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Anything Goes / Re: Kirkland Lake: Finding Gold
« Last post by Dr. John on August 15, 2025, 09:49:26 AM »Interesting video. I have never made it up to Kirkland Lake. I've only gone as far as Englehart.
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Anything Goes / Kirkland Lake: Finding Gold
« Last post by Charline on August 14, 2025, 06:26:35 PM »I just want to mention something that I didn't share in the video. The inn I stayed, was not only a former gold mine, it was a funeral home until.10 years ago.
They gave me a huge suite with a living room, kitchen, bathroom, dining room and other rooms still under renovation. At night, on my pillow, I could hear the low vibrations from the underground gold mines and feel like a prospector! It's also affordable.
https://youtu.be/tCOpVoJwgjc?feature=shared
They gave me a huge suite with a living room, kitchen, bathroom, dining room and other rooms still under renovation. At night, on my pillow, I could hear the low vibrations from the underground gold mines and feel like a prospector! It's also affordable.
https://youtu.be/tCOpVoJwgjc?feature=shared
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Backyard Birding / Cedar Waxwing @ the Beach plus a mystery bird
« Last post by Napper on August 14, 2025, 04:11:06 PM »Still at the beach roasting 
Last evening I was having a chat with a neighbour when a Cedar waxwing landed in the tree across the lane, I have been hearing them for a week now.
Mystery bird from a distance looked like a Purple Finch went for camera but was gone after I returned. My wife had a better look at than I did.
Otherwise every thing is normal lots of Chickadee's, Goldfinches, Cardinals, Red and White Breasted Nuthatches.
Extremely dry here.
note: I have never seen a House finch here
Napper
Last evening I was having a chat with a neighbour when a Cedar waxwing landed in the tree across the lane, I have been hearing them for a week now.
Mystery bird from a distance looked like a Purple Finch went for camera but was gone after I returned. My wife had a better look at than I did.
Otherwise every thing is normal lots of Chickadee's, Goldfinches, Cardinals, Red and White Breasted Nuthatches.
Extremely dry here.
note: I have never seen a House finch here
Napper
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Ontario Birds / Re: August 9th - Green heron & Least Bittern
« Last post by Charline on August 11, 2025, 11:56:01 AM »Still many good catches!
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Toronto Wildlife / Re: Loons at Sunset
« Last post by Charline on August 11, 2025, 11:54:02 AM »The fog was a mood enhancer, I guess.
It's a clean lake with plenty of herring and bass. You can only see the highway from a small corner.
It's a clean lake with plenty of herring and bass. You can only see the highway from a small corner.
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Toronto Wildlife / Re: Loons at Sunset
« Last post by Shortsighted on August 10, 2025, 08:28:57 AM »I applaud any disposition towards poetry or serene metaphor. That is one of the reasons we read books. The story and the caress of imaginative presentation. I fear we are losing some of that in our increasingly digital lives. It's too bad the highway's whine & drone interferes with the golden hour. Even the loons' behaviour must be affected. Yet, they are still there.
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Toronto Wildlife / Northern Ontario: Photographing Loons in Golden Hour
« Last post by Charline on August 09, 2025, 07:47:08 PM »I have revised the title as Northern Ontario: Photographing Loons in Golden Hour
Landscape photography and videography in golden light is my strength as a photographer. I hope it's more interesting than "Loons at Sunset".
Landscape photography and videography in golden light is my strength as a photographer. I hope it's more interesting than "Loons at Sunset".
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Ontario Birds / August 9th - Green heron & Least Bittern
« Last post by Shortsighted on August 09, 2025, 03:52:20 PM » Not much wind this morning and this made it seem even warmer. Out east I was hoping to find a few new shorebirds but all that I saw was a single Semipalmated plover and a couple of Sanderlings. Fortunately a Green-backed heron showed up but only after I quit my favoured position. At Rotary Park in Ajax I was hoping to find the gallinule and the Least bittern. I glimpsed the gallinule behind reeds but it did not come out into the open. The Least bittern also mostly stayed within the reeds.
Semipalmated plover
Say NO to drugs
Green-backed heron
Successful catch
Least Bittern
Semipalmated plover
Say NO to drugs
Green-backed heron
Successful catch
Least Bittern
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Toronto Wildlife / Loons at Sunset
« Last post by Charline on August 08, 2025, 09:37:11 AM »This is my first release after I got back from Northern Ontario.. A very short one.
https://youtu.be/wm_c8EWtuTM?feature=shared
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Ontario Birds / Re: August 1st - Beare Hill
« Last post by Shortsighted on August 05, 2025, 11:34:54 AM »Beare Hill revisited on a hazy morning with low light levels. Not much of a breeze so it seemed quite warm very quickly.
Indigo bunting (female)
Indigo bunting (male)
American goldfinch (male)
Gray catbird
Red-breasted nuthatch
Field sparrow
Indigo bunting
Indigo bunting
Indigo bunting (female)
House wren
Am. goldfinch
Indigo bunting (female)
Indigo bunting (male)
American goldfinch (male)
Gray catbird
Red-breasted nuthatch
Field sparrow
Indigo bunting
Indigo bunting
Indigo bunting (female)
House wren
Am. goldfinch