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February 05, 2009

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Not great images...Kestrels are notoriously jumpy and take immense pleasure in watching your shutter finger closely, judging the precise moment to take off in order to frustrate your photographic ambition. Nice female this though.

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Reds and Greys

A small number of Common Redpolls Carduelis flammea of the nominate subspecies flammea were hanging around the seed feeders at the Algonquin Visitor Centre. The buffier individuals, like the bird above, would appear to be first winters, whilst the greyer (and in one case, very much pinker!) birds would appear to be adults. An adult male. Adult, sex unknown. Another adult. Two typically tame Grey Jays found along the old railway bed off the Arowhon Road at Algonquin Park.

Blasts from the Past

Lapland Longspur, just up the road from the house, January 2011. Northern Map Turtle, Frontenac Provincial Park, June 2011. Common Whitetail, Dundas Valley, June 2011. Male Varied Thrush, Cold Creek Conservation Area, March 2010. Nesting Great Egret, Toronto, June 2011. Blanding's Turtle, Frontenac Provincial Park, June 2011.

English Spring

Well, 2010 is almost over and it seems I've not posted since December last year. So, in the nick of time, here are my contributions for the year - derived entirely from a spring visit to England in April. One of the highlights was Samphire Hoe in Kent. This site, created from the material dug out during construction of the Channel Tunnel, now supports a large colony of Early Spider Orchids (above). Another Early Spider Orchid. Minsmere RSPB Reserve in Suffolk, a gem. There's no better time to visit than Spring. The raucous din from hundreds of breeding Black-headed Gulls is a beautiful thing. Courting Black-headed Gulls. Black-tailed Godwit on the saline lagoon known as The Scrape at Minsmere. Dunlins attaining their summer dress on The Scrape. This is a Large Bee Fly ( Bombylius major). Their visual mimicry allows them to closely approach the nests of bees and wasps, without being attacked, in order to lay their eggs. Once the larvae hatch they proceed to feed on the host inse

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