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Port In A Storm
January 1st
Northern Cardinal and female House Finch at my feeder on a blustery, wintry day.
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Virginia/Hatteras Triplist
January 19th
Triplist for a winter visit to Chesterfield, Virginia and Cape Hatteras, NC.
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Cape Hatteras in winter
January 21st
Highlights from a winter photo shoot at Pea Island Wildlife Refuge, including a fly-over from one of the resident meadowlarks of the salt marsh.
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The Red-Shouldered Hawks of Deerfield
January 25th
One of a pair of wintering Red-Shouldered Hawks, stalking feeder birds in my parents' neighborhood in Chesterfield.
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Virginia backyard birds
January 27th
Photos courtesy of my aunt Alice's bountiful bird feeders, including an adorable Tufted Titmouse and a male Bluebird.
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Birds Of Dutch Gap
January 31st
Cormorants, a Hermit Thrush, and a juvenile Bald Eagle who acted like was sizing me up for a possible lunch, photographed at Dutch Gap in Virginia.
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An invasion of Red Admirals
April 17th
Two of the tidal wave of migrating Red Admiral butterflies that passed through Ottawa in spring 2012.
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Spring fever
April 22nd
An evening chorus of snipe, rails and bitterns at Shirley's Bay, followed by my first experience of woodcock spring fever on Rifle Road.
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Spring migrants tough it out
April 26th
Migrant Yellow-Rumped Warbler and Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, trying to find food at Mud Lake on a frigid morning.
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Rainbow crested
April 27th
Close-up drake Wood Ducks at Mud Lake in the morning, under perfect lighting conditions.
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Billing and cooing
April 29th
A Wood Duck gently preens his mate.
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Ethics of recorded bird calls
May 1st
A link to an article regarding the ethics of using playback to attract birds.
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Contrast
May 3rd
A study in contrast of a Black-Capped Chickadee, red osier dogwood, and blue sky.
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The spring warbler paparazzi
May 6th
A gorgeous male Black-Throated Blue Warbler attracts a swarm of eager nature photographers, plus Palm Warbler in spring migration at Mud Lake.
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Drama at the Nortel wetland
May 18th
A failed attempt to draw out a Sedge Wren with playback demonstrates just how much other birds hate Sedge Wrens.
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Pink Ladyslippers
May 25th
Delicate Pink Ladyslippers at South March Conservation Forest, one of the few and best places in Ottawa to find them.
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A Gift
May 29th
I stumble across a Black-Billed Cuckoo in the Greenbelt, who was so busy finding food that it didn't bother hiding from the camera.
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Katydid nymph on hawkweed
May 31st
A neat color contrast between blazing orange Devil's Paintbrush and the green insect perched on it.
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The sap tapper
June 2nd
A male Yellow-Belled Sapsucker tending his sap wells in a birch tree at South March Conservation Forest.
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Nesting Killdeer at South March
June 4th
Discovery of a nesting Killdeer at South March Conservation Forest, who gave me the famous killdeer broken-wing display.
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King of butterflies
June 7th
Photo of a male Monarch butterfly.
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If nothing else, it makes for good stories!
June 27th
The sad but amusing tale of a somewhat disastrous outing to Palmetto-Peartree Reserve in search of Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers.
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Surf birds at Cape Hatteras
June 28th
Summer beach birds at Cape Hatteras, including a Boat-Tailed Grackle wading in the surf to catch coquina clams.
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More Hatteras highlights
July 2nd
A handsome White Ibis and one of Nags Head's abundant Joe Bell flowers, plus many more bird photos from Pea Island and the beaches of Cape Hatteras.
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One good tern deserves another
July 7th
Photos of a few of the resident terns at Cape Hatteras.
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Summer 2012 Hatteras Triplist
July 9th
My summer 2012 Virginia and Cape Hatteras triplist.
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Watts Creek Trail
July 11th
Peaceful scenery on the Watts Creek Trail in Ottawa.
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A youngster in the meadow
July 14th
A White-Tailed Deer fawn in the tall meadows along Watts Creek Trail, with its watchful mother nearby.
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Amber on violet
July 16th
European Skippers nectaring on cow vetch, a feast of summer color.
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White-Faced Meadowhawk
July 24th
Photos of a meadowhawk dragonfly that eats what looks like a small pupa.
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Contentment
July 30th
A contented-looking bullfrog at Mud Lake.
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Pink Lake
August 22nd
Scenery from Pink Lake, a beautiful turquoise lake in the Gatineau.
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Pileated Woodpecker and fall colors
October 11th
Female Pileated Woodpecker at Jack Pine Trail, with a backdrop of golden leaves.
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Diners at Shirley's Bay
October 12th
Customers at the Hilda Road feeding station, including a dashing adult White-Crowned Sparrow and a chipmunk stuffing his cheeks.
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Indian summer
October 18th
A Garter Snake comes out to bask on an unseasonably warm day.
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A day of jawdrops
October 22nd
Part one of a jawdropping, three-lifer birding day. Lifer #1 was a sleeping Saw-Whet Owl, its location revealed to me by a band of chickadees.
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An odd duck, and the upside of forest fires
October 23rd
I see my first Tufted Duck at Shirley's Bay, and join Bob Cermak and a few others to search for Black-Backed Woodpeckers at Lime Kiln Trail.
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Autumn At Andrew Haydon Park
October 25th
Dramatic lighting at Andrew Haydon park, with full sunlight on one side of the sky and dark clouds on the other.
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Snow Buntings at Shirley's Bay
October 29th
Cute, well-camouflaged Snow Buntings at Shirley's Bay. I got photos to show off the plumage and one 'where's Waldo' photo to show off the camouflage.
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A photogenic hawk
November 1st
A handsome and rather tame adult Red-Tailed Hawk along Carling Avenue.
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Hairy Woodpecker portrait
November 4th
A Hairy Woodpecker poses just so for the camera.
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Exploring the Lime Kiln burn
November 6th
I return to the Lime Kiln burn site to photograph the Black-Backed Woodpeckers, as well as some hungry chickadees who follow me into the woods.
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Life bird #318
November 13th
Photos of a lifer Cackling Goose, a small, stub-billed Canada-Goose-lookalike, at Andrew Haydon Park.
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Pine Grosbeaks close to home
November 15th
Ravenous Pine Grosbeaks descend on crabapple trees along Legget Drive.
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The Bandit
November 16th
Photos of a Bohemian Waxwing that was sharing crabapples with Pine Grosbeaks.
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Your source for dapper crested frugivores
November 22nd
I spend the morning with a huge, tame flock of Bohemian Waxwings, taking photo after photo as they strip the crabapple trees bare.
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Rough-Legged Hawk
December 9th
A surprise sighting of a Rough-Legged Hawk hovering over the fields along Terry Fox Drive, searching for mice.
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