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Tag Archives: birds
Varadero, Cuba – Flora and Fauna
Varadero, Cuba – Flora and Fauna During our visit to Varadero, Cuba I didn’t see all of the species of birds, reptiles and plants that were there and photographed even fewer species. Many of the species have been included in … Continue reading
Posted in Caribbean & Mexico, Cuba, Varadero
Tagged birds, cuba, digital image, fauna, flora, image, megapixeltravel, photo, photograph, reptiles, varadero
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People are thinking about Spring
People are thinking about Spring One interesting thing about having a blog that includes lots of photos is the insight that it can provide into what the general population might be thinking about or planning to do. In the Fall … Continue reading
Posted in Home and About
Tagged bird watching., birds, cuban vacation, current events, cycling, Dominican Republic, dominican republic vacation, florida vacation, local events, mexican vacation, ottawa biclycle club, ottawa bicycle club, registration forms, registration time, rideau lakes, river races, RLCT, tulip festival, tulips, upper jocck river canoe and kayak race, vacation locations, winter festivals, winter vacation
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A Short Visit to the Shirley’s Bay Feeders
A Short Visit to the Shirley’s Bay Feeders Graeme and I had spent some time photographing the ice sculptures at Confederation Park. On the way home from there, I decided to take a short detour to Shirley’s Bay ,where I … Continue reading
Sarsaparilla Trail and the Chickadees (again :-))
Sarsaparilla Trail and the Chickadees (again :-)) It was a perfect Fall day with temperatures above freezing, a beautiful blue sky overhead and little or no wind so I took a few minutes away from the computer to go out … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa, Ottawa Greenbelt Trails, Sarsaparilla Trail
Tagged beaver pond, birds, Blue Jay, blue sky, Chickadee, chickadees, forest creatures, handful of seeds, mallard drake, mallard hen, mallards, National Capital Commission, NCC, nuthatches, Old Quarry Trail Kanata, Ottawa, outstretched hand, pathway, quarry trail, red squirrels, sarsaparilla, Sarsaparilla Trail Nepean, trails
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Breeding Bird Survey – The Shoals Route # 175 – Survey Day
During a breeding bird survey with my birder friend Gerhard, I don’t usually photograph many birds. There are many reasons for that not the least of which is the fact that the trees now have plenty of leaves and the … Continue reading
Posted in Bird Survey Outings, Canada Explorer, Ontario
Tagged bird survey, birds, black flies, Breeding Bird Survey, Canadian Wildlife Service, dandelion bloom, danelion flower, dragonfly, Environment Canada, eyeball to eyeball, flowering plants, frog, hunting camp, logging trucks, mosquitoes, northern ontario, pests, sunrise, survey point, swallowtail butterflies, The Shoals ROUTE 175
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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
Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa, Shirley's Bay
Tagged andrew haydon park, birds, boat, catkins, cheeks, chipmunk, kayak, Ontario, Ottawa, ottawa ontario, Ottawa River, overhead wire, poplar catkins, rocks, rocky shoreline, Shirley's Bay, travels
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Cycling in Florida – Merritt Island Revisited
Another sunny day with reasonable temperatures. Began the day walking the beach in Cape Canaveral and then returned to walk the trails of Merritt Island while John did another loop on his bike. On the previous day’s visit to Merritt … Continue reading
Posted in Florida, USA
Tagged Agraulis vanillae, Atlantic Ocean, birds, Buckeye, butterfly, butterfly species, cactus pads, Clapper Rail, Clapper Rail - Rallus logirostris, cycling, Egretta thula, Egretta tricolor, exercise, fishing, Florida, grebe, Gulf Fritillary, gulls, heron, loon, merritt island, ocean, pied-billed grebe, Podilymbus podiceps, Precis coenia, rail, Ralus longirostris, Snowy Egret, sunny day, temperatures, Tri-colored Heron, Tricolored Heron
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Cape Canaveral, Florida
We stayed overnight at the Jetty Park Campgrounds. Nice locations for tents but their policy of charging $10 for each additional tent made the location rather pricey considering that we were traveling with one small tent each. One of the … Continue reading
Posted in Florida, USA
Tagged bait fish, birds, Black Skimmer, Brown pelican, cape canaveral, cape canaveral florida, Common Loon, egret, Egretta caerulea, fishermen, Florida, Gavia immer, gull, heron, images, jetty park, Little Blue Heron, Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea), loon, Northern Diver, park campgrounds, Pelecanus occidentalis, pelican, photography, photos, pictures, Royal Tern, Rynchops niger, Sandwich Tern, shorebird, shower buildings, skimmer, Sterna maxima, Sterna sandvicensis, sun bathing, sunshine, tent, tents, winter plumage
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Florida Birds – Video
Florida Birds – Video Here is a video of some clips of birds which we saw while cycling around Florida. I was borrowing Graeme’s FLIP camera for these shots and hadn’t used it before this trip so these clips should … Continue reading
Posted in Florida, USA
Tagged Anhinga, birds, black vultures, camera, cycling, FLIP camera, Florida, florida birds, florida florida, Gallinule, heron, images, Limpkin, peacock, peahen, photo, purple gallinule, stork, Tricolored Heron, Vacation, video, White Ibis, Wood Stork
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