Red-tailed hawk...a juvenile one.

Hey, hey, JJ.

Intimidated? No, sir.

Sorry about all the Wood Ducks but, geez.

Grindstone Marsh, Aldershot, ON.  Oct. 23, 2019

Quite the picinick lunch before Little Shop of Horrors.

Stratford, ON.  Oct. 16, 2019.

A rainy Sunday in Keswick.

Geese.

Grindstone Marsh, Aldershot, ON.  Oct. 23, 2109

A victim of its own beauty, Dundas Peak is THIS crowded on a weekday. A few years ago, you could go here on a weekend and share it with a smattering of people. Not now.

Dundas Peak.  Oct. 21, 2019

The foiliage at Dundas Peak is not quite at its peak. Take a peek...

Dundas Peak.  Oct. 21, 2018

Under the trestle

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Hamilton Waterfront Trail.  Oct. 19, 2019

Cootes Paradise afterglow.

Cootes Paradise, Hamilton, ON.  Oct. 18, 2019

Awesome bunch of flowers and plants - thanks Meg and Tim...and Room to Bloom in Keswick...for the anniversary wishes :)

Roses in various stages of the bloom cycle.

Succulent sprig

Planes leaving vapour trails o'er the backyard.

Wood duck(s)

Grindstone Marsh, Aldershot, ON.  Oct. 9, 2019

This fella has quite the tongue. I was previously unaware of this heron feature.

Grindstone Marsh, Aldershot, ON.  Oct. 9, 2019

Common Loon swims uncommonly close. In the second photo you can see the young one's eye peering over mama's back.

Moore Lake, Minden Hills, ON.  Sept. 7, 2019

A chickadee with its tail snagged on a burr or something.

Salmon's back.

Grindstone Creek.  Oct. 5, 2019.

My new gull friend, kinda cute.

A young wood duck starting to develop his adult plumage.

Grindstone Creek, Aldershot, ON.  Oct. 5, 2019.

Incoming bombers and fireworks at the football game.

Tim Hortons Field, Hamilton, ON.  Oct. 4, 2019

Some of the birds banded while we were at Ruthven Park Bird Banding Staon: Golden Crowned Kingleg, Magnolia Warbler, Oven Bird, Gray Catbird and female Rose-breasted Grosbeak.

Ruthven Park Bird Banding Station, Cayuga, ON.  Sept. 30, 2019.

There's birds in them there bags. Here we are on the rounds at Ruthven Park Bird Banding Station.

Ruthven Park Bird Banding Station, Cayuga, ON.  Sept. 30, 2019

We visited another bird banding station, this one at Ruthven Park near Cayuga, ON. It was a very immersive, hands-on experience partly because we were the only visitors there but mostly because the bird bander (Nancy) seemed happy to bring us along for the whole process from removing the birds from the nets, to observing her identifying the birds, determining their age and gender, and banding. Nancy even let us release a few birds back into the wild. Over the course of the morning we learned a lot about migratory birds and every question we had was answered. Here is Roberta letting a white-throated sparrow go free. More posts on this to follow.

Ruthven Park Bird Banding Station, Cayuga, ON.  Sept. 30, 2019