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Cormorant liftoff
The Double-crested Cormorant is a big bird — it requires a long runway to take to the air. The cormorant is demonized in Ontario where hunters are allowed to shoot the birds on sight. However here, the cormorant is … Continue reading
Waggle-foot loon
People are at pains to interpret the sounds and gestures of one another. They want to do the same for animals and feel that they do a good job making sense of the signals sent by their pets. But, … Continue reading
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Dowitcher
When I casually started to watch local birds a dozen years or so ago, I posited that there was no point in paying attention to shorebirds — there were just too many similar ones. I adapt. With time, I … Continue reading
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August goulash
This is collection of images taken this August that lacked a posting of their own, primarily because they were all taken within the last few days. I would have liked to include some mammals. Alas, while I saw some, there … Continue reading
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Two migrants
From late July into October, we are visited by migrants. These are birds that bred to our north but stop here to feed on their southbound journey. They range in size and type from the hummingbird to the eagle. … Continue reading
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Predaters and scavengers
Kokanee salmon flow up local creeks to spawn. Predators and scavengers gather to gorge themselves. Some come to feast on the living fish; some come to feast upon carcasses. Although these pictures were taken where the birds were feeding … Continue reading
Passing birds
Most views of animals in the wild are of solitary ones. But it is fun to manage a shot showing a couple of creatures in one scene. Such was the case this morning. A juvenile Great Blue Heron perches … Continue reading
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Bluet disaster
Things were now looking good in the world of bluet damselflies. The previous posting, thwarted bluets, had reported on the problems of bluet couples: harassment and inaccessible aquatic weed for egg laying. However, now the aquatic weed had reached … Continue reading
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July goulash
This is a collection of images from this July that did not have postings of their own. The idiom, snake in the grass, implies treachery. In reality, our garter snake is harmless. This Cedar Waxwing seemed intent on expressing … Continue reading
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Flickers fledged
There are only a few days during which one can watch flicker chicks being fed at the entrance to their cavity nests. When they hatch, chicks are small and rest inside the cavity, so each parent has to go … Continue reading
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