Peek a BOO

Peek-a-Boo Known as “The Boss,” this powerful grizzly bear peers playfully through the dense branches of a spruce tree in a quiet winter forest. Soft light highlights the rich texture of his thick fur, while patches of snow and evergreen needles frame the scene. Partially hidden yet unmistakably present, The Boss’s steady gaze brings a mix of curiosity and quiet authority, capturing an intimate moment in the wild.

Papa Warns the Crows are Coming

This is the papa Great Horned Owl who had just finished letting mama know he was close by as a group of crows approached.

Bison on the Go

The Grasslands are an amazing ecosystem full of life. The bison plays an essential role is seed dispersal and creating new habitat.

On the Go

A red fox making their way to find dinner for the night as the sun sets on another day.

Mallard duck looking at the camera !

taken with an 80-300mm zoom on Nikon D3500 exposure: 1/2000 sec at f/6.3 autofocus ON

Foliage Spotlight

This was taken at sunset at a well known viewpoint about an hour and a half drive from Ottawa. I got some wider shots, but this telephoto shot of a beam of light hitting just some of the autumn foliage while leaving the rest in shadow was my favourite image of the evening.

Moon Set

While on top of a mountain I watched the Moon set behind the trees while I was doing some astrophotography. This image was taken with my Nikon Z9 • Nikon 500 F4 FL/E • Nikon 1.4x TCIII • This is a single exposure

Lunch time

Caught this merganzer having a fish for lunch

Stormy Interior

Mammatus Clouds over West Kelowna

Wink Wink

Recent Interior BC Great Grey Owl winking at me

Scrappy

Curious Mink pauses for a few photos after a spirited tussle with another Mink about 5 minutes before this photo was taken. (Notice the battle wound ?)

Face full of Snow

A young beaver makes its way along a snowbank back into the water, snout full of snow.

Paws Deep in Snow

A young Beaver makes its way out of the water and up on to a large snowbank - paws deep in snow.

Nature’s Suspense

A curious otter watched trumpeter swans and geese from the water's edge, slowly creeping onto the ice. The swan remained blissfully unaware, preening its feathers... until the otter made a lightning-fast dash, sending the swan leaping into the air!

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A snapping turtle basking in a dry creek bed at the Dominion Arboretum in Ottawa, April 2026.

some images are blurry

I've had this issue once in a while, most notably on the Mallard Duck image I posted today where the image is much blurrier (less sharp) than it is when I view locally on my computer via Windows Photo Viewer, Lightroom, or any other app. Resolution for this particular image is 2311 x 2889 and 240dpi. I recently posted a red-winged blackbird and have the same issue. It is even higher res. --- Timestamp: 2026-04-22T16:49:29.197Z Page: https://photoclub.canadiangeographic.ca/feedback User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/147.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/147.0.0.0

black-bellied plover

A rather uncommon visitor to the area, this Black-bellied Plover lingered for a few days during its southward migration to forage at the mudflats of Ottawa River in September 2025. Its brief stop-over offered a wonderful opportunity for observation and photography.

Downtown Montreal Skyline

Downtown skyline in Montreal with the prominently featured silver ring structure is known as The Ring (l'Anneau), a major public art installation completed in 2022

Ring-necked Duck, Apr 3, 2026

My first time photographing this beautiful duck. Its' striking contrasting colours created some mesmerizing reflections in the water.

Common Merganser - Female, Apr 12, 2026

This female Common Merganser was looking absolutely stunning on a tranquil Central Ontario April morning. My local pond this time of year is home to some absolutely stunning waterfowl.

Peek a BOO

Peek-a-Boo Known as “The Boss,” this powerful grizzly bear peers playfully through the dense branches of a spruce tree in a quiet winter forest. Soft light highlights the rich texture of his thick fur, while patches of snow and evergreen needles frame the scene. Partially hidden yet unmistakably present, The Boss’s steady gaze brings a mix of curiosity and quiet authority, capturing an intimate moment in the wild.

Papa Warns the Crows are Coming

This is the papa Great Horned Owl who had just finished letting mama know he was close by as a group of crows approached.

Bison on the Go

The Grasslands are an amazing ecosystem full of life. The bison plays an essential role is seed dispersal and creating new habitat.

On the Go

A red fox making their way to find dinner for the night as the sun sets on another day.

Mallard duck looking at the camera !

taken with an 80-300mm zoom on Nikon D3500 exposure: 1/2000 sec at f/6.3 autofocus ON

Foliage Spotlight

This was taken at sunset at a well known viewpoint about an hour and a half drive from Ottawa. I got some wider shots, but this telephoto shot of a beam of light hitting just some of the autumn foliage while leaving the rest in shadow was my favourite image of the evening.

Moon Set

While on top of a mountain I watched the Moon set behind the trees while I was doing some astrophotography. This image was taken with my Nikon Z9 • Nikon 500 F4 FL/E • Nikon 1.4x TCIII • This is a single exposure

Lunch time

Caught this merganzer having a fish for lunch

Stormy Interior

Mammatus Clouds over West Kelowna

Wink Wink

Recent Interior BC Great Grey Owl winking at me

Scrappy

Curious Mink pauses for a few photos after a spirited tussle with another Mink about 5 minutes before this photo was taken. (Notice the battle wound ?)

Face full of Snow

A young beaver makes its way along a snowbank back into the water, snout full of snow.

Paws Deep in Snow

A young Beaver makes its way out of the water and up on to a large snowbank - paws deep in snow.

Nature’s Suspense

A curious otter watched trumpeter swans and geese from the water's edge, slowly creeping onto the ice. The swan remained blissfully unaware, preening its feathers... until the otter made a lightning-fast dash, sending the swan leaping into the air!

test

A snapping turtle basking in a dry creek bed at the Dominion Arboretum in Ottawa, April 2026.

some images are blurry

I've had this issue once in a while, most notably on the Mallard Duck image I posted today where the image is much blurrier (less sharp) than it is when I view locally on my computer via Windows Photo Viewer, Lightroom, or any other app. Resolution for this particular image is 2311 x 2889 and 240dpi. I recently posted a red-winged blackbird and have the same issue. It is even higher res. --- Timestamp: 2026-04-22T16:49:29.197Z Page: https://photoclub.canadiangeographic.ca/feedback User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/147.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/147.0.0.0

black-bellied plover

A rather uncommon visitor to the area, this Black-bellied Plover lingered for a few days during its southward migration to forage at the mudflats of Ottawa River in September 2025. Its brief stop-over offered a wonderful opportunity for observation and photography.

Downtown Montreal Skyline

Downtown skyline in Montreal with the prominently featured silver ring structure is known as The Ring (l'Anneau), a major public art installation completed in 2022

Ring-necked Duck, Apr 3, 2026

My first time photographing this beautiful duck. Its' striking contrasting colours created some mesmerizing reflections in the water.

Common Merganser - Female, Apr 12, 2026

This female Common Merganser was looking absolutely stunning on a tranquil Central Ontario April morning. My local pond this time of year is home to some absolutely stunning waterfowl.