1830 to the City
The Ongiara streaks to the city at 6:30 P.M., punching through the January ice in this two-minute exposure.
Overflight
A great horned owl wings its way silently over the RCYC’s south island, displaying the fine patterns in its outstretched feathers. An absolutely awesome bird to see in flight.
Follow the Leader
A mixed formation of ducks fly through the eastern gap, mergansers playing follow-the-leader with a female long-tailed duck (née old squaw).
The Last Cormorant
One of the last cormorants to be found in 2010 swims near Centre Island, caught here in the deliciously low light of November.
Weremerant
A cormorant creates a partial eclipse of the sun by Doughnut Island, momentarily turning day into night in the camera.
Chickadee Isolation
A Chickadee puffs itself up against the cold of winter, searching for food behind the filtration plant.
Mink Details
The carnivorous details of a perfectly preserved mink skull, found in the Sans Souci region of Georgian Bay.
Waiting for Gala Days
An almost-full moon turns night into day around the snowbound WIA clubhouse, silent for the winter and awaiting future Gala Days.
Healthy Teeth
Beautiful dental work: up close and personal with a red fox, yawning from an afternoon nap in the sunlit snow.
Cats 1, Foxes 0
Putting to rest some of the fox controversy within the community: Ginger the cat goes after the fox. Ginger seemed genuinely curious, but the fox wouldn’t have any of it, and actually ran away. Cats 1, Foxes 0. Island cats rule.
Canadian Hero
A true Canadian hero: a beaver, doing what it does best, hauls a branch out of the Ward’s dunes through a winter blizzard, back to the water where it will swim with it through the breaking surf to its lodge. Absolutely epic, for the amount of nutrition that the underbark of dogwood contains. This is […]
Canadian Hero II
A Canadian epic: a Toronto Island beaver hauls its catch through winter storm surge off of Ward’s Beach in the late January twilight. A definite B-roll shot, this is only of interest within the context of this photograph.
Black Ice Reds
A gorgeous red fox steps into the sidelight on the hockey rink off of Algonquin Island, trademark reds on fine display on the black ice.
Stunning Reds
An absolutely stunning red fox poses on the disc golf course, showing off its trademark tail that’s almost as long as its body.
Proof of Concept
Hot on the heels of their newfound popularity from the front-page Toronto Star article, a curious Toronto Island mink checks out the experimental IceCam, underwater and under the ice near Snug Harbour. A terrible photograph by any stretch of the imagination, there isn’t much light down there, but an interesting portrait of our furry little […]
Nightmare on Mink St.
The carnivorous teeth of a mink skull discovered in the Sans Souci area of Georgian Bay.
Ultimate Backlight
A cormorant eclipses the sun near Long Pond, pushing the Canon EF 300mm f/4 L lens to its absolute limit.