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.
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.
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.
Orbit, Ho!
Riding 30 stories of fire, twin solid rocket boosters propel space shuttle Endeavour toward low earth orbit on the final launch of her career, and the penultimate launch of the entire Program.
Mark Kelly
Endeavour’s commander Mark Kelly says a few words after arriving at the Kennedy Space Centre for the second launch attempt.
Flag Forward
Endeavour’s flag flies proudly over Launch Complex 39A. This is actually a fairly difficult shot to get, 95% of the time the wind blows the flag backwards.
STS-134 RSS Rollback (timelapse)
The Rotating Service Structure is rolled back from space shuttle Endeavour for the first launch attempt, revealing the youngest orbiter in the fleet over the course of 45 minutes (click the play button to view the timelapse).
A Dangerous Cloud 9
A partially submered American alligator waits for prey in the Archie Carr National Wildlife Refuge.