@NancyFromCanada

Biologist by degree, environmentalist by nature. Exploring nature one photograph at a time ... #Birds, landscape, #sunsets & wildlife. Wildlife photographer. 🦋

 Ottawa
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Joined December 2011
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Full Snow Moon rising at #Sunset ... this evening near Westboro Beach. #Ottawa #FullMoon #SnowMoon #ShareYourWeather #StormHour
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The most beautiful Christmas bauble glittering amongst the snow dusted forest at Mud Lake. #Cardinal #birds #birding #birdwatching #Ottawa #StormHour #ThePhotoHour #ShareYourWeather
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We had an unusual, but very welcome visitor to the Cathedral this weekend!
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I'm a PhD student at @UniofOxford and I think I'm living in a fairytale :-) Foxes playing around in the snow at Magdalen College this morning — absolutely magical!
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All things great are wound up with all things little. -Lucy Maud Montgomery / Anne of Green Gables A pair of juvenile Cedar Waxwings enjoying the glistening berry laden Autumn branches. #birds #birding #birdwatching #Autumn #nature #Ottawa #StormHour #ShareYourWeather
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Assessing the population status of 463 bird species that regularly occur in Canada. The 2024 State of Canada’s Birds is a partnership between Birds Canada and @environmentca Get the full story at StateOfCanadasBirds.org Art by Shaylena Stenback. #stateofcanadasbirds
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An Enchanting Moment in the Forest! This Barred #Owl swooped & flew by our faces as we walked along the trail & landed on a tree in the forest. We followed & we stood & looked at each for a bit & then left him to enjoy the beautiful day. #birds #birding #wildlifephotography
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What affinity is it brings the goldfinch to the sunflower - both yellow - to pick its seeds? ... What a broad and loaded, bounteously filled platter of food is presented this bon-vivant! -Henry David Thoreau September 2nd, 1851 #birds #Goldfinch #Sunflower #Ottawa #StormHour
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On Wednesdays, we wear pink (and yellow)! 📷Rosy Maple Moth
Close up of a Rosy maple moth known for its varying pink and yellow coloring.

ALT Close up of a Rosy maple moth known for its varying pink and yellow coloring.

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Blossoms and Birds ... a beautiful Baltimore Oriole amongst the apple blossoms at the Dominion Arboretum. If I were a bird I would spend my day in here too! #birds #birdswatching #wildlifephotography #Ottawa #ShareYourWeather #StormHour @ThePhotoHour
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Beautiful Green Heron fishing at Fletcher Wildlife Garden. He was almost invisible standing amongst the rushes as he was well hidden & is about the size of a crow. #Ottawa #BirdWatching #StormHour #ShareYOurWeather @ThePhotoHour
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What do you call a falcon born in the 1980s and mid-1990s? A Millennial Falcon 🐑🥁🐍
A Peregrine Falcon perched on one of the rays of the Statue of Liberty National Monument’s crown, with Lower Manhattan in the background.

ALT A Peregrine Falcon perched on one of the rays of the Statue of Liberty National Monument’s crown, with Lower Manhattan in the background.

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Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you-all? hoots the Barred Owl. Walking through the forest on a cold Winter's day there he was, he opened his eyes & decided we were not as exciting as we thought he was & went back to sleep. #birds #birding #Ottawa #ShareYourFeathers @ThePhotoHour
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It’s a great day for birds! @environmentca just announced an investment of $3M to Birds Canada to support Citizen Science programs and the NatureCounts platform to help deliver open data on Canada’s birds and protect their habitats.
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@environmentca14 Feb 2024
1/3 We are investing $3M in #CitizenScience projects and #NatureCounts, an open data platform holding over a century of knowledge on #birds and #biodiversity in partnership with @BirdsCanada. Learn more: ow.ly/CSRL50QBr88
A bird, Evening Grosbeak, standing on a log.

ALT A bird, Evening Grosbeak, standing on a log.

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Western Tanager. This beautiful #bird is a 'Bird Vagrant' usually not living further east than Alberta & wintering down south. He is alone & in a strange environment. Hopefully by next Autumn his migratory compass will get back on track. #Ottawa #ShareYourFeathers #StormHour
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Eastern Towhee ... this elusive little bird is suppose to have flown south but here he is rummaging around the undergrowth along a trail in Ottawa. So excited to see him! #birds #birding #Ottawa #birdphotography #nature #wildlife #ShareYourWeather #StormHour
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Too cold to bike, not cold enough to ski... Just right for bird watching. #RoundBirb season is here! Keep your eyes peeled for these cuties. 🐦🦅🦆 📷jason_from_ontario | n.stepchuk | nancyfromottawa Remember to never feed wildlife, and to respect their natural environment.
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Birds, Berries & Blue Skies ... a female American Goldfinch enjoying a beautiful Autumn day. #Ottawa #birds #birdphotography #Goldfinch #nature #wildlife #StormHour #ShareYourWeather
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Someone was very interested in my bird feeder! A Sharp-shinned Hawk arrived & everyone else left. #birds #birdphotography #Hawk #Ottawa #StormHour #ShareYourWeather
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The Moon was but a chin of gold A night or two ago, And now she turns her perfect face Upon the world below. -Emily Dickinson The Hunter's Moon illuminating a golden pathway in Gatineau Park. #ScareYourWeather #StormHour #HappyHalloween #Ottawa
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Leucistic Black-capped Chickadee! I noticed this #Chickadee at my feeder the other day, of course he flew away before I could get a photo but luckily he came back. #Leucism is a defect in pigment cells that occurs during their development. #Ottawa #Birds #BirdTwitter #StormHour
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