I was SO EXCITED when this beautiful Eastern Painted Turtle emerged from the cold dark pond and crawled up onto the VERY LOG I WAS SITTING ON only 13 feet away! Unfortunately, the minimum focusing distance of my lens is 16 feet. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #PhotoFailFriday #herps

It's #FridayFinch time! Here's a handsome American Goldfinch being quiet and being not quiet. Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada June 2025 📷 #birds #AMGO #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

Another American Herring Gull drenched from the rain on my #pelagic birding tour in the #BayofFundy. Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada September 2025 #birds #AHGU #marinelife #nature #photography

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A pretty portrait of one of my year-round Black-capped Chickadee backyard buddies. Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada March 2025 📸 #birds #chickadee #BCCH #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z6iii #Nikkor800pf

South Polar Skua taking off from the water during my #pelagic birding tour in the #BayofFundy. Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada September 2025 #birds #SPSK #marinelife #nature #photography

Great Shearwater shearing the air instead. Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada September 2025 📸 #birds #GRSH #marinelife #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

We saw a number of Common Terns on my #pelagic birding tour in the #BayofFundy. Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada September 2025 #birds #COTE #marinelife #nature #photography

Thanks for the tip, Moose. I always get a bit queasy when I take those battery doors off.

I should've shared this one on Halloween instead of #TalonTuesday. This poor Bald Eagle looks like death warmed over. Having its nictitating membrane closed does not help. Sheffield, #NewBrunswick, Canada July 2025 📸 #birds #eagle #BAEA #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

Young Harbour Seal: "I want you to draw me like one of your French girls." (From my #pelagic birding tour in the #BayofFundy.) Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada September 2025 #mammals #seal #marinelife #nature #photography

It was a bitterly cold December afternoon. The light was harsh. The Rock Pigeons were many. Caissie Cape, #NewBrunswick, Canada December 2024 📸 #birds #ROPI #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

One of my favourite images of a Grey Seal this year. The ocean water is crashing in the background against a small rocky outcropping far out in the bay. Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada September 2025 📸 #mammals #marinelife #seal #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

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I'll pass on that tootsie roll, thanks.

It was dusk in the forest. Shutter speeds were low and ISOs were high. The Yellow Warbler was far away and the image is cropped too much. But I loves it anyway. Fredericton, #NewBrunswick, Canada July 2025 📸 #birds #warbler #YEWA #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

Best band name ever!

Dare I ask what your original costume was?

A slightly different take on sharing a spooky Halloween image... This one is aimed to scare the bejeezuz out of all you vampires out there! Happy Halloween to all who celebrate! St. Andrews, #NewBrunswick, Canada December 2024 📸 #photography #sunrise #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

Ms. Purple Finch showing us her best side, highlighted by a beam of late evening sunlight. #FridayFinch Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada May 2025 📸 #birds #finch #PUFI #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

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This dark morph Pomarine Jaeger was eliciting many "oooohs" and "aaahhhs" from the birders on my #pelagic birding tour in the #BayofFundy. Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada September 2025 #birds #POJA #marinelife #nature #photography

Looking into the eye of a North American Porcupine as it surveys its surroundings before trundling onward. Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada February 2025 📸 #mammals #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z6iii #Nikkor800pf

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I reached 25,000 followers today! Yay! or maybe not When I scan my new followers' profiles I see about 8 or 9 out of 10 are empty accounts, mostly porn bots but many others with no followers, no profile pic, gibberish name, etc. So to all the real people reading this: THANK YOU! I appreciate you!

Another one of the many American Herring Gulls that trailed our boat looking to score a bit of the chum we were tossing overboard on my #pelagic birding tour in the #BayofFundy. Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada September 2025 #birds #AHGU #marinelife #nature #photography

Great Shearwater in the beautiful morning light. Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada September 2025 📸 #birds #GRSH #marinelife #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

I can't believe you're out in public with that tie in such disarray. ;)

Not an exciting photograph by any means, but this is the best one I got of Atlantic Puffins on my #pelagic birding tour in the #BayofFundy earlier this fall. Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada September 2025 #birds #ATPU #marinelife #nature #photography

Happy #TalonTuesday from this immature Bald Eagle as it unravels its wings in preparation for takeoff. Sheffield, #NewBrunswick, Canada July 2025 📸 #birds #eagle #BAEA #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

A Parasitic Jaeger shows us its intricate patterning on my #pelagic birding tour in the #BayofFundy. Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada September 2025 #birds #PAJA #marinelife #nature #photography

A very distant shot (this was with an 800mm lens) of an Eastern Coyote as it makes its way across a vast frozen field just before sunrise. Tantramar, #NewBrunswick, Canada December 2024 📸 #mammals #coyote #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

Canada Goose mom (or dad) escorting the brood across the pond. Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada May 2025 📷 #birds #CANG #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

Ruby-throated Hummingbird stopping at our feeder to refuel, and showing me what she thinks about having her picture taken. Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada August 2025 📸 #birds #hummingbird #RTHU #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor180600

For this week's #FridayFinch, I present to you an American Goldfinch looking to the right and the same American Goldfinch looking to the left. Variety is the spice of life, after all. Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada June 2025 📷 #birds #AMGO #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

I'm reading a book about seals, but I really don't give a phoque.

A couple shots of some feeding Mallards early one summer morning. Oromocto, #NewBrunswick, Canada August 2025 📸 #birds #duck #MALL #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

Another image of a Grey Seal from my #pelagic birding tour on the #BayofFundy. They are very curious but generally don't get too close to the boat (this photo was taken with a very long lens). Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada September 2025 #mammals #seal #marinelife #nature #photography

Harsh winter afternoon light but lovely bokeh on this image of an almost-mature American Herring Gull. Little Lepreau, #NewBrunswick, Canada December 2024 📸 #birds #AHGU #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

Drama on the high seas! Exciting chase scene from my #pelagic birding tour in the #BayofFundy as a Parasitic Jaeger tries to convince a fleeing Common Tern to give up some of its food. Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada September 2025 #birds #COTE #PAJA #marinelife #nature #photography

A South Polar Skua does a fly-by as it takes a brief pause from harassing all the other birds in the area in an effort to get them to give up their food. Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick, Canada September 2025 📸 #birds #SPSK #marinelife #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

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It's #TalonTuesday! Here's a Rough-legged Hawk doing its best to ignore the idiot with the camera. Tantramar, #NewBrunswick, Canada December 2024 📸 #birds #raptor #hawk #RLHA #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

Happy #ReptileAwarenessDay from these Eastern Painted Turtles as they enjoy the warm sun on a beautiful spring morning. #NewBrunswick, Canada April 2025 📸 #herps #turtles #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

Classic fly-by 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

Happy Monday! Here's a Blue Jay in the bright afternoon light of a sunny December afternoon. Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada December 2024 📸 #birds #corvid #BLJA #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

A Great Blue Heron hunts the river's edge in the beautiful morning light. Oromocto, #NewBrunswick, Canada August 2025 📸 #birds #heron #GBHE #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

Another visit with this Canadian Beaver from last spring as it hauls itself out of the frozen water onto a submerged log with a little snacky in its mouth. Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada April 2025 📸 #mammals #beaver #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf

Beautiful female Purple Finch catching a beam of late evening sunlight. #FridayFinch Hanwell, #NewBrunswick, Canada May 2025 📸 #birds #finch #PUFI #nature #wildlife #photography #Nikon #Z9 #Nikkor800pf