Amy’s prompt for this week’s Lens-Artists Photo Challenge: It’s A Wonderful World got me thinking about some of the memorable times behind a camera.
Colpoy’s Bay at sunrise, one of those mornings when the whole sky was interesting.
Sitting in a canvas hide (blind) a few feet from a Common Kingfisher.
Interesting ice formations on Lake Huron at sunset during the spring thaw.
Documenting the complete nesting cycle of a pair of Eurasian Blue Tit using a specially constructed nestbox.
My Throwback Thursday post this week is returning to the nesting cycle of a pair of Eurasian Blue Tit I documented in 1987.
The eggs have hatched and both adults are busy feeding hungry young.
This is my contribution to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Male vs Female prompt.
Male and female American Avocets feeding on a slough near Punnichy, Saskatchewan, Canada. The foreground bird with the straighter bill is the male.
A male Eurasian Blue Tit feeding the female during incubation. Photographed using a specially constructed nestbox in a garden in Hatherton near Nantwich in southern Cheshire, England.
Female and male Wilson’s Phalarope on Middle Quill Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada. The more colourful bird in the foreground is the female. In the Phalarope family of birds the males incubate the eggs and as a result have more subdued plumage for camouflage.
Male and female Common Terns mating on the Lake Huron shoreline in Southampton, Ontario, Canada.
My Throwback Thursday post this week is returning to the story of the nesting cycle of a pair of Eurasian Blue Tit I documented in 1987.
The eggs are laid and the female has started incubating them. Here the male is feeding the female during incubation.
This is my contribution to Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Natural Light vs Man Made Light prompt.
Two photos of a Eurasian Blue Tit, one illuminated by natural light and the other illuminated by an electronic flash.
My Flora and Fauna Friday post this week is a follow-up of sorts to last week’s post, Bluebells.
This is a male Orange Tip Butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) feeding on Bluebells in a cottage garden at Faddiley near Nantwich in southern Cheshire, England.
Found throughout Europe and temperate Asia, in the U.K. it is another sign of spring. The female does not have the orange tip on the forewing.
This is my contribution to Debbie’s One Word Sunday prompt Spring.
After a few days of spring like weather winter returned last Friday.
However, that hasn’t stopped the summer birds appearing. We had at least half a dozen Dark-eyed Juncos around the yard on Friday.
