Category Archives: bird

texture 1 – nest

Posted on July 24, 2007 by

nest Originally uploaded by canuckshutterer (W.J. Gibson) this robins (?) nest was constructed over the two motion detector lights high up over the back deck that light the way from the driveway path we had to turn off the light … Continue reading →

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Canada Day at Little Lake Park owl

Posted on July 4, 2007 by

Canada Day at Little Lake Park owl Originally uploaded by canuckshutterer (W.J. Gibson) The Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre had a display of birds of prey. The beautiful colours of this owl’s feathers made my day.

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goslings

Posted on June 23, 2007 by

goslings Originally uploaded by canuckshutterer (W.J. Gibson) taken June 23, 2007 in Little Lake Park in Midland, Ontario, Canada using a Nikon Coolpix 5700

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bald eagle

Posted on April 21, 2007 by

The highlight of my week: sighting a juvenile bald eagle out on a large rock in the water in front of my place. He/she was about 40 yards away. Had a large stick in one foot. It was a little … Continue reading →

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winter feeding

Posted on January 23, 2007 by

For years we have been putting out seed for birds to feed upon in the winter. This year it was very mild into part of January then winter arrived and we have had some cold weather, down near to -20 … Continue reading →

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Trumpeter Swans still around

Posted on December 7, 2006 by

Heard them last night as I was sitting reading on the closed in (insulated and heated) sun porch. The kittens and the dog were keeping me company. I cracked open a window and could hear clearly, many trumpeters “playing” their … Continue reading →

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a wild turkey’s last moments

Posted on September 24, 2006 by

found this in my notebook from sometime in 2005 Wild turkey died in the shallows next door. I watched its last minutes of life. Flapping its wings to get into a depth of water where it could put its legs … Continue reading →

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turkey vulture – makes one a little nervous

Posted on July 11, 2006 by

next door a sizeable dead fish washed up and drew one TV (turkey vulture for the non-bird watching cognoscenti)….ugly bird but a beautiful soaring creature however after too many desert movies watched, seeing a vulture does raise my anxiety level … Continue reading →

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country living list

Posted on May 24, 2006 by

today was one of the those days when freezing your buns off in the north of central Ontario through the winter is worthwhile once Spring has sprung…. Although messy to have swim by and waddle up onto shore, a family … Continue reading →

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a photo link to a shot of some cormorants

Posted on May 18, 2006 by

see: cormorants one of my favourite photos that I took while standing on my “front yard” at the water’s edge on Georgian Bay taken with a Nikon F2 Photomic and a Soligor 400mm f6.5 lens on a Manfrotto tripod

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