I managed to capture a few photos of some of the local wildlife this week. I hope you enjoy, and have a great Sunday.
2016-12-18: What I've seen this week
2016-12-18: What I’ve seen this week
I managed to capture a few photos of some of the local wildlife this week. I hope you enjoy, and have a great Sunday.
2016-12-11: What I've seen this week
***December 12th – I guess I forgot to actually hit post on this yesterday – oops! ***
While I have actually seen quite a lot this week around the neighbourhood, it has mostly been too cold to get the camera out to capture anything while out walking. -22C was the average temperature for my morning walks, and I had to resort to mittens, which don’t lend themselves to quick wildlife shots! The deer and fox have been around a lot, as well as the hairy woodpeckers and lots of chickadees.
For the first time in a long time though, I spotted a northern flicker in the yard, and that is the lone photo of the week (since I could take it through my office window).
Have a great week everyone!
2016-12-11: What I’ve seen this week
***December 12th – I guess I forgot to actually hit post on this yesterday – oops! ***
While I have actually seen quite a lot this week around the neighbourhood, it has mostly been too cold to get the camera out to capture anything while out walking. -22C was the average temperature for my morning walks, and I had to resort to mittens, which don’t lend themselves to quick wildlife shots! The deer and fox have been around a lot, as well as the hairy woodpeckers and lots of chickadees.
For the first time in a long time though, I spotted a northern flicker in the yard, and that is the lone photo of the week (since I could take it through my office window).
Have a great week everyone!
2016-11-20: What I've seen this week
It’s seems like such a long time since I have done one of these posts! I was planning to do one last week, but woke up Sunday morning to a computer meltdown instead – not quite how I was planning to spend my day.
I’ve got a bit of a mixed bag from the last two weeks… Fingers crossed I can get back into the routine of weekly photos again 🙂
Have a great week everyone!
2016-10-23: What I've seen this week
This time last weekend, there was snow on the ground and it was a soggy, rather miserable day. But on my afternoon walk, I spotted one of the deer families and managed to get a couple quick pictures. It’s wonderful to see that this mom has managed to keep the young ones safe, especially with the coyotes in the area.
That’s all I have for this week, hopefully there will more photo opportunities in the week to come.
Enjoy the rest of your Sunday 🙂
2016-08-29: Black Bears
When I got home from my lunch time walk with Spencer, I spotted two black bear cubs on the lawn near the entrance I use. I quickly went in a different way so as not to disturb them, and grabbed my camera.
What a fantastic lunch hour!
The low hanging feeder was emptied, but despite checking out the one up the tree, they didn’t bother with it (I wonder if that’s because those seeds were coated in cayenne pepper to keep the squirrels away?)
One of the cubs was significantly smaller than the other, and at one point, they had a scrap in the yard, with a lot of snarling and growling.
2016-06-05: What I’ve seen this week
I spent some time Saturday morning watching the birds in the backyard, and happened to be at the right place at the right time to see a male and female western tanager pass through the yard. It was only the third time I’ve ever seen these birds, and the first opportunity to photograph, so needless to say, I was thrilled.
I had another interesting sighting earlier in the week; while out on my bike I spotted an interesting bird with a very long beak. After looking on my bird app, I figured it was likely a long-billed curlew, a first time I have seen the species. I hopped in the car with my camera to see if they were still in the area, and luckily managed a couple photos.
That’s enough of the chatter, I hope you enjoy the birds I have seen this week 🙂
2016-05-23: Monochrome Monday
2016-05-08: What I’ve seen this week
I just took a pause in editing the photos for this post for some breakfast, and spotted a pair of deer in the yard. It’s overcast and they are heading deeper into the bush, so no sense in trying to get a photo to add to the post.
This week, I’ve got some slightly better photos of the red breasted sapsucker that is hanging out at the top of my street, as well as some photos of a yellow bellied sapsucker (at least, to the best of my identification abilities, that is what it is, though they aren’t supposed to be in my area at all.
Here are my choices for the week, I hope you enjoy.
