Greg Shchepanek

Snowshoe Hare Featuring a Snowshoe Hare ( Lepus americanus ) grazing the springtime grass at Shirleys Bay, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. This is my most popular video that I created on YouTube with 337 views and eight likes. It is very hard to keep the subject in focus, but over time I will get better and it is keeping the camera steady. I think I shot this using my Nikon Coolpix A900 but it could be very well my Canon EOS M100 seeing that I more commonly use the Canon. I do hope I shot this in 4K but I am not a seasoned videographer so I am still goofing around when it comes to video.  Now you can tell that this is probably the Nikon due to the quality of the video. The top video is much more clearer and there is a format difference that is very visible. I shot this video on the Jack Pine Trail and you can see it was later in the springtime due to the hare's colouration.  To see all my videos please check out :  My videos : https://www.youtube.com/@gmspanek/videos

  The Most Friendly Red-Breasted Nuthatch Resting on a Cedar Tree a Red-breasted Nuthatch ( Sitta canadensis ) is found at the Jack Pine Trail, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. This photo was the very first published in Canadian Geographic and made the short list for Canadian Wildlife Photo of the Year 2019 . This beautiful little wonder of the woods will always come for a visit while you are in the forests of North America . These guys will search you out & land on you looking for a treat. Them and the Chickadees are the most friendly little creatures found in our Canadian forests . They are always a blessing to see & hear while in the woods. They walk down the trees upside down and are marvellous to see in the wild. You know the woods are healthy when you see these little guys doing their thing. On the Boardwalk a little Red-breasted Nuthatch ( Sitta canadensis ) Jack Pine Trail, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. On a Spruce Tree a Red-breasted Nuthatch ( Sitta canadensis ) Algonqu...

 & it will be a Great One ! There is nothing like a bunch of Chipmunks to brighten up the day & get you out of the dumps from the days' before. Went with the gf to the Jack Pine Trail , our first official walk in the woods together. Saw so many of the little doodles scampering around & doing their thing looking ever so adorable & cute. It was so great to see butterflies out & about as well seeing two Mourning Cloaks & a Comma as well. It was absolute heaven to be back in the wildlife & so very good for the mental health that I have been inflicted with of recent times. The birds also did their job of bringing laughter & smiles to our faces as they danced around us. I cannot emphasise enough the benefits of being in nature to cleans the soul & get everything back on track returning the chakras back to normal. Eastern Chipmunk   ( Tamias striatus ) Jack Pine Trail, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

 Some More Selections from my Flickr Site Leaves on the Water : on a very windy Autumn day at the Bill Mason Centre, Dunrobin, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  Taken on October 17, 2020 . I always love to see the colourful  leaves during the fall . These leaves were dancing & moving to the cool wind on the sandy lake. American Red Squirrel ( Tamiasciurus hudsonicus ) at the Jack Pine Trail, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  Taken on May 18, 2019. On the alert.

From the Flickr Photography Site The ever so friendly & beautiful is the  Red-breasted Nuthatch ( Sitta canadensis ) Sarsaparilla Trail, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  Taken on December 20, 2014. Always a cutie to come across on the path is the  Eastern Chipmunk ( Tamias striatus ) Jack Pine Trail, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.  Taken on May 18, 2019.

 Photography Site : Continued 2018 was a good year for Monarch s & I came across them pretty much anywhere I went and it was a great blessing to see these beauties fluttering about in the wild.  Monarch Butterfly ( Danaus plexippus ) Jack Pine Trail, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Taken on July 20, 2018. Conservation Status: imperiled (S2N,S4B) in Ontario, CA (NatureServe). I am hoping 2021 will be a Monarch year. Little man Black Squirrel posing for the camera nicely.  Eastern Gray Squirrel Black Phase ( Sciurus carolinensis ) Britannia Conservation Area, Mud Lake, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Taken on December 9, 2017. Mud Lake is the best place to go if you want some beautiful Squirrel captures they are most friendly here on the trails.