Blue Herons Are Great
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
As the days get longer I have been able to get in my bike rides along the Grand River rail trail on alternate days AND still get out for some wildlife photography in the evenings. There is …
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 …
Sandhill cranes – named for a region of sand dunes in Nebraska where they gather by the hundreds of thousands – are high up on my favourite local wildlife species. Once the snowy owls have left southern …
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 …
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 …
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 …