These photographs were taken at at the Parc National du Mont St-Bruno (on the south shore of Montreal), and the last squirrel (the one with the nuts) was taken in Brossard.
While walking close to a lake, we saw some turmoil on the water, far from us. Our new Nikon Coolpix P900 gave us the answer: Harle couronné, Hooded Merganser: Lophodytes cucullatus. [JAC: Those are not chicks and adults; it’s a sexual dimorphism with the males having the white-and-black heads.]
Black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus):
Canada goose (Branta canadensis):
Eastern gray squirrel (Scirus carolinensis):
Another eastern grey squirrel—from our backyard!
The moon: Monday night (also taken with the Coolpix!):
Stephen Barnard sent a picture of his resident bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus):
The Aubrey Spring Ranch eagles have been hanging around their nest. I think there are renovations going on, or about to begin. I think this is Lucy, the female, but I can’t be certain. Shot this morning [last Monday].
And reader Peter Gardner sent what I think is our first photo of a monotreme in the wild:
You might be interested in this photo of an echidna [Tachyglossus sp.—there are four living species] which I took near Bicheno, on the east coast of Tasmania. You recently featured the giant freshwater crayfish from Tasmania (my home State) so I’m hoping that this is the start of a surge in the world-wide popularity of Tasmanian fauna. I really like your website, by the way.
Just been told by WordPress that my “comment could not be posted”, so if this turns out to be a double post, blame WordPress 🙂
I wish I could take photos like these. The best I can do is give a link to this amazing kingfisher photo.
Great imaging! The chickadee has long been a favorite bird of mine. They flit about within a few feet of the bird watcher, so you can rest the binoculars and watch them chatter away. They are easy to call in with an imitation: “chick-a-dee-dee-dee”.
The exposure on the moon image is perfect.
Excellent stuff as ever, thanks to all.
I look forward to more echidnas in the future…..
Love the hoodies, as sometimes the hooded mergansers are affectionately called. I hope to see some on this year’s Christmas Bird Count.
Always enjoy the wildlife pics. However, as magnificent as the Bald Eagle is, I will never think of it the same, after reading Ben Franklin’s words yesterday.
Very good pictures, all, and that can be rightly said every day.
We have numerous Canadian geese around here. They are so common that it is easy to forget how magnificent they are.
That’s a Cackling Canada Goose.
Strike that, On further reflection A Richardson’s Canada Goose
All cute, esp the echidna. Ok the moon was nice but not cute.