While heading to a hockey game last weekend, I came across this little fellow who was really working his feathers into place.
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Naturally Christmas Day
As I headed off for my Christmas feast in downtown Toronto, I took a bit of time to photograph some of the natural and urban wonders of my city.
Attached, are some of the natural attractions as Toronto chips its way out of the latest ice storm.
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- Icicles yet dangle from withered branches now capped in white
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- The winter is a time of brown and white in Toronto
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- Thin layers of ice practically envelope the small leaves
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- You can just make out some Xmas decorations
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- The skeletal flowers of spring now bear small caps of snow
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- Puffed out against the cold, the sparrow searches for food
Spring takes wing – Washington, DC
So, it seems to be the season of the sparrow this year as they were out in profusion across Washington, DC, although the starlings did their best to make an appearance or two.
The hardest part about getting some of these photos was keeping vacationing children on the Washington Mall from scaring potential subjects away.
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- With the wealth of dried twigs and grass, she was often very difficult to find
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- The meeting will now come to order
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- Didn’t want to play your silly games, anyways
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- Beautiful plummage for such an annoying bird
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- Vainest bird I have ever seen…must have spent 10 minutes doing this
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- Get in ma belly!
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- She was so serene and beautiful, she just begged to be photographed
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- Ahhh…so close to being an amazing photograph!
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- These two hopped around each other for quite some time, so I’m assuming they’re bonded
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- Like a film about the Serengeti, this puddle quickly became something of a watering hole for the locals
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- It was bath time for this eager little starling
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- A second before I snapped this shot, her buddy had dived into the can
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- Getting a shot of this little guy was difficult as he hopped from spot to spot on the tree
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- I really wish the lighting could have been better, but he was determined to get something from that branch elbow
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