Trumpeter Swans at Marylake this past weekend...

Photos by BarrytheBirder

Tagged female and large cygnet

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Canada Geese at Marylake

Photo by BarrytheBarry

Geese beneath an apple tree

Canada 

Goose 

down

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Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

Photo by BarrytheBirder

Depending the view you have of a Red-tailed Hawk (such as in the photo above) it is very obvious by the colour of its tail feathers to name this raptor.

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Windmill, pond and Canada Geese in Kettleby

 

Photo by BarrytheBirder

Serenity

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Vancouver Island photos from Dave Kemp...

Photo by Dave Kemp

Bald Eagle

Oh to live in a place where one would see a Bald Eagle every day of the week.   The photo above was taken on the east side of Vancouver Island recently, by birding friend Dave Kemp.  Below are a couple more shots of that part of our world.

Black Turnstones

Goose Spit

...last of this year's wild apples.

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More Dave Kemp Vancouver Island photos...

Photos by Dave Kemp

Male Harlequin Duck

White Wing Scoters

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Dave Kemp's Vancouver Island bird photos...

Photos by Dave Kemp

Bufflehead

I am returning to my blogs after having made a recent move from King City, in York Region, just north of Metropolitan Toronto, to the Town of Aurora, a few kilometers north of my old home.   Thanks to my birding friend Dave Kemp on Vancouver Island, I've received some of his recent west coast pictures to share here.

Eagle

Harlequin Ducks and Black Turnstones

Surf Scoter

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BarrytheBirder

Short Blog interruption...

 

I will be moving from my home in King City, Ontario, to my new residence in Aurora, Ontario, at the end of November.

My blogs will continue to appear in the near future.

I look forward to communicating with you soon.

Regards,

Barry Wallace

 

Cardinals and Blue Jays...

Photos by Barry Wallace

Red & Blue

Colours to make  winter even whiter 

 

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Richmond Hill Millpond almost deserted...

Photos by BarrytheBirder

First day of winter a month away

A single Mute Swan, a half dozen male and female Mallard Ducks, a watermark fountain shut down, and cold gray water are all that remains at the Richmond Hill Millpond.   No Great Blue Heron, no cormorants, no gulls.   Ahh, but the first day of spring is just four months away.

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West Coast bird photos by Dave Kemp...

Female Long-tailed Duck

Bewick's Wren

Pileated Woodpecker

YYellow-crowned KingletT

Recent assortment of harsh weather in British Columbia weather

has not deterred B.C. photographer Dave Kemp.

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Nuthatches ~ winter warriors

 

Red-breasted Nuthatch

White-breasted Nuthatch

Photos by BarrytheBirder

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1944 ~ 2019

Photo by BarrytheBirder

Linda Wallace

November 13, 2019

She never claimed to be a birder,

And she never had a life list,

Yet they were precious to her.

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In the backyard...

             

        Photo by BarrytheBirder   

  Cooper's Hawk

     (Accipiter cooperii) 

     You have me at a disadvantage with your orange eyes.

    You know I shall blink first.

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Beautiful photo of Female Northern Harrier

 

Photo by Len Blumin

Northern Harrier

(Circus hudsonius)

 I was checking out (online) Northern Harriers recently and came across this superb photo of a female taken by photographer Len Blumin, from Mill Valley, California.  Len commented that he was impressed with the capture he got of the 'strong facial disk capture'.   It's what caught my eye also...a wonderful portrait.   Northern Harriers, male and female, are one of my favourite raptors.   Their appearance, colouration, flying behavior and patterns and instant eating habits mesmerize me.   Below is one my personal photos of a female harrier.

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Female and Male Mallards on a golden pond in B.C.

Dave Kemp photos from Vancouver Island

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McKenzie Marsh -Aurora

                                                                                                                    Photo by BarrytheBirder

HardyTrumpeter Swan - November 5, 2020

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Tundra Swans on Vancouver Island...

 

Photos by Dave Kemp

Tundra Swan

My B.C. friend Dave Kemp has captured a Tundra Swan in two eye-catching photos on the eastern shores of Vancouver Island.   Tundra Swans are large birds, as they appear to be in these photos, but are quite a bit smaller than the two Trumpeter Swans, as can be seen on the right, in the bottom photo.   I can't say how envious I am that Dave has  captured both Tundra Swans and Trumpeter Swans in the same photo.

 

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Dave Kemp bird photos from B.C.

Photos by Dave Kemp

A prawn for lunch

Pied-billed Grebe

Harlequin Duck

A small crab for a snack

A late-afternoon snack

Fishing is always good for Sea Lions

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Dave Kemp photo from B.C.

Photos by Dave Kemp

White-fronted Geese

(Anser Albafrons)

a.k.a. The Laughing Goose or Specklebelly

My west coast friend Dave Kemp has captured a great photo of four White-fronted Geese that he took on the east coast of Vancouver Island.   Slightly smaller than Canada Geese, these geese occur across the Northern Hemisphere and in North America are found mostly west of the Mississippi River.

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BarrytheBirder