On Saturday, October 25th, Ashley and I headed out for some photography and birding at one of our favorite spots at this time of year, Confederation Park. This park is located on the south shore of Lake Ontario, in Stoney Creek. The portion of the park that we like to visit is called “Confederation Park B”, and we enter through…
Back to Shorthills We ventured back out to Short Hills Provincial Park in hopes of capturing the vivid fall colours that are currently on display. Just in case there was an opportunity to shoot some wildlife – we brought our Canon 70D and 300mm f/4, as well as our landscape lens (17-40mm f/4 L) Short Hills Provincial Park Short Hills…
Colour, Colour Everywhere The beautiful fall colours have begun to decorate this special location in Niagara. On the holiday Monday of the Canadian Thanksgiving Weekend, Ashley and I decided to take our Black Lab/Hound mix Rudy for a hike through Short Hills Provincial Park. The weather was incredible that day with clear blue skies and temperatures hovering around 17° Celsius…
Early Bird Gets the Worm The Buffalo Ornithological Society Bird Count was a fantastic experience for us. We had a small role in this survey, in charge of documenting the species seen in the Port Weller and Malcolmson Park areas of St. Catharines, Ontario. The day started off with a beautiful sunrise that seemed to last for an hour. We…
Buffalo Ornithological Society Bird Count Ashley and I are very excited to take part in another Buffalo Ornithological Society (BOS) bird count for 2015 (We contributed to a Spring Migration Count in mid-may). This time around we will be looking for migrants on their way back south for the winter. We are hoping to add some more species to our ebird list for…