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Tag Archives: Sarsaparilla Trail
Negotiating the Sarsaparilla and Jack Pine Trails
Negotiating the Sarsaparilla and Jack Pine Trails The freezing rain stopped at about midnight and the day started off with some blue sky and temperatures slightly above freezing. This meant that walking the trails would be a bit of a … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Jack Pine Trail, Ontario, Ottawa, Ottawa Greenbelt Trails, Sarsaparilla Trail
Tagged beaver pond, camera settings, chickadees, cloud cover, dim lighting, dripping water, eyesight, feeder, feedstuffs, freezing rain, Hairy woodpecker, Jack Pine Trail, NCC Greenbelt Trails, Nepean, night time, Ontario, Ottawa, outstretched hand, red squirrels, sarsaparilla, Sarsaparilla Trail, woodpecker
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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
Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa, Ottawa Greenbelt Trails, Sarsaparilla Trail
Tagged autumn colours, blue jays, Chickadee feeding out of hand, chickadees, chipmunk, chipmunks, colourful, creatures, fern, Greenbelt, juncos, mallard, mushroom, nuthatches, Ottawa, Ottawa Greenbelt, red squirrels, rock, sarsaparilla, Sarsaparilla Trail, trail covered in leaves, trees, woodpecker
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Trying out the repaired 80-200 f2.8
I haven’t been out on the woodland trails much this summer (soccer injuries, international travel, other family commitments, etc), so when I received my 80-200mm f2.8 back from Nikon’s repair depot, that was all that I needed as a reason … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa, Sarsaparilla Trail
Tagged apple trees, beaver pond, Blue Jay, chickadees, chipmunks, Downy Woodpecker, ducks, family commitments, Greenbelt, Greenbelt Trails, Hairy woodpecker, handful of seeds, nature natural surroundings, NCC, Nepean, Nikon 28-200mm f2.8, Nikon 80-200mm f2.8, Nkon camera, Ottaawa Ontario, ottawa ontario, photography, photos, Red Squirrel, Sarsaparilla Trail, soccer injuries, summer soccer, sunflower seeds, walk in the woods, white breasted nuthatch, woodland trail, woodland trails, woodpecker
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Ottawa Greenbelt Trails – Sarsaparilla Trail
After dropping off my father following our earlier outing to Ashton, Ontario, I decided that a stop at nearby Sarsaparilla Trail might yield some photo opportunities. I rather hoped that I might get some nice shots of the white-breasted nuthatches … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa, Ottawa Greenbelt Trails, Sarsaparilla Trail
Tagged Canada Geese, chickadees, Deer, Greenbelt, Hairy woodpecker, mallards, marshland, nuthatches, open water, Ottawa, paper birch, photo opportunities, photographer, sarsaparilla, Sarsaparilla Trail, sentier, Sentier des Salsepareilles, tee shirts, woodpecker
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Chickadees and more Chickadees
My brother flew in from Vancouver with his dog, Gilbert, last night for a visit with my father. After we stopped for a bit of lunch, my father suggested that he was up for a bit of a walk to … Continue reading
Posted in Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa, Ottawa Greenbelt Trails, Sarsaparilla Trail
Tagged Bell's Corners, bench, bird in the hand, brother, Chickadee, chickadees, Cockapoo, Greenbelt, Kanata, lunch, nuthatches, Ontario, Ottawa, Sarsaparilla Trail, seeds, smiles, sunflower seeds, Vancouver
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Feeding those Chickadees and Nuthatches again – Sarsaparilla Trail, Ottawa
My cycling partner was in town today so off we went to the Greenbelt Trails in search of Ottawa’s ferocious chickadees that attack the visitors’ hands in search of nourishment. They don’t really attack, but I always tell visitors that! … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa, Ottawa Greenbelt Trails, Sarsaparilla Trail
Tagged Black-capped Chickadee, chickadees, Greenbelt, Greenbelt Trails, images, Nepean, nourishment, nuthatches, Ontario, Ottawa, photo, photography, photos, picture, Poecile atricapillus, pointed bills, red-breasted nuthatch, sarsaparilla, Sarsaparilla Trail, Sitta canadensis
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Chickadees and More – Sarsaparilla Trail – Bell’s Corners, Ottawa
Chickadees and More – Sarsaparilla Trail – Bell’s Corners, Ottawa The Chickadees were hungry today and quickly cleaned out my supply of black sunflower seeds. Didn’t take long before two fellows came along the trail and these two fellows were … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa, Sarsaparilla Trail
Tagged Bell's Corners, Black-capped Chickadee, Chickadee, copyright all rights reserved, Damion and Mark, Feeding the Chickadees, Greenbelt, Greenbelt Trails, images, Ontario, Ottawa, photos, pictures, Poecile atricapillus, red-breasted nuthatch, RJHay, Ron Hay, Sarsaparilla Trail, Sentier des Salsepareilles, Sitta canadensis
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Greenbelt Trails, Kanata, Ontario
Greenbelt Trails, Kanata, Ontario
Feeding the Chickadees, Sarsaparilla Trail, Nepean, Ontario
Feeding the Chickadees, Sarsaparilla Trail, Nepean, Ontario Only -18C. Actually quite balmy :-). One of the things that I enjoy about walking Ottawa’s Greenbelt trails is putting a few sunflower seeds in my bare hand and feeding the chickadees.
Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa Greenbelt Trails, Sarsaparilla Trail
Tagged ©rjhay, Black-capped Chickadee, Chickadee, Feeding the Chickadees, Nepean, Nikon Series E 75-150mm, Ontario, Poecile atricapillus, Ron Hay, Sarsaparilla Trail, Sentier des Salsepareilles, Sitta carolinensis, White-breated nuthatch
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