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Tag Archives: Hairy woodpecker
Just a short trip … really!
Just a short trip … really! I was working on some more uploads from our recent Cuba trip, looked out the window, saw that the sun was shining and decided that a short trip around the neighborhood with camera in … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa, Shirley's Bay
Tagged Black Chipmunk, brown coloration, chipmunk, chipmunks, cowbird, Deschenes Rapids lookout, digital image, Downy Woodpecker, eastern chipmunks, eastern gray squirrel, gray squirrel, Hairy woodpecker, image, megapixeltravel, mlanistic, Nepean, northern flicker, Ottawa, Ottawa River, photo, photograph, red winged blackbirds, ring-billed gull, Shirley's Bay, song sparrows, tree sparrows, wildlife sightings, woodpecker
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Negotiating the Sarsaparilla and Jack Pine Trails
Negotiating the Sarsaparilla and Jack Pine Trails The freezing rain stopped at about midnight and the day started off with some blue sky and temperatures slightly above freezing. This meant that walking the trails would be a bit of a … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Jack Pine Trail, Ontario, Ottawa, Ottawa Greenbelt Trails, Sarsaparilla Trail
Tagged beaver pond, camera settings, chickadees, cloud cover, dim lighting, dripping water, eyesight, feeder, feedstuffs, freezing rain, Hairy woodpecker, Jack Pine Trail, NCC Greenbelt Trails, Nepean, night time, Ontario, Ottawa, outstretched hand, red squirrels, sarsaparilla, Sarsaparilla Trail, woodpecker
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2011 Ottawa-Gatineau Christmas Bird Survey, Gatineau, Quebec
2011 Ottawa-Gatineau Christmas Bird Count, Gatineau, Quebec The sun is now up and I am out on a Christmas Bird Count with my birder friends, Ralph and Gerhard.
Posted in Bird Survey Outings, Canada Explorer, Gatineau/Hull/Aylmer, Ottawa, Quebec
Tagged American Robin Turdus migratorius Merle d'Amerique, aylmer, Bate Island, bird survey, black squirrels, Canada Geese, Canada Goose, Canada Goose Branta canadensis Bernache du Canada, CBC, Chickadee, chickadees, christmas bird, Christmas Bird Count, coloration, Deschenes Rapids, Downy Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens Pic mineur, Eastern Greay Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis Écureuil gris, Gatineau, gatineau quebec, great blue heron, Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Grand Héron, grey squirrel, Hairy woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus Pic chevelu, Highbush Cranbery, House Sparrow, House Sparrow Passer domesticus Moineau domestique, Ice forming on creek, mallard, Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Canard colvert, Mourning Dove, Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura Tourterelle triste, OFNC, Ontario Field Naturalists Club, Ottawa River, picnic table, Plume Grass, rapids, Robin, snow on the ground, staghorn sumac, steady breeze, Wild Grapes, XMAS Bird Survey
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Trying out the repaired 80-200 f2.8
I haven’t been out on the woodland trails much this summer (soccer injuries, international travel, other family commitments, etc), so when I received my 80-200mm f2.8 back from Nikon’s repair depot, that was all that I needed as a reason … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa, Sarsaparilla Trail
Tagged apple trees, beaver pond, Blue Jay, chickadees, chipmunks, Downy Woodpecker, ducks, family commitments, Greenbelt, Greenbelt Trails, Hairy woodpecker, handful of seeds, nature natural surroundings, NCC, Nepean, Nikon 28-200mm f2.8, Nikon 80-200mm f2.8, Nkon camera, Ottaawa Ontario, ottawa ontario, photography, photos, Red Squirrel, Sarsaparilla Trail, soccer injuries, summer soccer, sunflower seeds, walk in the woods, white breasted nuthatch, woodland trail, woodland trails, woodpecker
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Ottawa Greenbelt Trails – Sarsaparilla Trail
After dropping off my father following our earlier outing to Ashton, Ontario, I decided that a stop at nearby Sarsaparilla Trail might yield some photo opportunities. I rather hoped that I might get some nice shots of the white-breasted nuthatches … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa, Ottawa Greenbelt Trails, Sarsaparilla Trail
Tagged Canada Geese, chickadees, Deer, Greenbelt, Hairy woodpecker, mallards, marshland, nuthatches, open water, Ottawa, paper birch, photo opportunities, photographer, sarsaparilla, Sarsaparilla Trail, sentier, Sentier des Salsepareilles, tee shirts, woodpecker
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Cooper Marsh
Cooper Marsh Conservation Area (Location) Visited Cooper Marsh with my birder friend, Gerhard. We were hoping to see some of the wading birds and warblers but were either too early or too late in the season for them. As usual, … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Cooper Marsh, Ontario
Tagged baltimore oriole, Baltimore Oriole in flight, Binoculars, birder, birding, Blue violet, boardwalk, boardwalks, Capella gallinago, chokecherry, Chokecherry blossoms, Chrysemys picta marginata, common dandelion, common snipe, Cranesbill, Dendroica petechia, Dryad's Saddle, Hairy woodpecker, Hawthorne, Hawthorne blossoms, Icterus galbula, man in hat, marsh, Melospiza georgiana, Midland Painted Turtle, Orange bird, Oriole, Painted Turtle, Picoides villosus, poison ivy, polypore, Raisin Region Conservation Authority, Raisin River Conservation Authority, Rhus radicans, Rhus toxicodendron, small pond, snipe, spring flowers, swamp, swamp sparrow, Tachycineta bicolor, Toxicodendron radicans, Tree Swallow, Visitor Centre, wading birds, wetter areas, wood violet, Woodland Violet, Yellow warbler
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Chipmunk Trail, Ottawa Greenbelt, Nepean, Ontario
Chipmunk Trail, Ottawa Greenbelt, Nepean, Ontario