Tag: birds

  • Wild beasties of 2018

    It’s amazing the variety of animal and insect life that one runs into every day, once you get used to looking. Some of these were found on “photo trips”, like Bella, a downtown Oakville cat who likes strangers. Some show up and wait for you to go and get a camera, some are too impatient, […]

  • Birds in Flight

    Over the summer, I became interested (some would say obsessed, but that’s subjective) in capturing the perfect image of a bird in flight. Not just in flight, but in what may be described as “flutter”. The state of not moving or scarcely moving in mid air. Of course the wings would be moving, and ideally […]

  • They plough the fields and scatter

    We feed sunflower seeds to the bids year-round. You may have noticed that we have the most-photographed bird feeder in the history of bird feeders. We also have five planters that we place around the garden, four in the back where the feeder is and one around front, nowhere near the feeder. Each spring, we […]

  • Wildlife in our back garden

    No, this is not the pics from the drunken swimming party. In fact, I categorically deny that there ever was such an event. Talking about the birds and the bees here. Wait, I’m getting deeper, aren’t I? Let’s start over… I’m always amazed at how many nature photos are available right here in our back […]