Portrait of a Great Horned Owl

This is one of the captive Great Horned Owls at Mountsberg Conservation area.

Portrait of a Great Grey Owl

Portrait of a Great Grey Owl

Portrait of a Great Blue Heron

Juvenile Great Blue Heron stalking its lunch in Spruce bog in Algonquin provincial Park.

Portrait of an Osprey

What is a photographer to do when Momma Osprey lands in front of you?

Kestrel searching for lunch

Pair of young Kestrels found hunting in the Kawartha Lakes. This one was more curious about the camera than the other.

Afternoon Nap

Eastern Screech Owl sleeping the afternoon away in Waterloo.

Osprey in Flight

Osprey flying North West of London in Southern Ontario. The nest this young one was from, is across from one of the old family farms.

Egret peeking around the Reeds

Egret Migrating, and was very patient about the people birding.

Ever get that Sinking feeling?

Even the birds are sinking into this mud. After the rain yesterday, that muddy muck was soup. Needless to say, you crawled and didn't walk! This is back again in the mudflats at Wildwood conservation area. The lesser and greater yellow legs can still be found there in the mud. Not nearly the variety of birds as before. Most can be seen easily enough with binoculars or a scope.

Portrait of a Ruby Throated Humming Bird

Ruby throated Humming bird coming to flowers on the family farm.

Portrait of a Gull

Snowy Owl watching the bi-ped

The snowy was very tolerant of me, only glancing down as the shutter of the camera shutter clicked. Unfortunately it was not a fan of the snow mobiles that did not see either of us, and roared through.

Sleeping Barred Owl

Found this Barred early one morning, tucked just into the cedars and out of sight on a cold winter morning.

Two Baldies, drifting across a field fighting over a 1/4 chicken. The male who was dwarfed by his partner, objected to her hogging the chicken.

Portraits of Sandpipers

Down in the mud in the bay of Fundy. Interesting how they are willing to run around the human taking photos. They never flushed, even with the pair of juvenile peregrine's showing up trying to flush shore birds.

The past 4 years, its been a struggle to get even a fleeting photo of a Heron. I see them all the time, when I don't have a Camera. When I do have a camera... they are no where to be seen. Not just the great Blue Herons, but the other herons and egrets as well. Luckily this one was only momentarily curious about me. Taking that moment to pose as if instructed for the photo. Although it did make me late to get photos of Ospreys in the golden hour. Oh well, I'll take this shot.

I am a pretty Bird

I was really surprised to find these stunning birds at Mer Bleue. I have always enjoyed having cedar waxwings around. I could not get over the difference of bohemian waxwings, they were absolutely stunning! This bird was apart of a fairly large flock, that was weathering out a storm in the shrubs.

Gull in the Golden Hour

Towhee

Snowy Owl on the Wing

She was seated on a post. Until, she leapt into the air flying within 10 feet of me. There was another snowy owl in the distance that she was headed off to.

Bald Eagle

Bald Eagle hunting the geese behind the Milton Dump. The geese enjoy the corn fields, and the Eagles can be found every so often keeping them on their toes. There was a GPS transmitter on this bird.

Portrait of a House Wren

This persistent little guy, insisted on having it's photo taken. I was setting up in the road to take landscape shots. And this little guy was unusually curious about what I was upto and came in for closer inspection. So of course that meant it needed a photo!

Portrait of a Snowy Owl

He was sitting on the remnants of an old corn crib. Gave me a cursory glance, before going back to looking for mice at the base of the crib.

Kingbird Fly Catching

Portrait of a Redwing Blackbird

The first ones to greet you at the marsh, and the last to call out your departure. They were a surprise to see at Mer Bleue, considering how early in the year it was. The water was still icy, snow and frost lingered in the shady spots. Usually the march break, I start finding them down in Point Pelee. These boys were fairly established, prior to even that. This boy in particular, was fairly friendly and photogenic.

Mystery - Trying to Lure her oldest Fledge off his comfortable perch

Mystery trying to get her eldest, Mercury up and flying. He eventually did give chase, despite having eaten a pretty big lunch.

Sleeping Barred Owl

Barred owl snoozing the morning away. It was a bright, crisp and cold morning.