Wild Turkey on Ice

had a great time at Lynde Shores in early February ..  snapped many good shots of owls, and ice :) Then just before leaving a family of Wild Turkey came near enough for some fun shots !

Owls

I've decided to restart this blog ...  with a similar theme ,  it will now be my home to my collection of birds & wildlife photos :) Recently I've had some good luck with Owls...  I think Ill start there

3am visitor to my yard!!  Barred Owl 

Wow, Ive lived here for almost 30 years , have never seen an owl in my own yard  :) Barred Owl 

Barred Owl, early evening , Harmony Valley

 Barred Owl, early evening , Harmony Valley

Barred Owl, Mid Day Nap, Lynde Shores

Great Horned Owl, Mid Day Nap, Thickson's Woods 

Out for a Stroll

We don't get that many sunny , and reasonably warm winter days, so when we do I go hiking with the dogs...  on the REALLY nice days I go for a stroll to the local grocery store :)  Always used to forget my camera lol !  Not this time :)

Just getting started .. this path leads to a bicycle path.. not that I ever walk on it :) lol 

I love finding these... Naturally Framed Sun Shot 

A couple of doves, all tucked in from the cold

Love frozen streams :) 

It always amazes me that the stream doesn't freeze solid.. even in -30C 

Everything was frozen solid except this patch, weird :) 

Welcome to Canada in February lol 

Random shot of a rotten tree

Heading home..  this is a feeder stream for the creek .

Almost home ..  and found a neat old Chevy truck. 

I hope you have enjoyed tagging along for my stroll :) Please follow the comment link to leave any feedback, critiques or just let me know which one you liked the best :) Happy Shooting !

Barns & Snow Day

Wow ,  I can't believe its been 3 weeks since Ive posted on here...  The good news is , everything is reorganized and good to go on my end.   Ive finally recovered from the hard drive crash , and then the computer switchover :))  Everything is nicely backed up between 2 hard drives, and a copy of all my favourites onto a third one!  Its time to play catch up , Ive got the next 5 posts already selected .. just need to type them up :)

Brrr this was one of the coldest days this year -40C in the wind 

Same day ... deceptively sunny .  

I pass this nice old barn all the time :)  

Id been waiting patiently for a blue sky to take this shot :))  

Love these old barns , great character. 

I think I like them unpainted better ?  

Last one for today :)) 

Ill be taking the same route during spring and summer this year ,  will be interesting to see  the differences a season or two makes.   Have a great day !! Happy Shooting :))

Where did January go ??

Its mid winter here , lots of snow, cold temperatures, and grey/white skies. Its been an interesting week of taking photographs, I've started shooting in RAW , and using the semi manual settings on my camera.  Aperture and shutter speed was my focus this week.   Ill keep this brief, as for the first time. Im adding captions :)) Ill let them tell the rest of this weeks story .

Winter horizon , On a clear day the CN tower is very pronounced, today its just a fuzzy stick in the far background.

Im guessing this bird had flown south :) 

Fence posts and dark cold water are two of my favourite subjects 

Dark water on a cold grey day , this shot was an Ah Ha moment for shutter speed.  

Snowy Calm, A view of the woods, it looks so  peaceful.  

You know the snow is deep when :)) 

Post in a snowy field.  This was my Ah Ha moment for aperture.  Fence posts make great practice shots. 

Little Miss Chicken , Id been taking care of a Farmer Friend's  chickens while he was away!

Roast pork Dinner, my other life as a food blogger :)
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I hope you've enjoyed this weeks pictures.  All comments, critiques,  or suggestions are welcomed.  Happy Shooting , see you In February :)

Thirty Below , and lots of snow :)

It snowed almost all day yesterday, was quite a nice day .. not too far below zero , lots of fluffy snow.  Then came the night ,  and the cold !  Woke up to -33C with wind chill today . COLD!  Of course, Id left my truck window open !! Hahahaha it was frozen and had a good amount of snow in it, and even worse I forgot to plug it in.  So my whole day was delayed by an hour while I waited for the block heater to do  its job.  Had another coffee , and even managed a food post while waiting. You can check it out here :) http://richfletchersgoodfoodrevolution.blogspot.com/ So finally , I get to leave , and that's were the photos start..  with a quick view of my truck, then off for a frozen hike...  so cold i could only manage two or three shots at a time, before my fingers wouldn't work properly. The snow banks looked great today , frozen, but with blue skies and sunshine. Then , just to show how used to the cold  me and my dogs have become, the last one was taken at a stop sign..  I didn't even have to roll down the window, it was already down.  6 Layers can keep you pretty warm.  Enjoy :)) I know I did.  

Great day for hawk watching !

I have been chasing a pair of hawks around for several months,  finally getting a good shot last month...  I'm sure it doesn't help that i have two large boisterous dogs with me when trying to capture them :)  But its been fun, and the dogs need to be walked anyway, so I have kept trying. A couple of days ago ... I found not two but FIVE different hawks, I wasn't able to get good shots of all of them.. but did manage to get a few good ones.  Have a look and let me know what you think.   I'm thinking I want a newer faster, better camera lol . I have been looking in the last couple of days, can't quite swing the Dslr I'd really like..  so, I'm thinking a Canon SX30 si will get me a bit closer to the action.