Monthly Archives: January 2015

I spent a beautiful winter’s day in Algonquin Park yesterday, clear and cold with lots of snow cover. RUFFED GROUSE BOREAL CHICKADEE

IMMATURE WHITE FORM GYRFALCON Had to endure the intense cold and the barren wastelands of Eastern Ontario to bag this beauty, the largest North American falcon and a voracious predator…. a life bird for me!

AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER A specialist of the northern boreal forest, this handsome fellow has found the recent cold snap to his liking and made a home for himself here in the Ottawa area these past few weeks. Let’s hope he … Continue reading →