Trent and a Chickadee

Exam season is upon me and that results in not wanting to study and me picking up my camera again, dusting it off, filling up the birdfeeder to try to get some shots. That is exactly what happened this weekend. I was sitting at home not wanting to study, I looked around my room and saw my camera and decided I wanted a picture to post. I started off taking some pictures of my houseplants and then tried dropping a berry in a glass of water but that did not work out well so I settled on the birdfeeder.

There are not as many birds in the neighboorhood I live in currently, in Peterborough as compared to Stratford but I think that is a result of the amount and type of trees around. The kinds of birds I do see are chickadees and they are not shy at all compared to the ones in Stratford. I waited outside for a couple minutes and one came and started to eat. This allowed me to take a couple photos. The bird then flew off. This process was repeated for about ten minutes until the bird eventually just flew off and did not come back, but this resulted in a decent picture and allowed me to procrastinate.

The second photo in this post I took on my Google Pixel as I was crossing the bridge at Trent. In the photo, you are able to see Bata Libary (which is closed due to construction) and the Otonabee River bend. It was a still evening and the colours were nice and I was having a good day so this is the result.

Comments

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

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.

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.

Iain Leitch Photography

Search This Blog