I got my eye set on you

It never ceases to amaze me how wonderfull nature is. I had my gear set up to take shots of people fishing. This female came onto shore just feet away with her youngin's. They didn't stay too long , but I managed to focus a couple of shots of her.

Is nature not beautiful enough as it is?

I have an island out back where I live. There are tall trees that have flourished and deadfall that line the shores of it. Many people say that it looks ugly and would like to see it "cleaned up". As in everything in life nature has done this for a reason. Without the deadfall, there would be no shade for the frogs and the fish that swim by. If there was no fish to swim by , the Heron would not come there to hunt for food. There is a chain here. If you break the chain then you are breaking the laws of nature. Look past the scrub of fallen trees and see the beauty in it. Not everything is perfect in life, but it is beautifull! let's protect what we have to show our childrens children, not just show pictures of what used to be.

Today was a very productive day for photography

Just as the storms had passed through this region I had looked briefly outside and what do I see?

High priced ticket items

These shots are from the laast few days. I live on the Trent -Severn Waterway and anyone on the lake has some sort of transportation on the water or the air. On weekends the boating traffic is sometimes scary. Then you also have to watch out for flying objects as well

Feed Me!

We have one helluva thunder boomer raging here right now. But before it rolled in I had noticed that the robins eggs had hatched. I stood on a ladder with my zoom lens to get the shot. All the time the mother was not far away and she was squaking like you wouldn't believe. I only took a few shots as not to disturb them too much.

The Green Heron

At first I had thought that this was a juvenile Great Blue but I noticed the dark bill and different behavior.  The Green heron is much smaller than the Great Blue Heron. Bothe Herons feed on basically the same food ( Fish , bugs and frogs). However the Green heron uses tools to catch it's prey. It will stand motionless as the Great Blue does, but it uses lures to attract small fish like bread crumbs, worms, twigs and even feathers. Usually found in North, Central and northern parts of Sout America this bird has occasionally found it's way to the shores of England and France in search of food.

Tiger Swallowtail.

Only the male of this butterfly is coloured like this. The female is all brown on the wings.