Uncommon Eyes
The distinctive eye and beak of a large snapping turtle, seen here surfacing in Blockhouse Bay. I spent a wonderful hour floating over this fellow, watching him (her?) hunt through the late-summer plant life on the bottom of the lagoon.
Shining Light I & II
A great blue heron hunts in the September light off of Algonquin Island, evoking the image of this great egret from September of 2008.
Hiding In Broad Daylight
A cormorant proves hard to see even in broad daylight, the low September sunlight casting many background areas into dark shadow.
Straight as an Arrow
A great blue heron takes flight in Long Pond, primary and secondary flight feathers outstretched.
Woody Couple
A lovely wood duck couple, stopping over on their fall migration, grace the waters off of Doughnut Island.
Dangerous Love
HMCS Montréal, a Halifax-class frigate, passes through the eastern gap after Labour Day weekend and the Toronto International Air Show.
Canvasback Haze
A rarity for these parts, this elusive canvasback spent the summer here, often visible around Sunfish Cut.
Grebe Horns
A lovely horned grebe, migrating through, swims in the inner harbour. Painfully shy, they were absolutely not interested in hanging out with the photographer.
An Amphibian Gala
A good sign: six northern leopard frogs have their own gala day on a piece of wood near the Eastern Gap.
Great Blue
A great blue heron stands on a submerged log in Snug Harbour, keeping a wary eye on the photographer.
Dr. Tongue
A mature black-crowned night heron licks its bill after successfully spearing a fish for lunch. Click image to view larger.
Night Reflections
An adolescent black-crowned night heron hunts for fish, reflected perfectly in the calm waters of the lagoon at almost 10:00pm.
Heron Pose
The camera turns night into day as an adolescent black-crowned night heron hunts on a log at almost 10:00pm, head down, standing motionless for minutes at a time waiting for fish to swim by.
Kitchen Coon
From the it-always-pays-to-have-a-camera-around department, a film oldie but a goodie. During foundation replacement, this fellow managed to find a way in. Finding the cat food bowl, he proceeded to hoover back as much as fast as possible, waking me up at about 2:00 in the morning. Turning on the kitchen light, he jumped eight feet […]
No Access
Signs and trees lie entombed in ice at the end of the boardwalk after a wicked winter storm in 2004.
Don’t Fall In
Lifesaving gear on the boardwalk sits useless, encrusted with heavy ice, after a good winter storm in 2004.
Jimmy Jones Center Ice
Jimmy Jones takes center ice with Leo and Samantha on the legendary black ice of 2005, seen here off the boardwalk and frozen all the way to the spit. Click image to view larger.
Distant City
Zeke and a friend light up the fabled black ice of 2005, seen here at sunset about half a kilometer off of the boardwalk. Click image to view larger.