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Caught mid-thought. This black squirrel looked like it had just remembered where it hid its last acorn.
#BlackSquirrel #WildlifePhotography #OntarioWildlife #NaturePhotography #Kitchener #SonyAlpha #A6700 #WildOntario #GRIPSKW

October 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM Everybody can reply

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Last two photos from my encounter with the hawk last week. What a magical moment with an amazing bird.
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#RedTailedHawk #Hawk #BirdsofPrey
#BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Ontario #Kitchener #CanadaWildlife #CanadianNature #SonyAlpha #A6700 #GRIPSKW #HuronNaturalArea

October 5, 2025 at 1:22 AM Everybody can reply

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Sure, we’ve all heard of solar and lunar eclipses… but have you ever seen a hawk eclipse?
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#RedTailedHawk #Hawk #BirdsofPrey
#BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Ontario #Kitchener #CanadaWildlife #CanadianNature #SonyAlpha #A6700 #GRIPSKW #HuronNaturalArea

October 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM Everybody can reply

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Remember the backlit hawk I shared yesterday? Here it is again, sunlit and sharp. You can feel the intensity in its stare.
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#RedTailedHawk #Hawk #BirdsofPrey
#BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Ontario #Kitchener #CanadaWildlife #CanadianNature #SonyAlpha #A6700 #GRIPSKW #HuronNaturalArea

October 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM Everybody can reply

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This hawk at Huron Natural Area gave me a perfect moment with the light.
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#RedTailedHawk #Hawk #BirdsofPrey
#BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Ontario #Kitchener #CanadaWildlife #CanadianNature #SonyAlpha #A6700 #GRIPSKW #HuronNaturalArea

September 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM Everybody can reply

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“If you’ve noticed a lot of egrets on here recently… you’re not wrong. They’ve taken over the Grand River, and my camera can’t resist. This one really showed off it's white feathers.
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#egret #GreatEgret #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Kitchener #CanadaWildlife #SonyAlpha #A6700 #GRIPSKW

September 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM Everybody can reply

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Two more shots of the beautiful Northern Cardinal pair. The female looks as elegant as ever, while the male is in the middle of his molting season.
#Cardinal
#BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Ontario #Kitchener #SonyAlpha #A6700 #GRIPSKW #HuronNaturalArea

September 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM Everybody can reply

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Last night I watched this tiny female Lesser Scaup bravely navigate her way around much larger Mallards and Canada Geese. The little one held her ground, even if she looked a bit intimidated.
#lesserscaup #grandriver #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Ontario #Kitchener#SonyAlpha #A6700 #GRIPSKW

September 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM Everybody can reply

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A pair of Great Egret moments from the Grand River, enjoying the calm shallows as the morning light spilled across the water.
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#egret #GreatEgret #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Ontario #Kitchener #CanadaWildlife #SonyAlpha #A6700 #GRIPSKW

September 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM Everybody can reply

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At sunrise, the Grand River welcomed this Egret’s graceful landing ... wings glowing in the first light of day.
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#egret #GreatEgret #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Ontario #Kitchener #CanadaWildlife #SonyAlpha #A6700 #GRIPSKW

September 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM Everybody can reply

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Egret trying to remember if this is downward swan or twisted flaming

#egret #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Ontario #Kitchener #CanadaWildlife #SonyAlpha #A6700 #GRIPSKW

September 14, 2025 at 1:16 AM Everybody can reply

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Wading, watching, waiting... the life of a Greater Yellowlegs on the Grand River.

#yellowlegs
#BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Ontario #Kitchener #CanadaWildlife #SonyAlpha #A6700 #GRIPSKW

September 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM Everybody can reply

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This Northern Cardinal posed perfectly against the bare branches of Huron Natural Area.
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#Cardinal #northerncardinal
#BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Ontario #Kitchener #CanadaWildlife #SonyAlpha #A6700 #GRIPSKW #HuronNaturalArea

September 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM Everybody can reply

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Did you know? The Great Egret was once hunted nearly to extinction for its feathers, but conservation brought them back. This fall I have seen dozens down by the Grand River in Kitchener.
#greategret #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Kitchener #CanadaWildlife #SonyAlpha #A6700 #GRIPSKW

September 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM Everybody can reply

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A Red-bellied Woodpecker, despite its name, is best recognized for its fiery red head and bold black-and-white back. I spotted this one hunting for berries along the Grand River in Kitchener.

#woodpecker #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #kitchener #CanadaWildlife #grandriver#SonyAlpha #A6700

September 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM Everybody can reply

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This Red-Bellied Woodpecker decided it had posed long enough. Luckily, I pressed the shutter just as it lifted off.
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#redbelliedwoodpecker #woodpecker #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Ontario #Kitchener #CanadaWildlife #CanadianNature #SonyAlpha #A6700 #GRIPSKW #grandriver

August 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM Everybody can reply

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Morning walk with dog through the Huron Natural Area in Kitchener. Came across a friendly Pine Warbler. I also really liked the Cardinal, especially the lovely female one.
#photography #sonyalpha #birdphotography #kitchener #wildlife #addBirder

April 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM Everybody can reply

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This female house-finch wanted to speak to my manager!
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#finch #housefinch #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #canadianbirds #canada #kitchener #ontario #gripskw #sonyalpha #a6700

June 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM Everybody can reply

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Photographing birds sometimes means getting mooned by a Baltimore Oriole while he judges your lens choice.
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#BaltimoreOriole #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #kitchener #grandriver #gripskw #sonyalpha #a6700 #morningbird #mooning #sideeye

May 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM Everybody can reply

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Red-breasted Nuthatch spotted mid-sneak. Always on a mission.
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#nuthatch #birdphoto #wildlifephoto #bird #kitchener #gripskw #sonyalpha #a6700 #photo #spring #huronnaturalarea

June 3, 2025 at 2:56 AM Everybody can reply

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I went back to the dam where I shot the swans earlier. No swans this time, but this Blue Heron put on a nice display.
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#blueheron #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #kitchener #sonyalpha #a6700 #gripskw

May 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM Everybody can reply

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Ospreys don’t wait for good weather.
Rain or shine, the hunt is always on.

Caught this one mid-flight — drenched but undeterred.

#birdphotography #wildlifephotography #sonyalpha #a6700 #kitchener #BirdInFlight #RaptorPhotography #RainyDayVibes #BirdOfPrey #canadianphotography #osprey

April 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM Everybody can reply

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Green Heron: professional lurker, surprise flyer. Caught this little ninja just after takeoff.
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#greenheron #birdsinflight #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #kitchener #ontariobirds #grandriver #gripskw #sonyalpha #a6700

June 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM Everybody can reply

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A Greater Yellowlegs skimmed low over the Grand River at dawn, zipping past in the quiet morning light.
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#greateryellowlegs #yellowlegs #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #ontario #kitchener #CanadaWildlife #CanadianNature #sonyalpha #a6700 #gripskw

August 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM Everybody can reply

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Down by the Grand River, I managed to get a few shots of this Great Egret. It seemed to be loosing some sort of territory fight with a Great Blue Heron.
#greategret #egret #blueheron #birdphotography #kitchener #grandriver #gripskw #sonyalpha #a6700

August 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM Everybody can reply

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