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Breeding Bird Surveys (2013) – Day 3

Posted on June 5, 2013 by Ron

Breeding Bird Surveys (2013) – Day 3 – June 5, 2013 Today’s Breeding Bird Survey route would take us over a series of logging/recreational roads west of The Shoals Provincial Park.Â Because the park has been closed this year, our … Continue reading →

Posted in Bird Survey Outings, Canada Explorer, Ontario | Tagged bird songs, bird survey, bird surveys, black flies, Breeding Bird Surveys 2013, bright yellows, chapleau ontario, dandelions, ditches, flowering trees, gravel roads, marsh marigolds, Provincial Park, record rainfall, recreational roads, red sky, ruts, smooth waters, trees and shrubs | Leave a comment

Breeding Bird Surveys (2013) – Day 2

Posted on June 4, 2013 by Ron

Breeding Bird Surveys (2013) – Day 2 – June 4, 2013 The first of our four days of bird surveys began at about 5AM on a logging road to the east of Ivanhoe Lake Provincial Park where we had set … Continue reading →

Posted in Bird Survey Outings, Canada Explorer, Ontario | Tagged bird surveys, black flies, Bonaparte's Gull, clouds of dust, gravel road, information recorder, ivanhoe lake, logging road, logging trucks, mosquito populations, observation period, sapsucker, survey activities, survey locations, survey routes, warbler, yellow bellied sapsucker | Leave a comment

Breeding Bird Surveys (2013) – Day 1

Posted on June 3, 2013 by Ron

Breeding Bird Surveys (2013) – Day 1 – June 3, 2013 This was the fourth year that Gerhard and I had teamed up to conduct breeding bird surveys for Environment Canada on four prescribed routes between Ivanhoe Lake and White … Continue reading →

Posted in Bird Survey Outings, Canada Explorer, Ontario | Tagged bird surveys, Bonaparte's Gull, Breeding Bird Surveys 2013, Chroicocephalus philadelphia, contrails, Environment Canada, highway 101, highway construction stop sign, inclement weather, intermittent rain, ivanhoe lake, Ivanhoe Lake ProvincialPark, Larus philadelphia, latchford, Montreal River, nightfall, North Face Mountain 25 tent, Ontario, Quest tent, rain and snow, rain showers, Sgt. Aubrey Cosens VC Memorial Bridge over the Montreal River at Latchford, timmins ontario, wet stuff, wet weather | Leave a comment

Ottawa Rock Lottery

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Graeme

The Ottawa Rock Lottery is an annual event in Ottawa where 25 random local musicians are placed into 5 new bands and given 24 hours to create a new set (4-5 songs) which they perform at the next evening live! … Continue reading →

Posted in Ottawa | Tagged 24hr, indie music, Ottawa Rock Lottery, rock music, rubicon photography | Leave a comment

Ottawa Grassroots Festival – 2013

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Ron

Ottawa Grassroots Festival – 2013 This weekend the Rideau Curling Club of Ottawa is home to the Ottawa Grassroots Festival (location), a two-day event featuring wonderful music, workshops and a kidzone with plenty of things to keep the kids interested … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa | Tagged bluegrass band, community choir, festival location, grassroots festival, kidzone, maple hill, music workshops, ottawa folklore center, photographers, rideau curling club, safety goggles, soldering iron, soldering technique, wonderful music, workshop presentation | Leave a comment

Ottawa Winterlude 2013 – Ice Sculptures

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Ron

Ottawa Winterlude 2013 – Ice Sculptures A retroactive post – We started off our downtown visit with a stop at the Rideau Center and then we were off to the NAC to purchase tickets for an upcoming performance and then … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa | Tagged bal de neige, Canada, Confederation Park, Ice carving, ice sculpture, Ontario, Ottawa, Rideau Canal, Skating on the Rideau Canal, winterlude | 1 Comment

Visiting the Chickadees on Old Quarry Trail, Kanata, Ontario

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Ron

Visiting the Chickadees on Old Quarry Trail, Kanata, Ontario

Posted in Canada Explorer, Old Quarry Trail, Ontario, Ottawa, Ottawa Greenbelt Trails | Tagged Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus, cattail, chickadees, Fake Pileated Woodpecker on telephone pole, Old Quarry Trail, Ottawa, Ottawa Kanata Ontario photography, outstretched hand, quarry trail, red squirrels, red-breasted nuthatch, scarecrow, sunflower seeds, white breasted nuthatch, White-Tailed Deer, White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus, wild turkeys | Leave a comment

Ottawa Zombie Walk 2012

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Graeme

“Arr… Brains!” was the sound tourists visiting Downtown Ottawa heard on a drizzily Saturday before Halloween. Suddenly the streets filled with Zombies! They were everywhere at once! Was it the Zombie apocalypse? No, not yet, but it was the Annual … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa | Tagged authorities, brains, dead hands, flesh wound, gardens park, ground zero, hasty retreat, hoard, macdonald, Ottawa, ottawa zombie walk 2012, parliament, parliament hill, photo shoot, refreshments, skirmish, solider, tourists, zombie apocalypse, zombie walk, zombies | 1 Comment

Carleton University Butterfly Exhibit 2012 – Final Day – October 8, 2012

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Ron

Carleton University Butterfly Exhibit 2012 – Final Day – October 8, 2012 As is normal for the butterfly show at Carleton University, the number of people who want to get into the Greenhouses to see the butterflies tends to exceed … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada Explorer, Carleton University, Ontario, Ottawa | Tagged butterfly, Butterfly Exhibit, Carleton University, Carleton University Butterfly Show, expo de papillons, Ottawa butterfly exhibit, Ottawa Butterfly Show, universitÃ© carleton, voliÃ¨re de papillon universitÃ© carleton ottawa | Leave a comment

Carleton University – Ottawa, Ontario – a few random images

Posted on October 9, 2012 by Ron

Carleton University – Ottawa, Ontario After dropping my brother off at the Airport for a long flight back to Vancouver, I stopped at Carleton University so that I could lend a hand, if needed, at the end of the Butterfly … Continue reading →

Posted in Canada Explorer, Carleton University, Ontario, Ottawa | Tagged bee on aster, bur, burdock, burr, Carleton University, Carleton University Butterfly Show, Datura sp, Fall colors, Gandhi statue, Jimson weed, Jimson weed seed pod, marigold, poison ivy, Rideau Canal, Rideau RIver, Rideau Valley Conservation Authority, Stinging Nettles, teasel, teepee, trupet flower | Leave a comment

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