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Signs Of Spring
March 25th
Molting goldfinches and redpolls sharing a sunflower feeder on my back balcony.
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The Price Of A Hard Winter
April 8th
How, and perhaps why I found a woodcock in an unlikely spot.
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Springtime Strut
April 13th
Joining a fellow birder to watch the annual American Woodcock air show along Rifle Road.
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Return Of The Night Herons
April 18th
A Black-Crowned Night Heron perched high over the swamp at Mud Lake.
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Spring Display
April 20th
A classic view of a Red-Winged Blackbird brandishing his epaulets amidst a cattail marsh.
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Oil Beetle
April 25th
An odd photo of an odd beetle, and a description of the bee-imitating habits of its larvae.
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Sleepy Screech Owl
April 28th
A new Ottawa bird for me, Eastern Screech-Owl, sleeping the day away in a tree hole.
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Sunset Wood Ducks
April 30th
Drake Wood Ducks showing off their colors to good effect at Mud Lake. The water was like burnished silver that day.
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In Praise Of Common Birds
May 4th
Taking time to appreciate the beauty of a few 'dirt birds': Common Mallard and Ring-Billed Gull.
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Spring Beauty
May 9th
A photo of Spring Beauty, an ephemeral wildflower.
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Shine For A Day
May 11th
A perfect, delicate Trout Lily at South March Conservation Forest.
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Three Hunters
May 13th
A hunter of fish (Black-Crowned Night Heron), mice (Eastern Screech-Owl), and birds (Cooper's Hawk), all photographed at Mud Lake.
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Dragonflies and Wildflowers at Sugarbush Trail
May 23rd
Baskettails, clubtails, emeralds and trillium in Gatineau Park. One of the dragonflies was having a rather strange-looking meal.
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Mud Lake, late spring
May 27th
Yellow Warbler, Lily-of-the-valley, and a surprisingly tame Black-Crowned Night Heron at Mud Lake.
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A Delicate Beauty
May 30th
Spring Beauty photographed in South March Conservation Forest.
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The Star Of Yellow Sidecar
June 16th
A feisty hummingbird I found guarding the nectar feeder at our B&B in Cape Breton. Only his mate was allowed to share it with him.
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The Star Of Bird Islands
June 19th
Photographs of colorful Atlantic Puffins at Cape Breton's Bird Islands.
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Razorbills
June 21st
Breeding Razorbills, 'penguins of the north', photographed at Cape Breton's Bird Islands.
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Great Cormorants
June 23rd
The intense and prehistoric-looking Great Cormorant, photographed at the Bird Islands in Cape Breton.
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Bird Islands Miscellanea
June 25th
Black Guillemots and a sleepy (or just bored) Black-Legged Kittiwake at Cape Breton's Bird Islands.
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A Free Lunch
June 27th
Close-ups of Bald Eagles from a boat tour to Cape Breton's Bird Islands. The tour leaders threw fish to draw them in.
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Reunited At Last
June 28th
A photo sequence of a mated pair of Razorbills on Cape Breton's Bird Islands, as one struggles clumsily to rejoin the other.
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Spruce Grouse
July 1st
A tame and fearless, if not outright cheeky female Spruce Grouse on Skyline Trail.
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Glace Bay Lifers
July 3rd
Discovery of a lone Piping Plover and a nesting Nelson's Sparrow at Glace Bay in Cape Breton.
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A set for ilanikhan
July 7th
Horses roaming in the pasture along Constance Bay Road. Their affection towards each other made for incredible photos.
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Elusive Field Birds
July 9th
A sampling of breeding birds of the pastures along Constance Bay Road, including a pair of feisty Bobolinks.
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Highlands Park Vistas
July 11th
Scenery photos from Highlands National Park in Cape Breton.
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Cape Breton Headlands
July 13th
Scenery from the headlands of Schooner Pond and White Point in Cape Breton, including some of the most baleful-looking trees I'd ever seen.
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Bladder Campion
July 17th
Highlighting the beauty of an under-appreciated little wildflower.
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After six years of trying
July 20th
An Indigo Bunting shows off his colors at Watt's Creek Trail.
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Sugarbush Leps
July 24th
Butterflies and moths, including Compton Tortoiseshell, during a summer stroll at Sugarbush Trail.
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Mating Jewelwings
July 27th
Ebony Jewelwings form a mating circle at Sugarbush Trail.
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Anxious Mom
July 31st
An encounter with a White-Tailed Deer and her well-camouflaged young fawn.
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Cedar Grove Bugs
August 9th
My first trip to Marlborough Forest, a deer-fly-infested but fascinating place. The day's photos included Goldenrod Crab Spiders and tiny micro-moths.
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Sometimes nature comes to you
August 23rd
A strikingly colored spider, Argiope aurantia, shows up in my back yard.
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A Needle In A Snowstack
November 11th
How I searched almost in vain for one Pink-Footed Goose amidst tens of thousands of Snow Geese.
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A Western Visitor
December 26th
How a Mountain Bluebird lost its way.
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Pileated Woodpecker At Beaver Trail
December 27th
A Pileated Woodpecker's scarlet crest blazes on an overcast winter morning.
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