Backyard Beauties

This year has been an unusual one for me. The past few years I was able to travel across Canada to pursue my wildlife photography goals. This year apart from 3 short trips to Algonquin Park my shooting has been done on my property in Niagara. There are stories to go with most pictures I take but this year the days have blurred into one another. I call my birds my jewels. They are a photographer’s treasure when there are no prospects for travel. Not getting out to shoot I spent a lot of time trying to keep my skills up taking pictures of my local backyard characters, an array of chipmunks, as well as gray and red squirrels; these creatures have filled my days with many ours of amusement.