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Hello All, May has been a great month in terms of wildlife viewing and sightings. My barred owl family should have chicks within the week, just came back from Algonquin Park (wild brookies and bull moose), and plenty of osprey, heron, and spring bird migration sights. Here is a short video I took last week of a Great Blue Heron preening. Pretty cool to see the wing stretch and neck scratching. (watch in 1080p HD for best quality) Cheers, Justin
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Hello All, Was fortunate this past week to find a nesting pair of barred owls. The last few days have been spent shooting photographs and video. I was fortunate, and very lucky, to have the camera running when the male owl regurgitated a pellet. I have never witnessed this in the wild so was definitely a very cool moment. My guess is the chicks will be hatching in 3 to 4 weeks - can't wait to document it all. (watch in 1080p HD for best quality) Cheers, Justin -
Hello All, With the spring finally showing itself, I located a spot down in Merrickville, Ontario that had a collection of garter snakes coming out of their winter hibernation. After shooting some photographs, I was fortunate to begin filming two snakes begin to mate. It was quite the intricate process - and very neat to witness. In total, it lasted approximately 15 minutes. (watch in 1080p HD for best quality) Cheers, Justin
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Hello All, It has been fun watching and photographing the nesting common loon (see earlier post) and I am happy to say the egg has successfully hatched. I captured the following images when the chick was either 5 or 6 days old, back on July 3rd. Here is the chick at age 16/17 days. They certainly do grow quickly! And here is a short video I shot: Equipment used was a Canon 7d and Sigma 150-500mm telephoto. For those interested, photographic prints of some of these images are available for purchase on my website: www.JustinHoffmanOutdoors.com Happy Shooting, Justin
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Hello All, The last few weeks have been fun ones out in the field. On June 10th, I found my first newborn whitetail deer fawn. I'm guessing it was no more than a few days old. Then on June 21st, I discovered my first loon nest while fishing a stretch of the Rideau River. The female was sitting on a single egg, which I imagine has hatched by now, as it was 'pipping' on the 26th. Here are a few of the best images.. To see more images from these shoots, or for those interested in purchasing photographic prints, please feel free to check out my website: www.JustinHoffmanOutdoors.com Happy Shooting, Justin