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Fletcher Wildlife Garden/Jardin Écologique Fletcher, Ottawa Ontario
Fletcher Wildlife Garden/Jardin Écologique Fletcher, Ottawa Ontario (Location) This AM, I had started off before sunrise driving to the airport so that my wife could catch a flight to Winnipeg. On the way home, I stopped first at Hogs Back … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged 300mm lens, agricultural research, bushes and shrubs, digital image, Downy Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens), fletcher wildlife garden, image, jardin, Jardin Écologique Fletcher, megapixeltravel, ontario location, ottawa ontario, photo, photograph, pond area, sunrise, tree swallows, Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor, woodpecker
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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
Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa, Shirley's Bay
Tagged Black Chipmunk, brown coloration, chipmunk, chipmunks, cowbird, Deschenes Rapids lookout, digital image, Downy Woodpecker, eastern chipmunks, eastern gray squirrel, gray squirrel, Hairy woodpecker, image, megapixeltravel, mlanistic, Nepean, northern flicker, Ottawa, Ottawa River, photo, photograph, red winged blackbirds, ring-billed gull, Shirley's Bay, song sparrows, tree sparrows, wildlife sightings, woodpecker
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A bit of time on the Jack Pine Trail
A bit of time on the Jack Pine Trail Today, I decided to walk along the Jack Pine Trail to see if I could find some nuthatches and woodpeckers to photograph.
Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Jack Pine Trail, Ontario, Ottawa, Ottawa Greenbelt Trails
Tagged American red squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus, bird feeding, chickadees, Downy Woodpecker, large hole, marshland, nuthatches, Pileated Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus, pileated woodpeckers, Red Squirrel, White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis, wood chips, woodpecker, woodpeckers
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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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Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario
Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario This was the first time that I had ever seen a May-Apple in blossom so despite the rain this was a treat for me to photograph. The flower has a waxy texture to it and is … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Rondeau Provincial Park
Tagged 300mm lens, ©rjhay, birders, boardwalk, Bruce Peninsula, butterfly, Catbird, circular tour, eastern canada, fish-eye lens, forest area, heading home, lake ontario, may apple, Mayapple, Myrtle Warbler, Nikon 10.5mm, Ontario, ottawa ontario, Pileated Woodpecker, prothonotary warblers, pt pelee, Question Mark Butterfly, Ron Hay, Rondeau Provincial Park, waxy texture, western canada, wood chips, woodpecker, Yellow-rumped Warbler
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