Birds

Great horned owl, Snake Island, Toronto Islands

Great Horns

A great horned owl auditions for The Exorcist in a tree on Snake Island.

Great egret, Hanlan's Point, Toronto Islands

Poise on Black

A snow-white great egret stands in full sunlight, against a perfectly black background of deep shade. This panorama is available as a special 8×18″ panoramic print, see Boutique Pricing for details.

Great blue heron, Trout Pond, Toronto Islands

Lily Perch

A great blue heron perches on a branch in the Trout Pond.


Backlit cormorant, Doughnut Island, Toronto Islands

Ultimate Backlight

A cormorant eclipses the sun near Long Pond, pushing the Canon EF 300mm f/4 L lens to its absolute limit.

Blackbird chick, Trout Pond, Toronto Islands

60 Million Year Old Baby

A blackbird chick sleeps in its nest, waiting for another meal to be delivered by its parents.

Wild peacock, Doughnut Island, Toronto Islands

Island Peacock

Underneath the “Doughnut Peahen”, sitting on a branch over the water near Doughnut Island. Not the sort of thing that you run into every day in a kayak.


Blackbird silhouette, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Silhouettes of Spring

Unseasonably high water levels in Spring made it possible to kayak in the wet meadow on Ward’s.  Amid the deafening cacophony of nesting blackbirds, this soon-to-be-mother posed in perfect silhouette on one of last year’s reeds.

Goose portrait, Doughnut Island, Toronto Islands

Blue Eyes in the Shade

The wonderful blue eyes of a male goose lurking in the shade near Doughnut Island.

Black-crowned night heron, Snug Harbour, Toronto Islands

Flight Lines

A newly returned black-crowned night heron wings its way past Snug Harbour.


Goose on nest, Doughnut Island, Toronto Islands

Featherstorm

A goose sits on her nest near Doughnut Island, surrounded by down blown off the nest by high winds.

Juvenile night heron, Algonquin Island, Toronto Islands

Sunset Gaze

A juvenile black-crowned night heron gazes over its shoulder in strong sunset light off of Algonquin Island.

Mallard duckling, Algonquin Island, Toronto islands

Green Seas

A mallard duckling swims on the reflected colours of June.


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