of Northern Harriers I see often and frequent readers will recall my encounter with a …

American Kestrels | Birds | Raptors | wildlife | wildlife photography
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Snowy Owls Are Still in Southern Ontario

Snowy Owls Are Still in Southern Ontario

Paul E Gains March 30, 2022 March 30, 2022

March has brought some turbulent weather to southern Ontario but I have been regularly visiting the snowy owls while wondering how much more time I will have with them. A year ago I found just …

Birds | Owls | snowy owls | Uncategorized | wildlife | wildlife photography
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An Unexpected Peregrine Encounter

An Unexpected Peregrine Encounter

Paul E Gains March 14, 2022 March 14, 2022

Writing projects have kept me occupied these past few weeks, not to mention looking after Chango, my eldest son’s dog. So my time with the snowy owls has been greatly reduced. Still, I have slipped …

Birds | Ethics | Hawks | Peregrine Falcons | wildlife | wildlife photography
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Beavers Busy On Nith River

Beavers Busy On Nith River

Paul E Gains February 20, 2022 February 20, 2022

A couple of times in recent weeks I have visited the bald eagles’ nest on the Nith River to see how the pair are managing. This is the time of year where they are reinforcing …

Bald Eagles | river wildlife | Urban wildlife | wildlife photography
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Snowy Owls Are Aggressive!

Snowy Owls Are Aggressive!

Paul E Gains January 30, 2022 January 30, 2022

Scott Weidensaul, co-founder of Project Snowstorm (a world renowned snowy owl research organization),  tells me he considers 2021-2022 a normal ‘irruption year’ a time when larger numbers of juvenile owls migrate south of the Arctic circle …

Birds | Ethics | Owls | snowy owls | wildlife | wildlife photography
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