Iain Leitch Photography

Recently I went for a walk by the Rideau River here in Ottawa and got some pictures of the first spring animals out and about this year. Groundhog Above its Borrow Song Sparrow in a Tree Red-Winged Blackbird Basking in the Sun Eastern Chipmonk  A couple of Wood Ducks Golden-Crowned Kinglet Golden-Crowned Kinglet  

During a walk at Oschmann Forest Conservation Area, I spotted some White-breasted Nuthatches and a Downy Woodpecker.  This is quite a nice forest to walk in, as it is a working maple syrup forest that the conservation authority runs for education purposes.  This is a small loop trail through the forest that is about 1.2km long which makes it a great afternoon escape from the city.  

Today I went for a cold winter walk just to get out of the house. I decided to bring my camera along because why not. The first photo is of a flock of ducks flying towards the only open part of the river. In the second and third photos, I found hanging in the forest, it seems someone has made cool designs with natural things and froze them in water to hang up, I think this is pretty cool. The fourth photo is of a red squirrel with was making quite a lot of noise as I was walking under his tree. The fifth photo is a Hairy Woodpecker looking for some dinner, while the sixth and final photo is of an American Crow.   

For the second year in a row, I went down to Mud Lake to try to get some bird photos during the migration season. I did end up with some nice photos of birds but, these birds will most likely stay for the winter here, due to people feeding them (minus the heron). Eastern Grey Squirrel  Female Wood Duck  Great Blue Heron White Breasted Nuthatch Northern Cardinal  Downy Woodpecker  

Recently I went birding in the parks around my apartment, I spotted a wide variety of birds including some Yellow-Rumped Warblers, Song Sparrows, Great Blue Herons and Eastern Phoebes, along with a Bullfrog, which I was surprised to still see at the end of September. The second photo is my personal favourite as it reminds me of Christmas for some reason.  Yellow-Rumped Warbler Yellow-Rumped Warbler Song Sparrow Great Blue Heron Eastern Phoebe  Autumn Colours Bullfrog