Green Heron
6-Jul-13
Canatara Park, Sarnia

WoodDucks
6-Jul-13
Canatara Park, Sarnia

Ruby Throated Hummingbird (male)

26-Jul-13

Wilkesport, Ontario

(Not a great photo but I will get a better one ......)

Ruby Throated Hummingbird (female)

26-Jul-13

Wilkesport, Ontario

American Goldfinch
26-Jul-13
Wilkesport, Ontario

House Finch (female)
26-Jul-13
Wilkesport, Ontario

Cedar Waxwing
21-Jul-13
Perch Creek Conservation Area, near Sarnia

Ruby Meadowhawk
21-Jul-13
Perch Creek Conservation Area, near Sarnia

Common Whitetail (?)
21-Jul-13
Art Teasel Nature Reserve, Sarnia

Widow Skimmer
21-Jul-13
Art Teasel Nature Reserve, Sarnia

Body coloring seems unusual?












Eastern Amberwing (?)
21-Jul-1
Art Teasel Nature Reserve, Sarnia

 Belted Kingfisher
12-Jul-13
Roberta Stewart Conservation Area, South of Port Lambton.

First Kingfisher I have ever seen.

Two-spotted Bumble Bee
(per BeeGuide)
12-Jul-13
Roberta Stewart Conservation Area, South of Port Lambton

Widow Skimmer, male
12-Jul-13
Roberta Stewart Conservation Area, South of Port Lambton.

This really turned me on to Dragon and Damsel- fly's

Chipmunk
7-Jul-13
My home

Squirrel proof isn't enough, obviously .........

Blue Heron
6-Jul-13
Wawonosh Wetlands, Sarnia








Blue Heron
6-Jul-13
Wawonosh Wetlands, Sarnia

 
Red Cardinal
6-Jul-13
Wawonosh Wetlands, Sarnia

Virginia Ctenucid Moth
{per post on Illinois Birders Forum)
6-Jul-13
Wawonosh Wetlands, Sarnia

            Turkey Buzzard
            28-Jun-13
            Wilkesport, Lambton County

            That is one butt-ugly bird !!!!

Tree Swallows (?)
24-May-13
Wawanosh Wetlands, Sarnia

Canadian Geese, immature

24-May-13
Wawanosh Wetlands, Sarnia.

Black-capped Chickadee
24-May-13
Wawanosh Wetlands, Sarnia.

Indigo Buntings and a Female Cardinal passing through
24-May-13
Wawonosh Wetlands, Sarnia.
This is heavily cropped. I was just amazed to stumble upon them when I had never seen such a bird in Sarnia before.. I think seeing these on almost my first outing has hooked me for good.

Finding a focus .......

As I started to slide towards retirement I am cutting back on my working hours., I found myself with more time to do one of the things I enjoy most,  photography. Going out for an hour or two, hoping to find 'a good photograph' didn't seem to work for me. Now, when I can go out for 4 or six hours at a time, I felt I needed a focus - excuse the pun.
I joined Lambton Wildlife to see what they were up to, with a view to perhaps joining in on some field trips. At my first meeting they were selling pocket-sized Photo field guides that dealt with just Southwestern Ontario. A browse through a couple of them showed me the range of wildlife that existed on my own doorstep if I just got out there and looked.

So, I decided my focus would be birds and dragonfly's. After 6 weeks it is working just fine.

Using LW's downloaded list of Conservation areas and other places where wildlife can be seen, I am out in the county seeing places and things I had no idea even existed.The first few postings here will be sharing what I have seen so far ...... and I am really happy with what I have seen already. Things that have been all around me all along, if I had only taken the time to stop and look,.