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The Osprey are back! April 17 2025
Hello spring, our summer home is still here. And look who else I found, a few Greater Yellowlegs It is officially spring the daffodils are out.
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Morning Walk in Wilson’s Flats April 6 2025
It’s Sunday morning and it is barely above zero but the sun was out so I checked out one of my favourite spot to see if there was any migrating birds back. And there was a few. On looking at my pictures it was a successful walk by the very high Grand River! The Red…
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Hullett Marsh April 4 2025
I first found Hullett last year with my daughter Lisa who was home for a visit. That day the water was filled with Swans, ducks, geese, Sandhill Cranes but today the numbers were really down. I think they have already moved on to their route to their summer home. It was a sunny day and…
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A spring morning at Wilson’s Flats
A spring morning at Wilson’s Flats March 29 2025 It is spring, the Grand river has receded to normal and the water is fairly clear. I came with no expectations and am always surprised at what it offers. Today most of the birds have not returned but I heard the red wing black bird, saw…
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Moon Eclipse March 14 2025
I am sorry I don’t have the entry and exit of the moon eclipse. It started at midnight and ended at 6 am. I needed my sleep. I did get up to see the last of the moon shine and the full eclipse.
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Swans and more Swans March 13 2025
My intention was to go to Hullett Marsh to see what water birds had made it north. And as I turned off 19 to go up Bornholm Road to Hullett, I was only in one farm and the field was covered with Swans. I did go to Hullett but the waters were still covered with…
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The Swans are Back! March 8 2025
The swans are back off River road near Grand Bend. They come each year to the river flood waters to rest from their long fight north from their winter resting area. As winter snows start melting away the Swans are the first big sign that spring is here. Even the Canada Geese came to look…
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A visit to Algonquin February 21 2025
I have been waiting most of the winter to go to experience Algonquin. I try to go to the park at lest 2 times a year. This year between work and cloudy days I was stuck at home. Algonquin needs sunlight to show off its beauty. On Monday I started to look on Windy.com for…
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Winter a day later February 17 2025
Wow the world sure lights up when the snow stops and the sun comes out! So I went to see how things were in Hespeler The dam on the Speed River was quietly letting the water go over on it’s journey to the Grand River Then the wind picked up and sent the water droplets…
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February 16 2025 in the snow!
A chickadee at my feeder for breakfast A look down my street The city crews were keeping the main roads clear but the lesser roads are close to impassable. As soon as it stops I will have work to do to clear the driveway and sidewalk We also have had the temperature get close to…
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A snowy drive February 15 2025
To catch the drop is a challenge, I could make the camera shoot lots of frames a second but I like the challenge. My first stop is the famous West Montrose Bridge Next is the Grand River at Wilson’s Flats This stop is from the flats at Conestogo My intentions were high to get to…
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Ducks on a wintery day on the Grand River
A common Goldeneye about to show how it can take off and fly A look down the river when it is snowing The water is way down from the rains a couple weeks ago A nice couple of American Black Duck A few Mallards Swimming in the snow More pictures of the common goldeneye ducks…
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A walk by the Grand River January 8 2025
A cold rock by the Grand River Pictures from the Grand in a cold windy January Hey GEORGE the water is COLD! A coyote tracks January bring huge long shadows And for my followers my picture
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The End of 2024
Here the Mallard duck shows how easy it went. The year just flew by and I’m out checking how big the Grand River has risen with all the rain we have been hit with. We had a white Christmas but the rain washed it all away. The West Montrose bridge is ready for what ever…
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Northern Lights on October 10
Some pictures of the last solar storm that hit the earth on the 10 the next few are a bit out of focus it you look at the stars but the light was exploding from straight overhead. Awesome! It was impressive and it had very much more big groups of colour compared to the one…
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Algonquin from the east side
I have wanted to go to the Barron Canyon for a while and today is the day I went. It is again a long logging road to get there but worth the visit. First a few images of the road in. Here is the Barron Canyon. It is just a huge crack in the Canadian…
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Back to Algonquin
I’m back into Algonquin but this time from the north. I wanted to see the Brent Crater and to do that you need to drive a gravel logging road for 40 kms. Sounds like a chore but WOW the colour was fantastic even though it was drizzling rain. The info on the crater that I…