Black-necked Stilt (juvenile?)
Rufous Hummingbird male / Selasphorus rufus
Two-month-old American Kestrel
Part of a gathering of Ravens
Greater White-fronted Geese / Larus glaucoides
Harlequin Duck / Histrionicus histrionicus
Yellowlegs - Lesser or Greater?
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Day 2, Rondeau PP, Ontario
White-breasted Nuthatch, Day 2, Rondeau PP, Ontari…
Day 2, Tree Swallow, Rondeau PP
Day 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Rondeau Provincial…
Day 2, American Foldfinch, Rondeau PP
Day 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Rondeau PP Visitor'…
Day 2, White-breasted Nuthatch, Rondeau PP Visitor…
Day 2, Chipping Sparrow, Rondeau PP
Wood Duck male
Great Horned Owl
Day 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak male / Pheucticus lu…
Day 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak male, Rondeau PP
Day 2, a rare sighting for Ontario - a common bird…
Day 2, Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Rondeau PP
Domestic duck, unidentified
Tundra Swans in flight
American Dipper / Cinclus mexicanus
American Dipper / Cinclus mexicanus
American Dipper dipping
Unidentified domestic Duck
Unknown duck species (domestic)
Time to feed
Mama Turkey (domestic)
Tundra Swans
American Dipper dipping
American Dipper
Great Horned Owl
Licorice Allsorts (candy) eyes
Harlequin Duck male
Yes, it's the American Dipper again
Day 3, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, Pt Pelee
Day 3, Northern Parula / Setophaga americana, Pt P…
Common Nighthawk / Chordeiles minor
Day 3, Orchard Oriole, Pt Pelee
Day 3, Philadelphia Vireo / Vireo philadelphicus,…
Day 3, Purple Martins, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Day 3, Cape May Warbler, on way to Hillman Marsh,…
Gobble gobble time for Americans
Day 4, Wild Turkey, Pt Pelee
Day 4, Wild Turkey, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Day 4, Prothonotary Warbler, Point Pelee - ENDANGE…
Day 4, Baltimore Oriole, The Tip, Point Pelee
Day 10, American Goldfinch male, Tadoussac
Day 10, American Goldfinch female, Tadoussac
Day 10, White-throated Sparrow, Tadoussac
Day 6, White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac
Day 6, Horned Lark, Tadoussac Golf Course
Day 6, Swainson's Thrush, Tadoussac Golf Course
Day 7, American Robin, Tadoussac
Day 6, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Tadoussac
Day 9, White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac
Day 7, White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac
Day 7, American Robin, Tadoussac
Day 7 afternoon, Surf Scoters off Tadoussac
Evening Grosbeak male, Priddis Count
Blue Jay / Cyanocitta cristata
Swainson's Hawk / Buteo swainsoni
American Avocets
Common Nighthawk / Chordeiles minor - threatened s…
Sleepy Barn Owl
Wood Duck male / Aix sponsa
How dare you take a photo of me looking like this?
Wood Duck male / Aix sponsa
American Avocets / Recurvirostra americana
Black-necked Stilt (juvenile?) / Himantopus mexica…
I LOVE owls - in case you didn't know : )
Mourning Dove - love the blue eye-ring
Common Nighthawk / Chordeiles minor - threatened s…
Swainson's Hawk juvenile
Osprey number 2 / Pandion haliaetus
Broad-winged Hawk
A classic light/intermediate-morph adult Swainson'…
Ferruginous Hawks - now safely grown and gone
Ferruginous Hawk
Enjoying a good meal
Vesper Sparrow
Spruce Grouse / Falcipennis canadensis
Pine Siskin
Pine Siskin taking a bath
Pine Siskin
Pine Siskin
Downy Woodpecker and American Goldfinch
American Coot
American Goldfinch juvenile / Spinus tristis
American Coot
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker male
Himalayan Monal female
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, adult male
Hard working Dad
Magpie juvenile
A beautiful catch
Mountain Bluebird with food for his babies
Himalayan monal / Lophophorus impejanus male
Black-crowned Night-heron
Ruddy Duck male
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Rondeau PP
Common Raven at Bow Lake
Tiny spider with a death wish
Purple Martin male
American Goldfinch male
Cedar Waxwing / Bombycilla cedrorum
Purple Martin in its gourd nest box
Purple Martin, Ellis Bird Farm, Alberta
Swainson's Hawk take-off
Clark's Nutcracker / Nucifraga columbiana
American Wigeon
Barn Swallow
Barn Swallow
Hummingbird at feeder
Rufous Hummingbird
Red-winged Blackbird male
Black Tern
Eastern Kingbird
Bluebird bling
Yellow Warbler / Setophaga petechia
Yellow Warbler female, Pt Pelee, Ontario
Great Horned Owlet
Great Horned Owlet
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Swainson's Hawk watching for its next snack
On 6 September 2018, it turned out to be a much longer day than I had planned! In the very early hours of the morning, I happened to check the weather forecast just out of interest, and saw that rain is expected on about six of the coming days (if it actually happens). Decided then and there that I had better get out for a drive, just in case.
My intention had been to just drive some of the roads east of the city, getting out there via 22X, which is definitely not a drive I like to do. On a previous trip, I had made two mistakes along this complcated highway, and ended up on Stoney Trail going north and, on the return trip, I was in the wrong lane and ended up heading far, far south of the city on the worst major highway. The latter happened again and, like on the previous drive, I ended up going to the Saskatoon Farm. Fortunately, I was in time to get an afternoon meal there and have a wander around the grounds taking photos. I love this place.
There were certain things I wanted to go and see again, including a few old barns and sheds. I was also hoping that I might just come across a beautiful hawk or two within camera reach. I even finally got to take photos of a few shorebirds. Throw in a butterfly or two and the odd flower, and I was happy.
On this trip, I really wanted to make myself use the Nikon P900 a lot. I always take a few of the same photos with my Panasonic and Canon point-and-shoots, too, for comparison, as I am not yet used to the P900. One of my concerns about the latter is that it seems to blow out the white in an image, from what I have seen in quite a few other people's photos - didn''t seem too bad. My other - and main - concern is focus. I still have not been able to stand in front of a flower/something small at various distances, and zoom in. All I see in the viewfinder is a coloured blur. The other cameras don't do this, and I've been doing it easily for many years. Hope I can sort this out! I guess it's just a case of experimenting.
My intention had been to just drive some of the roads east of the city, getting out there via 22X, which is definitely not a drive I like to do. On a previous trip, I had made two mistakes along this complcated highway, and ended up on Stoney Trail going north and, on the return trip, I was in the wrong lane and ended up heading far, far south of the city on the worst major highway. The latter happened again and, like on the previous drive, I ended up going to the Saskatoon Farm. Fortunately, I was in time to get an afternoon meal there and have a wander around the grounds taking photos. I love this place.
There were certain things I wanted to go and see again, including a few old barns and sheds. I was also hoping that I might just come across a beautiful hawk or two within camera reach. I even finally got to take photos of a few shorebirds. Throw in a butterfly or two and the odd flower, and I was happy.
On this trip, I really wanted to make myself use the Nikon P900 a lot. I always take a few of the same photos with my Panasonic and Canon point-and-shoots, too, for comparison, as I am not yet used to the P900. One of my concerns about the latter is that it seems to blow out the white in an image, from what I have seen in quite a few other people's photos - didn''t seem too bad. My other - and main - concern is focus. I still have not been able to stand in front of a flower/something small at various distances, and zoom in. All I see in the viewfinder is a coloured blur. The other cameras don't do this, and I've been doing it easily for many years. Hope I can sort this out! I guess it's just a case of experimenting.
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