Iain Leitch Photography

Recently I took a day trip down to Murphy's Point Provincial Park. I ended up going on two hikes in the park and spending some time at the day-use beach. On my first hike, I saw a lot of different mushrooms scattered throughout the forest floor. The first two photos in this post are showcasing some of these mushrooms. These first two photos along with the dragonfly photo at the end of this post are all being added to my portfolio which can be found here . The first mushroom photo in this post is a set of small mushrooms growing out of a fallen tree. There are some ferns in the background which make for a nice touch of green in otherwise a brownish photo.  The second photo is of a single lonely mushroom growing in a sea of moss on another fallen tree. In this photo, you can see the underside of the mushroom a bit. This is a photo of a Willow Flycatcher. This is also my first time grabbing a photo of this species. I got this photo at the lookout point of the trail I was on. The bird

Since moving to Ottawa I have been down to the Rideau River a few times to go on walks or to try to grab some photos. These photos are all from one photography outing.  The first photo and what I think is personally the best one I have taken in a while is of a Grey Catbird perched on a branch. I had just left the river and was walking home when I saw a bird land on this branch. I quickly pulled my camera out of my bag and went to shooting. I ended up with a couple of photos of the bird, but I think this is my best one, with a nice side profile. The second photo in this post is of a song sparrow perched between two thistle branches. I was on the end of an uncut area of this field down by the river where I was trying to grab a photo of an American Goldfinch eating the plants seeds, but they always flew away before I could get the right shot. Instead, I ended up with this great photo of a Song Sparrow perfectly perched between the two branches.  This photo is of an Eastern Chipmunk, who w