Looks like this black-throated blue warbler didn't get the memo that it is time to start the migration - #birds #photography #nature #ottawa

I spotted this Eastern Bluebird here in Ottawa. Apparently, it is native to the area, but I have rarely seen it - #birds #nature #birds #ottawa

Giant swallow-tailed butterfly at the Ornamental Gardens, Ottawa, Ontario - These characters are fueling up for the long journey south 😎 #nature #butterfly #wings #photography

"Don't try to bite off more than you can swallow!" The crayfish did, in fact, get away from this juvenile cormorant 😎 #birds #birding #ottawa

The avian Cerberus has arisen - These juvenile green herons were huddled together for warmth - #birds #birding #ottawa Or it could be Larry, Moe, and Curly 🙂

This little guy looks like a muppet! 😎 Ottawa River just west of Ottawa. Eastern screech owl - Red morph #birds #birding #ottawa

It is so nice seeing migratory birds among the apple blossoms! Baltimore Oriole, male #birds #birding #ottawa

"I am the terror that flaps in the night..." #birds #birding #ottawa Double crested cormorant

Hours old goslings sheltering with their mother #birds #birding #ottawa Canada Geese / Cobra chickens

The male wood duck is Canada's answer to having colourful tropical waterfowl #birds #birding #ottawa

This northern flicker, (a type of woodpecker), is back a bit early this year #birds #birding #ottawa

Such an elegant pose! Cedar waxwing eating a blackthorn berry #birds #birding #ottawa

An existential crisis is happening in real time! Red-winged blackbirds attack their reflections during mating season and leave quite significant messes behind #birds #birding #ottawa

This Great Blue Heron came so close, that I could feel the wind of its passage! #birds #birding #ottawa

Unintentional camouflage. This great egret was flying over a snowy backdrop. At first I thought that the shot was blown out 😎 #birds #birding #ottawa

Tree swallows having, ahem, a disagreement #birds #birding #ottawa

What are you lookin' at? Northern Cardinal, (male) #birds #birding #ottawa #red

North American Robin posing in red #birds #birding #ottawa

Just a wood duck, (male), cruisin' by #birds #birding #photography #ottawa

Hooded merganser, (male), in full mating plumage #birds #photography #ottawa #nature

That's a big beak! This northern shoveller, (male), uses his beak to filter food from the water as he glides along. Very similar to how a baleen whale functions. #birds #birding #photography #ottawa

This Northern Pintail, (male), is quite an unusual sight here in Ottawa at this time of year #birds #birding #photography

This ring-billed gull giving me the side eye while having a fishy snack #birds #birding #photography #ottawa

I really enjoy the sound the goldeneyes, (juvenile male), make as they take off and fly upriver here at Mud Lake #birds #birding #photography #ottawa Canon t7i Sigma 150-600 C

It's not Niagara Falls, but Hogsback Falls is actually quite nice to be around #ottawa #waterfall #nature #rideaucanal #whitewater

The feathers on this barred owl's eyelids are pretty much the same as the area around them. Most of the birds that I have seen have smaller feathers on their eyelids #birds #birding #birdwatching #ottawa

Mrs and Mr Northern Cardinal giving me the side eye #birds #birding #birdwatching #ottawa

Are you looking at me? #wildlife #squirrel #ottawa #nature #photography

I must go, my people need me - Goldeneye, (common male) #birds #birding #birdwatching #ottawa

Incoming! Mallard, (drake), landing in the Mud lake channel #birds #birding #birdwatching #ottawa #nature

Looks like this starling was enjoying a snack of staghorn sumac #birds #birding #birdwatching #ottawa #nature

The original flappy bird - mallard, (male) - #birds #birding #birdwatching #ottawa #nature

I find it fascinating that among the paddling ducks, the male tends to be the most flamboyant... Mergansers, (common male and female) #birds #birding #birdwatching #ottawa #nature

Are you lookin' at me? Dark eyed junco #birds #birding #birdwatching #ottawa

Definitely a bad "hair" day - Black capped chickadee - #birds #birding #birdwatching #ottawa #fletchergardens

My people need me... Here I come! Wood duck, (male) #birds #birding #birdwatching #ottawa #mudlake

Just a downy woodpecker, (male), with an interesting hair style #birds #birding #birdwatching #ottawa #mudlake

Up close and personal with a male common goldeneye #birds #birding #birdwatching #ottawa

This should have been a nice photo of a robin eating a berry... Then I zoomed in on the "eye" - oops #birds #birding #birdwatching #ottawa #mudlake

That's a bill! Female northern shoveller spending the winter in #ottawa. #birds #birdwatching #birding

Ice accretion disk along the Ottawa River. This is nature's 3D printer at work 😎

House finch, (male). Interestingly enough it just sat there for quite a while, ignoring me - #birds #birdwatching #birding #ottawa

This wood duck, (drake), is still hanging around on the Ottawa River #birds #birding #birdwatching #ottawa

Northern cardinal, (male), giving me the side eye #birds #birdwatching #ottawa #wildlife

Little red squirrel enjoying a sumac snack #wildlife #ottawa

An alert blue jay #birds #birdwatching #ottawa

This little character is puffing up its feathers to deal with the cold #ottawa #birds White-breasted nuthatch

I must go, my people need me 👽 #birds #ottawa Common golden eye, male

Saw this little guy just off shore at Andrew Hayden Park. Bufflehead (male) #birds #ottawa #cloudy

Migratory birds here is eastern Ontario are a fleeting sight. This green-winged teal, (male), isn't going to hang around very long 😎 #birds #ottawa