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Foley Mountain Conservation Area, Westport, Ontario

Foley Mountain Conservation Area, Westport, Ontario (Location) The Foley Mountain Conservation Area is one of a number of natural areas maintained by the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority (RVCA) and many volunteers. Foley Mountain is located on the high side of … Continue reading

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Woolrich, PA

Woolrich, PA May 4, 2012: There are a few places in Pennsylvania where the community is named after the main employer.  One of them is Hershey PA famous for chocolate products.  Another is Woolrich PA famous for its woolen clothing. … Continue reading

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Wind! Wildlife! Hockey!

Wind!Lots of Wind! Wildlife! Hockey! I didn’t have much exciting planned this afternoon when I opened the door and headed out to my car with my camera equipment. I thought that I might like to head to the Experimental Farm … Continue reading

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Just a short trip … really!

Just a short trip … really! I was working on some more uploads from our recent Cuba trip, looked out the window, saw that the sun was shining and decided that a short trip around the neighborhood with camera in … Continue reading

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Chickadees and More: Sarsaparilla Trail, Ottawa

Chickadees and More: Sarsaparilla Trail, Ottawa Recent rains and high winds have stripped many of the trees of their Autumn colours. That hasn’t stopped people coming out to the Sarsaparilla Trail in Ottawa’s Greenbelt and sticking out their hands for … Continue reading

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Fall at Luskville Falls, Gatineau Hills, Quebec

Ron doing his photography thing (photo by Graeme). Fall at Luskville Falls, Gatineau Hills, Quebec After completing my retroactive blog relating to my September visit to Mer Bleue Bog, I picked up Graeme and off we went to Luskville Falls … Continue reading

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Day 1 – Carleton University’s Annual Butterfly Show, October 1-10, 2011

Day 1 – Carleton University’s Annual Butterfly Show, October 1-10, 2011 Today’s post provides a visual glimpse at some of the things that I saw and photographed on the first day of Carleton University’s 12th Annual Butterfly Show. For more … Continue reading

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Shirley’s Bay, Ottawa, Ontario

I started off my travels today by first visiting the area called Shirley’s Bay on the Ottawa River. Considering all of the rain that we had in April, it is not surprising that the bay is much fuller than normal. … Continue reading

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Bates Island and the Ottawa River revisited

After enjoying being out in the sunshine with the dogs at the Bruce Pit Dog Park, I headed over to the Ottawa River and Bates Island. It was a nice day and water conditions were perfect for those who like … Continue reading

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Feeding Chickadees on the Beaver Trail

I hadn’t been on the Beaver Trail in the Stony Swamp section of Ottawa’s Greenbelt for quite awhile so decided to take a look around that trail today carrying my Nikon D300 equipped with my vintage Micro-nikkor 1:3.5 f=55mm nippon … Continue reading

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