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Tag Archives: sunflower seeds
Visiting the Chickadees on Old Quarry Trail, Kanata, Ontario
Visiting the Chickadees on Old Quarry Trail, Kanata, Ontario
Posted in Canada Explorer, Old Quarry Trail, Ontario, Ottawa, Ottawa Greenbelt Trails
Tagged Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus, cattail, chickadees, Fake Pileated Woodpecker on telephone pole, Old Quarry Trail, Ottawa, Ottawa Kanata Ontario photography, outstretched hand, quarry trail, red squirrels, red-breasted nuthatch, scarecrow, sunflower seeds, white breasted nuthatch, White-Tailed Deer, White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus, wild turkeys
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Death on the Old Quarry Trail
Death on the Old Quarry Trail Usually when I walk along the Old Quarry Trail, it is a time for relaxation and the enjoyment of the wonderful natural surroundings and wildlife around me. Today, sadly, those wonderful moments were marred … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Old Quarry Trail, Ontario, Ottawa, Ottawa Greenbelt Trails
Tagged blood, chickadees, dead deer, deer carcass, Greenbelt Trails, happy moments, National Capital Commission, natural surroundings, NCC, Old Quarry Trail, porcupines, red squirrels, relaxation, sad moments, small animals, sunflower seeds, White-Tailed Deer, White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus, winter wonderland, wooded areas
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Wild Turkeys on the Old Quarry Trail
Wild Turkeys on the Old Quarry Trail (Location) My father continues his stay in the hospital and I was a bit early for visiting hours so I, once again, took the opportunity to walk a short distance up the Old … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Old Quarry Trail, Ontario, Ottawa, Ottawa Greenbelt Trails
Tagged apple, carrots, deer trail, Feeding the deer on On Old Quarry Trail, gate keepers, Greenbelt Trails, Kanata, NCC, Old Quarry Trail, Ontario, Ottawa, photographic interests, quarry trail, sunflower seeds, White-Tailed Deer, White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus, wild turkey, wild turkeys
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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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Feeding The Deer – Old Quarry Trail
Weather was nice today. Above freezing , sun shining and limited wind. A couple of days ago, I had decided to go out on the Beaver Trail with sunflower seeds in my pockets to feed the many Chickadees that frequent … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Old Quarry Trail, Ontario, Ottawa, Ottawa Greenbelt Trails
Tagged 55mm lens, apples, black-capped chickadees, carrot, carrots, chickadees, Deer, feeding chickadees, Feeding deer, fingertips, fungs on a tree, Greenbelt, ice, Kanata, manual focus, NCC, Odocoileus virginianus, Old Quarry Trail, Ontario, Ottawa, pine trees, quarry trail, railing, slippery, sunflower seeds, three deer, trail, water, White-Tailed Deer, White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus
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Feeding Chickadees on the Beaver Trail
I hadn’t been on the Beaver Trail in the Stony Swamp section of Ottawa’s Greenbelt for quite awhile so decided to take a look around that trail today carrying my Nikon D300 equipped with my vintage Micro-nikkor 1:3.5 f=55mm nippon … Continue reading
Posted in Beaver Trail, Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa, Ottawa Greenbelt Trails
Tagged 55mm, beaver trail, black oil, chickadees, chipmunk, Chipmunk Trail, corn, favour, Greenbelt, Greenbelt Trail, manual focus, micro nikkor auto 1:3.5 f=55mm nippon kogaku japan, Nepean, Nippon Kogaku, observation, Ottawa, peanuts, Stony Swamp, sunflower seeds, swamp
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Chickadees and more Chickadees
My brother flew in from Vancouver with his dog, Gilbert, last night for a visit with my father. After we stopped for a bit of lunch, my father suggested that he was up for a bit of a walk to … Continue reading
Posted in Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa, Ottawa Greenbelt Trails, Sarsaparilla Trail
Tagged Bell's Corners, bench, bird in the hand, brother, Chickadee, chickadees, Cockapoo, Greenbelt, Kanata, lunch, nuthatches, Ontario, Ottawa, Sarsaparilla Trail, seeds, smiles, sunflower seeds, Vancouver
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