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Sunday 17 March 2024

Great Blue Heron - Flight shots and Portraits

 The herons should soon be returning in large numbers towards the end of March and into April. These images are from October when there were still a fair number of birds in the area. I took these on a day I was trying to photograph Wood Ducks.







Thursday 14 March 2024

Saturday 9 March 2024

Juvenile Red-winged Blackbird

 This bird was feeding on bugs in the seaweed for a few days in November at the same location. If I happened to scare it I knew it would be back shortly to feed if I was patient and didn't move around too much.





Wednesday 14 February 2024

Purple Sandpipers

 Like the subject of the last post this is the first time in two years since I was able to photograph this species. Although I saw a small number last season I wasn't able to approach them. I have some photos from Christmas day 2023 but the light wasn't as favourable as it was this day in mid January.

Interestingly the purple sheen that apparently the birds name comes from is only seen in their Winter plumage which is when we see them on our shores. It's fairly apparent in the bird in the third photo.







Tuesday 13 February 2024

Snowy Owl

 This is the first Snowy Owl I have photographed in the last two years and also the only one I've seen in that time span. I haven't seen another since. These were taken back in early January.




Monday 12 February 2024

American Pipits

 Around the same time as the Snow Bunting images were taken and at the same location I was also able to photograph a few American Pipits.





Sunday 11 February 2024

Snow Buntings

 This has been a particularly good year for photographing Snow Buntings unlike last Winter. I have seen them often this year in some sizable flocks at times. These images are from earlier in the season, I have taken shots more recently as well.