White Petals on Black Water

Mock Orange petals in a rain barrel.

Color Punch!

Fly and Flower

Damsel Dance

The delicate dance of Damselflies.

The Big Cheese

Is the moon made of cheese?

"Of course the moon's made of cheese- how else do you explain the holes and the yellow color? The real question is, how can it not be cheese? It makes perfect sense."

~ Albert Einstien...ate the moon for his lunch!

Picoides villosus

Female Hairy Woodpecker

feeding her young

peanuts from the feeder.

One,Two,Three and Four

Calopteryx maculata

Ebony Jewelwing female

a species of Broadwinged Damselflies

One Stop Shop

An all in one shop,

for a groovy day in downtown Toronto.

Carduelis tristis

Male American Goldfinch

Right Downtown

In the heart of Toronto at 5:30 am

Younge and Dundas

Poecile atricapilla

Black-capped Chickadee

Mom and Pop feeding young

in the nest box in our backyard

Into the Morrning Light

An early morning stroll

Down Gerrard and Jarvis in Toronto.

Gave me some early morning light.

All shot into the sun...(breaking rules again)

Hard to imagine this scene from 4 hours ago...

as this is prostitution central for downtown.

Water Bomber

Forest fire season is upon us.

This is a Canadair CL 415 water bomber

He will swoop into a lake at 105 knots speed

and scoop up 1000 to 1200 gallons of water

then off to drop his pay load on a fire.

My wife Robyne is in the second shot to give you

a better idea of how big this bad boy really is.

Avian Urbanite

Starling Nest

behind a store front sign downtown.

Can You See The Light

Light...

The photographers candy!

Hey! this is my 500th post!

to celebrate I give you...

http://youtu.be/_Puy6r_0DKA

Outside Looking In

On a recent trip to Toronto I visited The Allan Gardens Conservatory.

 problem it was 6 am and they don't open until 10?

I caught this image and got lucky to catch the birds too.

This is city run green houses since 1910

quite spectacular ( I returned when open)

and free!