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Golden hour time with a snowy owl.

Great gray owl surveys its natural surroundings.

Almost completely white but not quite on this Snowy Owl. Dark day but the sun just barely popped out on this giving a little light to the left side of the snowy.

Went out hoping to photograph an owl before all the leaves have fallen. Switched my days off at work and it worked perfectly after coming upon this owl near my home in southern Ontario.

Got about 3 hours of sunlight on my recent trip to Elliston, Newfoundland Canada. Strong winds with shot taken across an elevated gourge in the Atlantic ocean.

Snowy owl flyby on Wolfe Island in southern Ontario, Canada. Bird was a long ways out but my trusty Nikon D50 with the original ver of the 80-400VR did a decent job.

Great Gray Owl approaching movement under the heavy snow.

Yet another dunnock fledgling. It appears to be a good year for the dunnocks locally so far.

Goldfinch

A place where this female great spotted woodpecker can be found while she looks for food.

Dunnock digging around in the snow to find food.

After more than 3 hours of snow falling lots of birds appeared to come to feed in the garden.

Bullfinch in the snow during a continuous snowfall for more than 3 hours this morning again.

These reed buntings turn up near us every spring.

This robin seemed to be looking for shelter out of the bitterly cold wind.

Looking for food

Barred owl is a common winter species in Ontario, Canada. Came across this one today taking advantage of the warm sun on a cold day.

Waxwing enjoying an apple.

Male Chaffinch trying to keep warm.

One year I was fortunate enough to capture many photographs of Cedar Waxwings in a wetlands area. They were after the insects, which I was surprised to discover, since I had previously thought Cedar Waxwings were fruit eaters.