East Gwillimbury CameraGirl

 Female happy with her zebra mussels Last Tuesday I showed you photos of a male white-winged scoter that I saw swimming in the canal be...

 Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) This elusive little guy finally showed up yesterday where I could get a good photo of him/her. I had ...

Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) One of my favourite visitors! Truly they are sweet birds to have visit feeders, especially since t...

  Goldfinch fluffed up in the cold Goldfinches are frequent visitors to our yard and also to the feeders behind the visitors centre in ...

 Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii) I was out looking for snow buntings and snowy owls when I spotted this hawk sitting atop... ...

 Sleeping Mandarin Duck On New Years Day, my husband and I were out looking for as many different species of birds we could find to sta...

 White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) I love these agile little birds!  This one was making fast trips to and from the feeder, ...

 Male (front) and female long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemelis) It was finger-numbing cold, overcast and very windy the day I took thes...

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) It's not often I see a bald eagle so even though the light wasn't good - the sky looks ...

 Red-breasted merganser Also known as fish ducks as that's their main food, this red-breasted merganser was with a small flock swim...

Northern Shrike (Lanius excubitor) This predatory songbird spends the summer months on the tundra and taiga and winters in southern C...

  Yellow-rumped warbler  (Setophaga coronata) Of all the warblers that live in Ontario during the warmer months, Yellow-rumped Warblers...

 Great Blue Heron, landing gear down GBHs are still here providing entertainment! The heron doesn't appear graceful in this photo b...

 Birder with 600mm lens I'm thinking this birder's photos must be spectacular as he had a great camera, a large zoom lens AND h...

 Up, This egret was quietly foraging for food when it heard a loud truck not too far away. Up, And away! It took off ...

 Hawk watcher #1, Cranberry Marsh Hawk watch is the term fondly used to describe what is actually a raptor watch. Many migrating raptor...

Savannah Sparrow (Passercilus sandwichensis) I find many sparrows difficult to identify, but not this one.  When I see a yellow patch b...

  Ruby-throated hummingbird Hummingbirds have been hanging around my garden lately but every time I try to capture them with my camera,...

 Great Blue Heron scratching an itch Last Wednesday, this young heron was fishing in a small local marsh.  It didn't seem to mi...