Greg McIntosh
Perth, CA
Member since May 29, 2017
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Dive Bomb
This Northern Hawk Owl leaves its perch to dive on a prey at the base of a tree in rural Ottawa recently. Typically they will perch atop a spruce or pine tree or even a deciduous tree, and scan , looking for mostly voles or mice to feed upon. This image taken milliseconds after its left its perch.
Busted! I've been spotted!
Back roading....I've been looking for YOU and when you swooped by me , is it my imagination that when I "willed" you to the post...you went just to please me ??? ? ? I LOVE her little ear tufts ? Im fairly confident that this is likely an immature FEMALE Snowy Owl, identifiable by the heavy barring on her plumage. I've been watching and clocking some kms looking , and I have to say, you were well worth the effort and the time spent looking for you!!! XXX Eastern Ontario
Right Down the Barrell
A Short-eared Owl flies directly towards me during my first sightings this year of these beautiful owls...one of my favorite images of these elusive owls...its always a challenge to shoot them as they are commonly most active when the light is poor, dusk or early morning...however during this first encounter of the season, they were active a little earlier than normal.
American Mink Poses Pretty with Lunch!
I discovered this American Mink along the shores of the St. Lawrence River last December and January. I made a few trips to try to see and photograph it and some days I would be successful and other days not so much. On this day the mink wasn't being shy and it allowed me to photograph it while it hunted from the edge of the ice at a spot where the water was not frozen over. I watched it collect frogs, a number of cray fish like this one, and other fish that it would bring to the shoreline somewhere after it had emerged from the frigid water to a food cache somewhere along the shore.
Momma Fox Guards her Den
I knew about the location of the Den and had visited once before the day this photo was taken. A grey , cool Spring day, I waited for a little while from a distance (this image is cropped significantly) and she made a brief appearance as she came up over the rocks near her den for just a split second or two. As quickly as she appeared , she was gone again. our eyes met only briefly. I managed to get two or maybe three frames off before she disappeared. I thanked her and went on my way wondering if I had an image that was sharp and in focus!!