Snowy Owls Have Returned
Like many photographers I am delighted to see that snowy owls have returned to southern Ontario for the winter. Having flown as much as 300 kilometres a day to get to these fields they are …
Wolves of Killarney
As the weather has become more challenging fewer people are camping up in Killarney (northern Ontario) which is fine with me. I enjoy the solitude. Temperatures drop to around freezing overnight – greatly enhancing the …
Black Bear Cubs
October is my favourite time to go camping in northern Ontario and for the past three years I have preferred Killarney over other provincial parks. Due to Covid travel restrictions, though, more people have been …
Autumn Brings Out Colourful Wildlife
Autumn has arrived so we are now seeing the beautiful change in colours out there. It’s a beautiful time of year and a beautiful time to see wildlife. I have been cycling along the Grand River …
Red Fox Encounters
Since June I have been spotting a red fox in the woods behind my apartment building. Imagine my delight when this species, which I had been unable to photograph successfully in the past, became a …
Great Egrets Offer Photographic Experiences
On a recent visit to the bald eagle nest along the Nith River one of the adults was perched in a tree surveying the area. The three eaglets were not present and I must conclude …
Wildlife is All Around Us!
Mobile phones are both a blessing and a curse: useful for staying in touch yet they are highly addictive devices which lead to stress and an inexplicable abandonment of senses. Just this morning I watched …
Eagles Having Human Encounters
I wasn’t planning to write a blog on my favourite eaglet so soon but I want to share a wonderful experience I had with this bald eagle yesterday morning. But first a little background is …
Bald Eagles Learning Life Lessons
Nature is certainly full of surprises and the more time one spends outdoors the more entertaining it is. The bald eagle fledgling that many of us have been so concerned about – the female that …
Concern For Bald Eagle Fledgling
Faithful readers will know that my last blog was a little over a week ago at which time I reported on the three bald eagle fledglings along the Nith River in southern Ontario. The female bald …