Revealed Heronry
The skull of a great blue heron, time-worn and well weathered, shows off the distinctive heron shape, with a long beak for catching fish in shallow waters.
The Nose Knows
Up close and personal with a mute swan near Doughnut Island. Anything but shy, this fellow eventually swam inside the minimum focus distance of the lens, making further photography impossible.
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.
Cello Fan & Picnic Setting
A trumpeter swan joins in the picnic-like setting at Sunfish Cut for Jacquey Malcolm and Anne Bourne’s cello performance for Luisa Milan’s Hydro-Glyph.
Birds of a Feather
A pair of Canada geese fly through the inner harbour in 2007 in perfect synchronicity.
Quadruplets
The nest of a red-winged blackbird reveals four unhatched eggs, suspended among the reeds in the Trout Pond.
Carp of Happiness
A common carp stares at the camera through the underwater gloom, looking like something out of Asian legends.
Island Iridescence
Glowing like a pet store tropical fish, a sunfish swims past an underwater remote near Pike Cut. Clarity of the lagoons is already dropping as the water temperature rises. This b-roll image looks mottled due to air bubble contamination on the lens port, a common problem in summertime.
Waterline
A beaver swims past the shores of Algonquin, its face perfectly reflected in the calm waters of May.
Taming The Dragon
A Canada goose warns unwary adventurers of impending doom if they stray too close to a well guarded nest.
Herons For Jimmy
Recently reminiscing of the days of his youth (which were, when, last week?), Jimmy Jones recently commented that he was seeing fewer black-crowned night herons gracing our local lagoons (read: between Ward’s and Snake). Their numbers are certainly traditionally higher down Doughnut-way, but as if on cue several herons came out today just to remind […]
Half Dry
A mink displays its curious ability to keep its top half dry while swimming near Doughnut Island.
The Latest Addition
A rapidly growing Canada goose gosling poses on the cropped grasses of Centre Island.
Learning The Ropes
A Canada goose gosling emulates its parent, learning how to feed and drink from the lagoon edge on Centre Island.
Rocknest
A Canada goose nests in a safe, yet seemingly uncomfortable, location on a rocky breakwater off of Olympic Island.
Reverse Snowbird
In town for the season, this black-crowned night heron has probably left the stifling heat of a Florida summer just in time for things to finally warm up here in Toronto.
Painterly Cruising
A signature photograph for the FishEYE II: a northern pike cruises its spawning grounds, waiting for the water to warm up to about 9°C to start the main event. The lagoons are still frigid, hovering around the 5-6°C mark.