Wildlife

This weekend a group of fun little visitors came to my backyard pond and played for hours. A family of river otters trekked through the forest and celebrated their arrival at the pond by spending the rest of the day … Continued

  We have quite a few families of beavers in the area but as they are most active at night I don’t get many opportunities to photograph them up close and in daylight like this. This beaver enjoyed foraging for … Continued

  Seeing an American Five-lined Skink in Muskoka is a special sighting as they are at the northern edge of their range and fairly uncommon in Canada. To the south of us, all the way down to the Gulf of … Continued

  I see a lot of deer and bitterns but what makes this unusual is seeing the pair together. The American Bitterns visiting my pond are extremely wary birds. To take photos I have to remain very well hidden. If … Continued

Meet William, the chubby American toad who likes to spend most of his days lounging around my front doorstep. The first picture is a photo of William taken last year. The rest were taken on various days this year. On … Continued

A family of foxes lives nearby and one of the little ones seems most interested in coming to visit me. I often see him at night and sometimes he has stayed with me, playing at my feet, while I take … Continued

Today I was lucky to see a nice moment between a mother deer and her baby in a quiet sunny pond. The spotted fawn took some time to nurse, then crawled under his mother before heading out on an adventure … Continued

It’s always a good idea to travel with a camera around here, even if it’s only to walk down the driveway to check the mailbox. I frequently see interesting wildlife so I make a habit of keeping a camera within … Continued