Serpentine Grid II
Another view of this improbable garter snake, entwined in the protective beaver mesh around the base of a tree near Ward’s beach.
Serpentine Grid
A garter snake descends through the mesh of a beaver guard, wrapped around a tree on Ward’s beach.
Blue Waiting
Another great blue heron, completely backlit, wades in the waters off of Doughnut island fishing for dinner.
Mirror Image
A painted turtle basking on a log reflects perfectly in the calm waters of Snug harbour.
Day for Night
A juvenile black-crowned night heron, like this one photographed earlier, fishes along the shoreline of Doughnut island’s Three Fingers.
Mallard Adolescence
A mallard duck, half duckling fur and half adult feathers, swims by Snake Island.
Snowbirds
The Snowbirds fly overhead in tight formation, performing for the CIAS (Canadian International Air Show).
Solstice Sunset
The moon sets on the Toronto skyline, the entire panorama lit evenly as the sun sets east of the Harbour Castle on the longest day of the year.
Catnap
One of my favourite things about kayak-based photography: you can be completely silent. Here a black-crowned night heron naps the afternoon away, beak tucked in wing, completely undisturbed and unaware that I’m even there.
Cormorant Chicken
A cormorant chick, bare to the world, peers unabashedly at the camera. Tagged as related, this chick was photographed offshore from the Norgate Inlet in Georgian Bay.
Fledgling Fuzz II
Cormorant fledglings, now covered in a fine layer of fur, nuzzle each other and await their parent’s return with a fresh delivery of food. Tagged as related, these were photographed offshore from the Norgate Inlet in Georgian Bay.
Merganser Riding
Merganser ducklings ride their mother’s back, set against the folded granite of the Canadian Shield in Massassauga Provincial Park, Georgian Bay. Tagged as related.
Cute as a Duckling
Deliciously cute mallard duckings look as soft as kittens before their feathers begin to grow in.
Bad Hair Day II
Juvenile Canada geese begin to look a bit ratty as their fur gives way to feathers, just like these mute swan cygnets.
Bad Hair Day
Mute swan juveniles begin to look a bit ratty as their fur gives way to feathers, just like these Canada geese juveniles.
Salad Bar
A mute swan feeds her cygnets by pulling up vegetable matter from the depths, like a floating salad bar.
Size Differential
A mute swan and her cygnet near the Toronto Island Marina show just how much size difference there is between children and parents.
Nest Watching II
A mute swan mother sits on a prime nesting site on Long Pond in 2007, rendered uninhabitable in 2008 due to high water levels.
Nest Watching
A Canada Goose mother sits on a prime nesting site near Doughnut Island in 2007, rendered uninhabitable in 2008 due to high water levels.