Green Mother
A rare Canada Goose mother sitting on a nest pokes her head up through the greenery near Doughnut Island. 2016 has been a great year for ducklings, but we have very few goslings and absolutely no cygnets. The total number of nests was down significantly this year, and the last (failed) mute swan nest was just abandoned […]
Fluff Season
A toad on Third St. looks unimpressed at having to push its way through large piles of fluff.
Red Eye Delight
The piercing red eye of a mature black-crowned night heron, perched in a tree by Doughnut Island.
Slider Damage
A red-eared slider displays a large gash in its shell, most likely caused by a boat propeller. Experts say that the shell will repair itself in time, and that the turtle otherwise looks healthy. Click image to view larger.
Blending In
A Coyote blends into the background colours of early spring, in the Parks yard by the filtration plant.
American Coot
From the sasquatch files, an unexpected surprise: an American Coot perches on the ice off of Ward’s Dock in February 2016. A complete B-Roll shot, this was late in the evening with absolutely no light.
Steamy Horizons
Sunlit ducks swim off the boardwalk, against a backdrop of heavy steam in a -25°C cold snap.
Rooftop Bandit
Racoons are back on Third St., the little bandits running roughshod over the rooftops at night.
Lord of the Skies
An adult Sharp-shinned hawk lords over a hapless pigeon by Far Enough Farm, preparing to eviscerate it. Sharp-shinned and Cooper’s hawks are very similar in appearance, I’m going with Sharp-shinned here because the feathers on the crown almost merge with the back feathers.
Where’s Waldo?
Mute swans snooze the afternoon away on the snowy ice off of the boardwalk towards Centre Island.
