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Common Merganser in Hespeler
I was in Hespeler and had my camera so I decided to see if anything was in the mill pond. Nothing was on the water that I could see. On my way back to the van I notices this pair of Common Mergansers on the Speed River. It is interesting how nature works. The visual…
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Tundra Swans in the sunlight!
It’s two days later and everything has changed. First no clouds in the sky. The Swans are in the ponds but they are hyper nervous. The Canada Geese are not screaming the alarm. The place I go in on is a path that goes around the ponds and this one is totally shielded by trees…
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Tundra Swans at Hullett Marsh
I set off for Hullett Marsh not knowing what I would find. I found the ice was covering about half of each pond. And the sun was not co-operating again today. It had the sky with heavy enough clouds that the sun was not visible. The good part was the ponds were covered with Tundra…
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A disappointment today
Today I had some time so I went out to see if any birds have returned to Wilson’s Flats. I saw some ducks and one I was kind of sure was a wood duck. One duck that I have not had the chance to take its picture. Well I get home look up different ducks…
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They are back!
The Tundra Swans are back. A miracle of nature as we had cold, ice, and snow a few days ago and boom it’s spring. The ice is gone, the snow is melted and the birds and swans are here. The swans have a few places in southern Ontario to come and rest and recharge for…
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Spring is Here!
Well we had our rain, lots of of it, and we had what you could call a heat wave as temperatures hit +17 for me Saturday. And we have the stunning miracle of spring. Snowdrops covered with over a foot of snow 2 days ago are in bloom today. But with that rain and snow…
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Recharging in Algonquin Park
I was in Huntsville for a birthday party and stayed over for a short trip to my favourite place Algonquin Park. It is both the same and different each time I go. This time I found only a few variety of birds but they were eager for me to offer them some trail mix. It…
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Moon Eclipse
Well I got up early to catch the eclipse. It was cold and we had some light clouds passing by. So here is the show in case you slept through it. Moon in the clouds With and without the clouds the light from the moon makes a HUGE difference on the camera. This is the…
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A walk in the bush
We had a freezing drizzle last night and thankfully it stopped before the damage could start. So here is a few pictures of my walk in the icy woods.
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Walk on the St Jacob’s Trail
Interesting wildlife on the trail. Yes it has people feeding them sunflower seeds but it adds to the walk in nature. It is a great trail to walk.
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Niagara Falls in the winter
Well the deep freeze broke yesterday and I needed to capture Niagara Falls before the temperature and the sun melted the spectacular ice away. Not a perfect sunny day but it was still very nice. Very few people at the falls and traffic to and from the falls was light. So perfect.
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Sunrise at Minus 26
It’s Monday morning and it is cold. In fact I think this is the coldest morning of this winter here in Kitchener. I look out and the sky is not all clouds, yes that’s why it is so cold. So my inner self said go and experience it. So I did. I had bought an…
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FINALLY!
Finally we get the cold temperature with the clear skies. This winter has not been great for sunshine. Well my spirit was boiling over and the camera was ready to see what nature was going to offer me today. Well it was beyond awesome. If you missed that super day on Sunday you missed a…
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It’s Winter
It’s winter alright, with almost no sun for weeks, more snow then normal for this time of year and we love it for it tests our bodies to put up with the cold winds, the sunless days and through it all I found some wonders of winter. In Hespeler at the mill dam I found…
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HOAR FROST
It’s the Sunday after Christmas and it’s freezing and we have a thick fog. Yes that means hoar frost. So camera and I go out to see how it is stuck to everything. One of natures wonders. If you are wondering why no ice storm shots, well I was at my last Christmas party and…
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A walk beside the Grand River
It’s December and winter seems to have made its presence. It snowed over night and the trees were covered with snow. They looked awesome. Only problem for me is great pictures have great lighting. I had to wait till the sun was past 10AM to give me the most light possible. It was still cloudy…
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Wilson’s Flats
It’s a sunny day and I had time on my hand so Wilson Flats got my camera today. On maybe a bit of sad note is that it’s late fall. All the trees and plants are done for the season. The birds are all gone except for an immature eagle that my camera caught. The…