Vulpes Vulpes – Red Fox

This morning, I had the treat of seeing a beautiful red fox in our back yard. It spent some time looking for food, and gave me a chance to take some photos. It was aware of me standing at the window, but didn’t seem very afraid. Red foxes have excellent eyesight, a keen sense of […]

Northern saw-whet owl

Our neighbour let us know that there was a northern saw-whet owl in a tree by his house. He had seen the smaller birds acting agitated, so he went out to see what was going on. I would never have seen it in the tree without him pointing it out to me. At first I […]

Trumpeter swan

Yesterday, I saw a lone trumpeter swan on our lake. It wasn’t until I looked at the pictures on my computer that I realized that this swan was banded. It had large yellow tags on each wing. When I looked this up, I was directed to https://www.trumpeterswansociety.org where I was able to read about the […]

Loons

Loons are still one of my favourite birds to observe. Awhile ago we had more loons than usual on the lake, and I was able to get some pictures of them before they moved on. We have about 3-4 loons on our lake through the summer, but they don’t always spend time around each other. […]