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Memories of 2016 (part 2)
January 10th
Magnolia Warbler, Northern Water Snake, and the wildflowers of summer.
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Memories of 2016 (part 3)
January 14th
Fringed Gentian in Marlborough Forest, Leopard Frog, Greater Yellowlegs, and colorful fungi.
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Winter in Algonquin: Mind Blown
January 19th
Photographing Evening Grosbeaks at Spruce Bog Boardwalk in Algonquin, one of the highlights of a birding tour with Jon Ruddy. Their colors amazed me.
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Winter in Algonquin: Pine Grosbeaks and Pine Martens
January 22nd
An encounter with Pine Grosbeaks on the roadside at Algonquin Park, plus a family group of adorable Pine Martens.
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Winter in Algonquin: Spruce Bog Boardwalk (part 1)
January 27th
Falling in love with Canada's national bird.
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Winter in Algonquin: Spruce Bog Boardwalk (part 2)
January 31st
An unruffled Spruce Grouse tolerates an adoring paparazzi, plus more Evening Grosbeaks, at Spruce Bog Boardwalk with Jon Ruddy.
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Winter in Algonquin: Visitor Centre and Opeongo Road
February 7th
Hand-feeding the Gray Jays at Algonquin Park with Jon Ruddy, plus a stop at the Visitor Centre feeders.
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Tiding Us Over
March 30th
A young Harlequin Duck in the company of Goldeneyes, other birds of winter, and a reminder of spring to come!
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Living Sunshine
April 15th
Male goldfinches show off their fresh breeding plumage at my balcony feeder.
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Of floods and falcons and other spring adventures
May 3rd
Stories of some spring birding highlights, including a bogus mockingbird, a real mockingbird, and an unexpected Peregrine Falcon.
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Our disaster, their wonderland
May 19th
A positively startling number of Rusty Blackbirds pours into Britannia Conservation Area, attracted by the flood.
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Upstaging The Warblers
May 23rd
I go to Point Pelee to photograph warblers, but a displaying Red-Breasted Merganser steals the show.
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Living Color on the Eardley Escarpment (part 1)
May 29th
A festival of spring ephemerals in Gatineau Park.
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Living Color on the Eardley Escarpment (part 2)
June 4th
Catching a glimpse of two elusive creatures of the forest, a shrew and a Scarlet Tanager.
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Spring On The Rideau
June 13th
Newborn goslings and other highlights from the Rideau River in spring, including an unexpected Brant. And I couldn't resist one photo of the tulip festival.
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Wildflowers and booming nighthawks at South March
June 18th
Wild Columbine and Pale Corydalis adorn the rocky clearings of the South March highlands, while displaying nighthawks dive overhead.
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Orchid-hunting in the Burnt Lands
June 23rd
Yellow Ladyslippers and other wildflowers in Burnt Lands Provincial Park.
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Eastern Towhees and the Killdeer show
June 27th
Breeding Eastern Towhees and Killdeer in Burnt Lands Provincial Park, the latter doing their best to draw my attention.
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Birds and Orchids (part 1)
July 1st
In search of a vanishingly rare wildflower with Jon Ruddy.
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Birds and Orchids (part 2)
July 6th
Birding and insect-watching with Jon Ruddy in Lanark County.
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Dragonflies Save The Day
July 11th
A hot day in Marlborough Forest draws out the deer flies, who, thankfully, attract a swarm of fierce, hungry dragonflies!
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A Price Worth Paying (part 1 of 3)
July 18th
The first of three posts about a magical day spent in Marlborough Forest, with a focus on wetland wildflowers.
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A Price Worth Paying (part 2 of 3)
July 21st
Wherein a tuft of cottongrass is to thank for the discovery of my first Showy Ladyslipper.
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A Price Worth Paying (part 3 of 3)
July 27th
When taking the road less travelled pays off.
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Early Morning In Marlborough Forest
August 4th
I go back to Marlborough Forest to shoot the Showy Ladyslippers in early morning light, as well as a singing waterthrush and other wetland denizens.
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A Wet Morning On The Tracks
August 12th
Photographing snails, scenery and scouring rush along the Carp River floodplain.
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Catching Up
December 20th
A failed attempt at finding and photographing an ultra-rare warbler at Mud Lake. I had to content myself with downies and chickadees instead!
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Life Bird #473
December 21st
A new lifer thanks to a southwestern warbler who took a wrong turn at Albuquerque.
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