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A Walk Down Wellington Street

This past weekend I had some extra time so I went to downtown Ottawa to get some photos. I started my day off at Pimisi Station and ended my walk with a tour of the temporary Senate building which was Union Station up until the 1960s. Pimisi Station Staircase Statute of an Eel. O-Train leaving the underground tunnel. A very nice shaded path. Justice Building outside the Supreme Court Bank of Canada Anti-trans/gay rights protesters interfering with traffic. Prime Minister Office. Rideau Canal looking at Alexandria Bridge. Great Hall inside the temporary Senate building. Huge windows inside the Senate. Inside the red chambers which is the Senate of Canada. Pillar inside the great hall of the temporary Senate.  
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Hunting Camp 2023

My yearly trip up to my family's "Hunt Camp" was last weekend. It was a great time seeing the family and seeing the beautiful landscape that it sits on.  Main Lake at the Camp Reflections in the Lake Reflations on the other side of the lake A scenic lookout on the way home Rockingham Church on the way home  

Sawmill Creek Birding

This past weekend, I was out for a bike ride and had passed by Sawmill Creek when I spoted a Great Egret. I decide to go back a couple of days later with my camera to see if I could spot it again, and I was not disappointed.  Great Blue Heron Through the Reeds. Song Sparrow Green Frog Great Egret Great Egret Song Sparrow  

Driftwood Provincial Park 2023

The first and most likely only camping trip this year was just taken on the July 1st long weekend. It is probably going to be the only trip because we just got a puppy and aren't quite at the stage yet of taking her camping.  In some other news I got a new camera. Henrys was having an trade in event and for once was offering a fair deal. I traded in my Nikon D7200 and got a Sony Alpha a6600 instead. I got a 70-350mm lens and have an 16-50mm lens on order that should hopefully be in mid August. That is currently why all my photos are zoomed in and there is no landscape ones.  Sunset from the beach before the storm. Taken on my Pixel 6 My new camera with zoom lens. Slug basking in sunlight on a rock. Dragon fly resting. Black and White Warbler Red Eyed Vireo  Female American Redstart Ovenbird Mushrooms and Moss. Female Yellow Bellied Sapsucker.  

So Many Woodpeckers

Recently I went on a walk in a local wooded area, for most of the walk I didn't see anything other than some Black-Capped Chickadees until near the end when the first came alive. I saw four different species of woodpecker and a giant Raven. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to get a photo of all of the birds that were there. Then on the walk home from the wooded area, I came across a group of house finches feeding on some berries in a tree, where one posed perfectly in the bright winter sun for me. Mallard Duck from a previous walk. One of many trees with signs of woodpecker activity. Black-Capped Chickadee. Downey Woodpecker. Pileated Woodpecker. Black-Capped Chickadee. Pileated Woodpecker. Pileated Woodpecker. House Finch.