

Three American White Pelicans flying between Little Quill Lake and Middle Quill Lake in Saskatchewan, Canada.
This is my day 16 contribution to Becky’s October Squares challenge on the theme of Kind.
This is my contribution to the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge set by Ann-Christine who asked us to Pick a Word from a list in her post.
I went with two of the words for my post, Crowded and Tangled.
This is my contribution to the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: Sanctuary prompt.
On reading the prompt I didn’t have any ideas for some time. Then I thought about the Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area in Saskatchewan, Canada.
The National Wildlife Area includes the Last Mountain Lake Bird Sanctuary, the first federal bird sanctuary in North America.
The sanctuary is a breeding area for American White Pelicans.
A section of the sanctuary at sunset in the autumn.
Snow Geese on autumn migration in the sanctuary.
A section of the sanctuary at sunset in the winter.
This is my day 11 contribution to Becky’s July Squares on the theme of Perspective and another of my eye level perspective photos.
This is an American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) on a section of the Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area in Saskatchewan, Canada. In the breeding season adult birds grow a laterally flattened horn on the upper bill. The horn is shed after the birds have mated and laid eggs.
It was a hot, sunny afternoon so if I wanted to get to eye level with the birds I had two choices, lying in the sun at the edge of the water or set up a tripod in the water and sit in the water with the camera. I chose to sit in the water.
This is my contribution to the A Photo a Week Challenge: Threes and Threes challenge.
Three photos of threes.
Three American White Pelicans on a section of Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Storm clouds and light beams at Loch Arkaig, Scotland. Something of a rarity for me, a scenic photo sort of following the rule of thirds.
Three birds silhouetted against the rising sun on Colpoy’s Bay, Ontario, Canada at sunrise.
This is my contribution to the Lens-Artists Photo Challenge which for the month of July has themes of the seasons, the first is Summer.
As the month has a theme I decided to go with a theme for each of the season posts. I decided to go with one bird, one scenic and one flora or fauna subject for each season and to make the three photos as varied as possible.
An American White Pelican on a section of the Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area in Saskatchewan, Canada. Taken while sitting in the water to keep cool in the summer of 1999.
The range light at the mouth of the Saugeen River in Southampton on the Lake Huron shoreline in Ontario, Canada. The 30th photo taken with my then new Olympus E-410 in the summer of 2007.
Two Common Frogs waiting to catch insects visiting the Thyme flowers in a Hatherton, Cheshire, England garden in the summer of 1988.