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Tag Archives: Chickadee
2011 Ottawa-Gatineau Christmas Bird Survey, Gatineau, Quebec
2011 Ottawa-Gatineau Christmas Bird Count, Gatineau, Quebec The sun is now up and I am out on a Christmas Bird Count with my birder friends, Ralph and Gerhard.
Posted in Bird Survey Outings, Canada Explorer, Gatineau/Hull/Aylmer, Ottawa, Quebec
Tagged American Robin Turdus migratorius Merle d'Amerique, aylmer, Bate Island, bird survey, black squirrels, Canada Geese, Canada Goose, Canada Goose Branta canadensis Bernache du Canada, CBC, Chickadee, chickadees, christmas bird, Christmas Bird Count, coloration, Deschenes Rapids, Downy Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens Pic mineur, Eastern Greay Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Écureuil gris, Gatineau, gatineau quebec, great blue heron, Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Grand Héron, grey squirrel, Hairy woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus Pic chevelu, Highbush Cranbery, House Sparrow, House Sparrow Passer domesticus Moineau domestique, Ice forming on creek, mallard, Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Canard colvert, Mourning Dove, Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Tourterelle triste, OFNC, Ontario Field Naturalists Club, Ottawa River, picnic table, Plume Grass, rapids, Robin, snow on the ground, staghorn sumac, steady breeze, Wild Grapes, XMAS Bird Survey
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Chickadees, Wild Turkeys and White-tailed Deer – out on the Greenbelt Trails again.
Chickadees, Wild Turkeys and White-tailed Deer – out on the Greenbelt Trails again. The sun was shining today but the temperature had dropped to about -10C overnight. Although it was a nice day to get dressed warmly and take a … Continue reading
Posted in Beaver Trail, Canada Explorer, Old Quarry Trail, Ontario, Ottawa, Ottawa Greenbelt Trails
Tagged beaver trail, Chickadee, Meleagris gallopavo, Odocoileus virginianus, Old Quarry Trail, Poecile atricapillus, White-Tailed Deer, White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus, wild turkey
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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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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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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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Offa’s Dyke Path – Day 2
Day 2 – Redbrook to White Castle Our B&B accommodation at the end of Day 1 was a former country inn now operated as a B&B called The Florence in the Lower Wye Valley. Our hosts had driven into Redbrook … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Offa's Dyke, United Kingdom, Wales
Tagged acorn signs, Ambling Ramblers, Blue Tit, buttercups, Chickadee, England, Great Tit, Monmouth, Offa's Dyke Path, orchid, RJHay, Ron Hay, trail, Wales, walk, White Castle
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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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Chipmunk Trail, Ottawa Greenbelt, Nepean, Ontario
Chipmunk Trail, Ottawa Greenbelt, Nepean, Ontario
A Visit to Owl Woods – Amherst Island, Ontario (April, 2006)
Amherst Island is an island on the east end of Lake Ontario and can be reached by a car ferry that leaves from the mainland on the half hour. (Location) The trick, then , is to arrive at the dock … Continue reading
Posted in Amherst Island, Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario
Tagged Amherst Island, Binoculars, Black-capped Chickadee, Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus, Brown Creeper, Brown Creeper Certhia americana, Bubo scandiacus, car ferry, Certhia americana, Chickadee, dockside, Downy Woodpecker, Female Hairy Woodpecker, fence posts, fence sitter, Gallinago delicata, Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus, lake ontario, manure pile, moorings, Mourning Dove, Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura, Ontario, owl, Owl nest, owls, Picoides villosus, Poecile atricapillus, rope, silo, snowy owl, Snowy Owl Bubo scandiacus, Tachycineta bicolor, Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor, tree swallows, Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata, Zenaida macroura
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