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A Visit to West Chezzetcooke Salt Marsh

August 30, 2023 - I visited West Chezzetcooke Salt Marsh in the hopes of finding some late Nelson's Sparrows. I only saw one and it was a...

August 30, 2023 - The Monarch Butterfly has been hard to find this year although there are often larger numbers moving south in September.

August 30, 2023 - The Lumix GH6 is an amazing camera. It has a stunning 7-1/2 stops of image stabilization. This is what makes shooting hi...

August 24, 2023 - It's challenging and fun photographing the melee of shorebirds at Evangeline Beach. Balancing depth of field with shutte...

August 20, 2023 - Native wildflowers and imported escapees flowers of Nova Scotia. I always seem to neglect photographing the leaves which...

August 20, 2023 - After I photographed the Great Egret I photographed the trail-side wild flowers and vines. Some are marsh flowers while...

August 18, 2023 - I visited Evangeline Beach for the third time last Wednesday and it keeps getting more active. The shorebirds are moving...

August 15, 2023 - I tried again late this morning for a successful photoshoot at Evangeline Beach. It started out slow at the Guzzle but i...

August 13, 2023 - Laura and I took a stroll through Jerry Lawrence Provincial Park primarily on our annual quest for the Yellow Finger Cor...

August 12, 2023 - I visited Evangeline Beach for the first time this year. There is no significant buildup of peeps yet. Peeps is a colloq...

August 10, 2023 - The Great Egret is an annual regular and I am sure its numbers will continue to increase due to climate change. This exa...

August 10, 2023 - I enjoyed a coastal drive around the Sambro Loop from Spryfield to Ferguson's Cove, Herring Cove, Ketch Harbour, Sandy C...

August 02, 2023 - Laura and I went to Peggy's Cove to photograph the supermoon rising. As usual the horizon was obscured by a cloud bank s...

August 02, 2023 - Growlers are smallish icebergs about the size of a bus above water and a fleet of buses underwater. When wedged on the s...

August 01, 2023 - I proceeded north on my ill faited trip up the Great Northern Peninsula of Newfoundland. The weather continued to gloom,...