Jason Mac

Looks like this black-throated blue warbler didn't get the memo that it is time to start the migration - #birds #photography #nature #ottawa

I spotted this Eastern Bluebird here in Ottawa. Apparently, it is native to the area, but I have rarely seen it - #birds #nature #birds #ottawa

Giant swallow-tailed butterfly at the Ornamental Gardens, Ottawa, Ontario - These characters are fueling up for the long journey south 😎 #nature #butterfly #wings #photography

"Don't try to bite off more than you can swallow!" The crayfish did, in fact, get away from this juvenile cormorant 😎 #birds #birding #ottawa

The avian Cerberus has arisen - These juvenile green herons were huddled together for warmth - #birds #birding #ottawa Or it could be Larry, Moe, and Curly 🙂

This little guy looks like a muppet! 😎 Ottawa River just west of Ottawa. Eastern screech owl - Red morph #birds #birding #ottawa

It is so nice seeing migratory birds among the apple blossoms! Baltimore Oriole, male #birds #birding #ottawa

"I am the terror that flaps in the night..." #birds #birding #ottawa Double crested cormorant

Hours old goslings sheltering with their mother #birds #birding #ottawa Canada Geese / Cobra chickens

The male wood duck is Canada's answer to having colourful tropical waterfowl #birds #birding #ottawa

This northern flicker, (a type of woodpecker), is back a bit early this year #birds #birding #ottawa

Such an elegant pose! Cedar waxwing eating a blackthorn berry #birds #birding #ottawa

An existential crisis is happening in real time! Red-winged blackbirds attack their reflections during mating season and leave quite significant messes behind #birds #birding #ottawa

This Great Blue Heron came so close, that I could feel the wind of its passage! #birds #birding #ottawa

Unintentional camouflage. This great egret was flying over a snowy backdrop. At first I thought that the shot was blown out 😎 #birds #birding #ottawa

Tree swallows having, ahem, a disagreement #birds #birding #ottawa

What are you lookin' at? Northern Cardinal, (male) #birds #birding #ottawa #red

North American Robin posing in red #birds #birding #ottawa

Just a wood duck, (male), cruisin' by #birds #birding #photography #ottawa

small black white and brown duck on a cloudy day still water

Hooded merganser, (male), in full mating plumage #birds #photography #ottawa #nature

small duck with a large flat beak. dark head orange and white wings. swimming on a sunny day

That's a big beak! This northern shoveller, (male), uses his beak to filter food from the water as he glides along. Very similar to how a baleen whale functions. #birds #birding #photography #ottawa

brown headed grey bird with white strips floating on a river. sunny day

This Northern Pintail, (male), is quite an unusual sight here in Ottawa at this time of year #birds #birding #photography

zoomed in seagull head holding a small fish. sunny standing on ice

This ring-billed gull giving me the side eye while having a fishy snack #birds #birding #photography #ottawa

small black and white bird flying along a river just touching the water with one foot

I really enjoy the sound the goldeneyes, (juvenile male), make as they take off and fly upriver here at Mud Lake #birds #birding #photography #ottawa Canon t7i Sigma 150-600 C

It's not Niagara Falls, but Hogsback Falls is actually quite nice to be around #ottawa #waterfall #nature #rideaucanal #whitewater

owl in a tree with eyes tightly shut - cloudy

The feathers on this barred owl's eyelids are pretty much the same as the area around them. Most of the birds that I have seen have smaller feathers on their eyelids #birds #birding #birdwatching #ottawa

female cardinal in a tree

male cardinal in a tree

Mrs and Mr Northern Cardinal giving me the side eye #birds #birding #birdwatching #ottawa

eastern grey squirrel looking directly at the viewer

Are you looking at me? #wildlife #squirrel #ottawa #nature #photography

Black and white small duck taking off from a river. full daylight

I must go, my people need me - Goldeneye, (common male) #birds #birding #birdwatching #ottawa

flying duck. green head river in background

Incoming! Mallard, (drake), landing in the Mud lake channel #birds #birding #birdwatching #ottawa #nature