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Steve Waycott Wildlife Photography 🍁
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Hubby, daddy, lawyer, photographer. This account is primarily filled with wildlife and nature photography by yours truly, with maybe a bit of snark here and there. If this is your vibe, welcome aboard!
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Steve Waycott Wildlife Photography 🍁 @stevewaycott.bsky.social · Oct 2
Hello to everyone who recently followed along! (and also to those who've been here a while) I'm Steve and I'm a hobbyist wildlife photographer in eastern Canada. I post a new wildlife photo every day. I hope you enjoy the photos, and don't be shy to engage if you see something you like!
An american robin is leaning over the edge of a tree branch containing a bunch of red berries and it is grabbing a berry in its beak. An image of the April 2024 full solar eclipse, showing the full black circle of the moon as it eclipses the sun, with a halo of warm sunlight emanating from the periphery of the moon's orb. A lone eastern painted turtle rests on a semi-submerged log with a reflection of turtle and log clearly visible on the glass-like water. A blue jay is perched on a lichen-covered tree branch with an out of focus soft green background. The jay is looking over its shoulder at the camera with a sunflower seed in its beak.
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Brrrr! I get cold just looking at this Canadian Beaver swimming around in the frozen water.

Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
April 2025

📸 #mammals #beaver #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A large brown aquatic rodent (a beaver) is swimming straight toward the camera with its head and back showing above the surface of the icy water.
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Great Shearwater running down the backside of a rolling wave to pick up enough speed to get airborne. From my #pelagic birding tour in the #BayofFundy.

Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada
September 2025

#birds #GRSH #marinelife #nature #photography
A mostly white seabird with pink legs and feet and brown feathers through its wings and on its tail and head cap is running away and to the right along the surface of the grey sea water with its wings and legs outstretched.
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Happy Wednesday from this very perky American Red Squirrel.

Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
November 2025

📸 #mammals #sqrlpix #squirrel #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A small reddish brown squirrel with grey/white underparts is posing on a lichen-covered tree branch with its poofy reddish brown tail dominating the background.
November 19, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Another fly-by shot of this dark morph Pomarine Jaeger from my #pelagic birding tour in the #BayofFundy.

Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada
September 2025

#birds #POJA #marinelife #nature #photography
A brown gull-like bird (pomarine jaeger) is flying slightly toward the camera and to the right with its wings spread wide and up. The background is the dull grey of a rainy day.
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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It's #TalonTuesday! Here's a young Bald Eagle posing on a beautiful summer morning.

Sheffield, #NewBrunswick, Canada
July 2025

📸 #birds #eagle #BAEA #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A mostly brown immature bald eagle is perched on a bare tree branch facing to the right.
November 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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This is one of only two usable photos I managed to get of an Atlantic Puffin on my #pelagic birding tour in the #BayofFundy earlier this fall.

Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada
September 2025

#birds #ATPU #marinelife #nature #photography
A mostly black and white seabird with clownishly large and colourful orange beak is flying to the right low over the grey water It is pouring rain.
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
Album cover: Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
November 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Interesting. Yours is the first positive review I've heard or read about this one. Must be the knitted sock. :)
November 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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I found this Savannah Sparrow looking for some seeds in the dead brush on a bitterly cold winter afternoon.

Caissie Cape, #NewBrunswick, Canada
December 2024

📸 #birds #sparrow #SAVS #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A small brown mottled songbird is perching on a dead brown plat low to the ground, with snow all around.
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Another look at our two White-tailed Deer friends giving us a show in the beautiful evening light at the river's edge.

Sheffield, #NewBrunswick, Canada
July 2025

📷 #mammals #deer #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
Two deer in their rich brown summer coats are standing in the tall grass, one in front and one slightly out of focus behind. They are both looking at the camera.
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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I'm just a hobbyist photographer, but I do contribute to a number of stock photo agencies. And as a lawyer, my favourite stock photo sale is one of the Supreme Court of Canada building illustrating an article in the Canadian Bar Association's national magazine.

nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
November 16, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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That's my photo! How cool is that?? (Although I do hope the original user bought a copy from one of the stock photo agencies I work with and didn't just lift it from my social media feed.)
Straight-on view of a white bird's head (herring gull) with yellow eye and yellow bill. The gull has its head and neck tilted to the right and is staring charmingly into the camera.
November 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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Look at this gorgeous creature! (Mourning Dove looking glamourous.)

Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
June 2025

📷 #birds #dove #MODO #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A light brown dove with pink feet and a few black spots on its wing is perching on a bare tree branch, facing to the right and looking at the camera.
November 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Found on facebook. Couldn't not share. (you might need to be of a certain vintage to get this one)
Starbuck from the original Battlestar Galactica series is posing for a photo with the superimposed message "When we find Earth I'm going to start a chain of coffee places."
November 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Mr. Purple Finch being radiant on a beautiful summer evening. #FridayFinch

Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
June 2025

📷 #birds #PUFI #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A pinkish songbird is perching on a lichen-covered tree branch, facing to the left and looking at the camera.
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Joining in the #BirdOfTheDay fun this morning. The theme today is #swans.

I have had exactly one encounter with wild swans. In 2018 a wayward pair of Mute Swans somehow got turned around and found themselves in southern New Brunswick for a few days. I found them on a beautiful morning.

#birds
A beautiful white swan is swimming on calm water that shows its reflection like a mirror. The bird is bathed (and back lit) in beautiful warm-toned morning light.
November 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Northern Gannet splashing its way into the air during my #pelagic birding tour in the #BayofFundy.

Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada
September 2025

#birds #NOGA #marinelife #nature #photography
A large-ish seabird with mostly white body and brown in its wings and back end and a soft patch of burnt yellow on the side of its head is running along the water surface from right to left as it takes to the wing.
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Close-up views of a North American Porcupine coming and going. You don't want to grab that tiger by the tail!

Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada
February 2025

📸 #mammals #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z6iii #Nikkor800pf
A close head-on image of the face and head of a large brown rodent with rough wiry outer hair (hiding its famous quills) that is walking on top of the hard snow. A close image of the spiny tail and hind end of a large brown rodent (porcupine) as it trundles out of frame to the right.
November 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Canadian friends!! My Feathers and Fur 2026 wildlife wall calendars featuring my best photos from the past year are ready to go!

Price is $23 including shipping within Canada. If you buy more than one, it's only an extra $19 for each additional calendar.

Makes a great gift! Thanks!
A Canada Goose parent is swimming behind a group of three fuzzy yellow goslings as they all swim left to right across in front of a soft green background. The words "Feathers and Fur 2026 - featuring photographs by Stephen A. Waycott" are printed across the image. Two calendar months are side by side. On the left is a photo of a cute harbour seal on some seaweed illustrating the month of February 2026. On the right is a cute squirrel illustrating September 2026. A grid collage of 12 wildlife photos illustrating the images for each month in my 2026 Feathers and Fur wildlife calendar.
November 12, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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This is the last photo in the series from my #pelagic birding tour in the #BayofFundy of a Parasitic Jaeger chasing a Common Tern. It was exciting to watch!

Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada
September 2025

#birds #COTE #PAJA #marinelife #nature #photography
A mostly brown gull-like bird with wings spread wide (parasitic jaeger) is chasing a smaller grey and white bird (common tern) that is trying desperately to escape. The background is a beautiful out of focus morning sky and ocean.
November 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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A version of this photo of a Grey Seal is included in my 2026 wildlife calendar. (Will be available to buy shortly!)

Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada
September 2025

📸 #mammals #marinelife #seal #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
The head of a grey seal (which describes both the species and the colour) is popping up through the surface of rough ocean water in the morning sunlight.
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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For this week's #TalonTuesday we have an Osprey perched on a nest platform on a beautiful spring morning.

Jemseg, #NewBrunswick, Canada
April 2025

📸 #birds #osprey #OSPR #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A brown and white osprey is standing on a large nest made of sticks, and is looking toward the left. The background is a dreamily soft out of focus pattern of brown leafless trees against the bright morning sky.
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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On this #RemembranceDay, I share a photo of the National War Memorial in Ottawa with the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the foreground. More details are in the Alt text.

#LestWeForget
This is the National War Memorial, titled "The Response", located in Confederation Square in the heart of downtown Ottawa, including the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the foreground, which was added to the memorial in 2000 to symbolize the sacrifices made by all Canadians who have died or may yet die for our country. The 22 bronze figures represent the eleven branches of the Canadian forces engaged in the First World War.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Straight-on view of a Great Shearwater from my #pelagic birding tour in the #BayofFundy.

Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada
September 2025

#birds #GRSH #marinelife #nature #photography
A straight-on view of a mostly white seabird with brown feathers through its wings and on its tail and head cap is flying toward the camera with out of focus grey sea water in the background.
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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A male Long-tailed Duck swimming past on a gorgeous winter afternoon.

Caissie Cape, #NewBrunswick, Canada
December 2024

📸 #birds #duck #marinelife #LTDU #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf
A brown, black, and white duck with a particularly long, thin tail feather is swimming on the calm blue water from left to right.
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM