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Bluejay eating bees

When I was taking this picture, everything was happening too fast for me to even notice, but the bluejay had a bee in his beak, and then ...

Blue Jay eating a honey bee

Down the Hatch.

As you may have seen in other recent posts our neighbours have a beehive, and we have a lot of …

Weekend Wandering

On friday I checked the weather for the weekend while I was sipping my coffee, it called for rain, 100% chance all day Saturday and Sunday, so I planning on errands, movies and baking.

Then Saturday came, my errands finished, still no rain and I checked the forecast and it …

When the Flowers Poke Through

Spring is rapidly coming to a close, and I haven't had a lot of time to take photos, or even sit down and record my thoughts.

So for now, here is a photo of some of the first photos that I took of flowers popping up in April.

A Sandpiper

I was on the Nova Scotia Bird Association site trying to figure out exactly what bird this is.

I'm pretty sure its in the Scolopaciadae family, but there are a few that look really close to the same, so if you know what it is, send me a note on …

Birds on the seashore

This is the first time that I took a wander to the beach with the new 100-400mm RF lens. The last time I was here it was late summer and low tide. I think the combination meant there was a lot of little birds grazing in the sand.

It was …

Another tulip

Because why not.

Now this one is long dead-headed, but it was still a pretty picture.

Crows in the Trees

Crows are one of my favourite birds to watch. They have really cool habits and routines.

Crow chilling on a branch

They are also one of the birds that I have a very hard time taking a picture of. They really don't play nice with with auto-focus, and they don't stop moving very often, so …