February 2017
Spotted these Wild Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) while driving back from Quebec City.
The wind was blowing this Dark-eyed Junco's (Junco hyemalis) feathers all over the place!
A small male Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens) huddling down out of the wind on a cold winters day.
Three Trumpeter Swans (Cygnus buccinator) as they flew on by.
A female Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) with a snow tipped bill.
Ice clinging to a stick as winter continues.
A young first winter male Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula).
This Coopers Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) flew overhead heading east over the Otonabee River.
Female House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) hanging out by Little Lake.
A different perspective of some Rock Pigeons (Columba livia)
Male House Finch (Haemorhous mexicanus) perched up in a tree.
After searching from Quebec City to Montreal Becky and I finally found a Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa) while coming home from Barrie during a snow storm!
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis).
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) feeding on Carp along the river.
An American Robin (Turdus migratorius) hunkered down out of the cold.
You can see the green sheen on the head of this male Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula).
Clouds scudding across the sky above Little Lake.
A Coyote (Canis latrans) out in in the field.
A female Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) in flight
A male Spruce Grouse (Falcipennis canadensis) trying to remain hidden among the trees.
A Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) looking quite unimpressed with my presence.
A chunky little Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis).
A Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) flying overhead.
A female Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) who was fishing in the pockets of water in the ice.
A few of the large rafts of Hooded Mergansers (Lophodytes cucullatus) flying in to join the others.
After years of scanning flocks of Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) for a Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii) Becky and I finally found one!
A Horned Grebe (Podiceps auritus cornutus) in winter plumage
A small raft of male Hooded Mergansers (Lophodytes cucullatus) with one female amongst them gliding across Little Lake.