Tag: nature photography
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Hummingbird and Columbine Flowers
I was delighted when I noticed a female Anna’s hummingbird sipping nectar from the columbine flowers that have spread throughout my yard this spring. I raced into the house to grab my camera, thinking there was no way I’d make it back in time to capture her in action. But she stuck around long enough…
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Little Qualicum River Estuary
Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, has some amazing beaches. I like to go there at low tide when you can often see eagles and herons perched in trees or sitting on the beach, waiting to unveil some tasty seafood snacks. On this day a flock of Canada geese floated along the…
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Learning to Share
My parents’ back yard in Ontario, Canada, was always busy with wildlife. They had a regular rabbit visitor for quite awhile and there were always lots of chipmunks scurrying around…not to mention squirrels galore and a never-ending variety of birds visiting the bird bath and feeders. I liked to put a little bird seed on…
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Inspirational Hummingbird
Today I sold a large print of this photograph of a rufous hummingbird in flight with colorful bokeh in the background and a quote by George Eliot: “It is never too late to be what you might have been”. George Eliot was the pen name of English Victorian novelist Mary Ann Evans. She wrote under…
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Wild American Mink
I often saw wild mink where I used to live on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, Canada. They would run along the boulders searching for food on the shore of the bay in Pender Harbour at low tide. If they heard my camera clicking as I took photographs they would usually stop dead in…
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Female Northern Flicker Siblings
Where we used to live we had a bird feeder, suet, and hummingbird feeders on our back deck so it was a very popular spot. Birds would often perch in the hemlock tree that grew right next to the deck. The pair of female northern flickers pictured above were sisters (by my best guess) who…
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Home Sweet Home
I’ve been going through some old hard drives that are jam-packed with photographs taken years ago. This photo of a curious chipmunk is just one of the pictures I discovered. My parents lived in Ontario and the back yard of their last home had a lot of wildlife, including a vast supply of chipmunks. There…
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Sunbathing Eagle
I took this photograph of a sunbathing eagle perched in a treetop many years ago when I lived on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, Canada. I often drove by Garden Bay Lake in Pender Harbour and I noticed that the trees overlooking the lake were a favorite spot for eagles. They were also fond…