Watching #PolarBears waiting for Hudson Bay to freeze was one of the most incredible wildlife experiences of my life. Here's a nice 🧵 about this same population by someone who knows what they're talking about 👇. #MammalWatching #WildCanada #bears
Black and white woodpecker clings vertically to a tree trunk
Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus) at Mud Lake in 2007
#Ottawa #Ontario #Canada #birds #CanadianBirds #birdpic #nature #wildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #wildCanada #BirdPhotography
Black-capped Chickadee singing.
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus), Mud Lake, #Ottawa #Ontario #Canada #birds #CanadianBirds #birdpic #nature #wildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #wildCanada #BirdPhotography
Dark grey bird, with white underparts, black eye, and pink beak, stands in snow as further snow falls around it.
Brrrrrrr!
Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis), at Fletcher Wildlife Garden, contemplates life as the snow falls back in 2007.
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Large woodpecker with a bright red crest digs a large hole in the side of a tree trunk
Female Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) was having a fun time digging into this tree at Mud Lake, Ottawa
#Ottawa #Ontario #Canada #birds #CanadianBirds #birdpic #nature #wildlife #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #Photography #wildCanada #BirdPhotography
Common Goldeneye Edm River Valley Feb 25 #nikon #nikonca #nikoncanada #photography #photographer #wildlifephotographer #birds #birding #birdwatching #ducks #nature #yeg #youryeg #wildcanada #animalcaptures #birdphotography #alberta #albertabirds #explorewildlife #canada #wildlifephotos #birdlovers
Throwback to my time in the Canadian Arctic. This was a good day! Semipalmated Plover chick still fuzzy on Herschel Island, #Yukon #Shorebirds #WildCanada
Duck with a golden eye, a green head, a black beak, and a white body swimming towards the camera. An ice shelf is in the background.
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) with an ice shelf in the background, Ottawa River, Ottawa
#birds #BirdPhotography #WildCanada #Canada #wildlife #nature #NaturePhotography #Photography
Red squirrel with nearside front paw clenched and tail covering its back sits on a rock with a branch covered in autumn leaves running parallel to it.
American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) strikes a pose on an autumnal day at Andrew Haydon Park, Nepean, Ottawa, Ontario
#mammals #wildCanada #Canada #wildlife #nature #squirrel #photography
Woodpecker with a red-crest and long strong beak digging into a tree
Female Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) was having a fun time digging into this tree at Mud Lake, Ottawa
#birds #wildCanada #Canada #wildlife #nature #Photography #BirdPhotography
Little bird with an orange chest, black-cap, short beak, white stripes on head, grey back, sits on a grey fence.
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) contemplates its life choices with some regret, Old Quarry, Ottawa, Ontario
#birds #wildlife #nature #Canada #wildCanada #CanadianBirds #photography
Large grey and white heron with yellow underside to beak, yellow eyes and yellow nostrils against an autumnal background
Juvenile (?) Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) in late autumn 2006 at Mud Lake, Ottawa
#birds #wildCanada #canada #CanadianBirds #wildlife #nature #photography #herons #birding
grey and white bird poses vertically on a tree trunk with the head pointing down
A beautiful White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis), poses at Mud Lake, Ottawa
#birds #WildCanada #wildlife #nature #CanadianBirds #photography
Black and white bird framed by ice-encrusted branches laden with snow against a blue sky background
Particularly for my North American friends as they go into winter: Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) framed by snow-laden, ice-encrusted branches at the terribly named Mud Lake, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
#birds #wildlife #nature #CanadianBirds #wildCanada #photography
Small yellow-headed bird sitting on a branch
An American Goldfinch (female?) (Spinus tristis) posed perfectly from at Hogs Back, Ottawa, Ontario
#birds #wildCanada #Canada #nature #wildlife #photography #CanadianWildlife
A pretty deer stares into the camera
A beautiful White-tailed Deer doe (Odocoileus virginianus), Shirleys Bay, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
#addMam #Mammals #wildlife #nature #canada #CanadianWildlife #wildcanada
