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First Weekend of Spring

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 Looking for Chipmunks Waking up from hibernation the Chipmunks should be out in full force this weekend as the warm spring weather returns to Canada. Red Squirrels can be seen throughout the winter choosing to search for food rather than sleeping during the cold times. It is rare to get a Chipmunk picture in the snow seeing that they are hidden in their homes during the winter months only peeking out as soon as the warm weather arrives. This weekend should prove to be bountiful for rodent pictures as they should all be awake and running about with the warm temperatures that should be arriving this weekend. It is the some of the coldest days of March that we have been experiencing recently but the temperature should be above zero for this weekend ushering spring to the city of Ottawa. Hoping the chipmunk hunting is fruitful this weekend wherever you may be during this wonderful spring weekend. And if not Chipmunks may you find some other delightful creatures to capture in photographs w

Everybody Loves Wood Ducks

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 Here are Just a few I Have Come Across A Happy Couple Every year the Wood Ducks ( Aix sponsa ) come to Ottawa to spend their summer and sometimes overwinter here as well. The male is the more colourful of the two but I find the female to be just as beautiful.  Britannia Conservation Area, Mud Lake is where I find these stellar ducks in perfect poses for the photographer, and over the summer they have their broods of little ones each year.  All over the conservation area the ducks can be found along the shoreline of the lake or river, the young ones more commonly on the lake. But it's the mature adults that blossom with rich colours that capture the interest of the Nature Lovers galore at the conservation area. Other than the Harlequin Duck there is no other ducks that display such colourful plumage. Let's take a look at some males. Adult Males Juvenile Male And the less colourful females : Whatever the season the Wood Duck is always a great pleasure to see at the local wetlan

Photographing Frogs on my Birthday

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 And Other Things Northern Leopard Frog ( Lithobates pipiens ) Baie de les grenouilles, Lac Saint-François National Wildlife Area, Quebec, Canada. Ramsar site no. 361. For my birthday last year I went on an adventure to the Lac Saint-François National Wildlife Area , Quebec, Canada. Here I found frogs at the  Baie de les grenouilles ,  not just a few but a whole lot of the green buggers were jumping around and having a frogger of a time.  Northern Leopard Frog ( Lithobates pipiens ) Deep in the Duckweed It was summer time and one of my favourite times to go exploring but the mosquitoes were ou in full force. Damn those buggers and there weren't enough frogs or dragonflies to keep them at bay. But all in all it was a good visit the wildlife reserve. By the water gave a relief to the swarming bugs. In the water channel the much larger frogs could be found and sparse foliage of flowers including both Yellow and Blue Flag Irises. Nice to find some marsh flowers dotting the channel here

Publishing my Photos

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 Search for me on gettyimages.ca Monarch Caterpillar So very delighted to have 39 photos chosen for purchase on the gettyimages website. Here you can select high-resolution stock photography for sale at a variety of sizes. I am so very happy that this Canadian website has decided to feature my photography and offer a selection for purchase through their site. Most of the images chosen are nature specific because that is the subject matter I usually chose to follow. Only one image is none nature, a photograph of bubbles that I shot at home. Experiment with bubbles In the past I have been credited to have some of my photos chosen for publication but have not been any monetary price attached to such published images. I was so very honoured to have my first published photo selected by Ramsar: The Convention on Wetlands an international organization dedicated to the protection on Wetlands of International Importance . The image that was selected was of a Northern Green Frog photographed at

Winter Photography

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 A Good time for Duck Photography American Black Ducks ( Anas rubripes ) Britannia Conservation Area, Mud Lake, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Always a good time to spot ducks as they huddle along the open waters of the Ottawa River. Sometimes getting lucky to see a new species that is over wintering in Ottawa. American Wigeons fly in and spend the winter amongst the crowds of Mallards along the shore. American Black Ducks can be seen close to the open waters of the river or streams. They are hard to distinguish between the Mallards just appearing darker and bill colour differentiating the two species. American Wigeon ( Mareca americana ) Britannia Conservation Area, Mud Lake, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Mallards are the norm for any season along the river. Seeing a few Black Ducks here and there amongst the crowd. The American Black Duck ( Anas rubripes ) being seen less due to interbreeding with the more frequent Mallards.  Sometimes we get lucky and see a  Northern Shoveler ( Anas clypea