Plant, Wildlife and Landscape Photography
Simply photographs,, one a day when worthwhile, with a brief comment – plus (usually) something from my archives to spice up “Memory Sundays”. Most pictures are of botanical, wildlife and landscape subjects. This is not a business. I rarely try to sell images but am always open to offers – and please read the copyright notice at the foot of the page..
Richard Gregson PhD MPhil CBiol FRSB
Visit our other site for words (and pictures) about gardening, wildlife, and meatier matters – https://sparroworks.ca
Contact: greenbirding@gmail.com
Just Pictures
Photograph Albums
There is a gallery containing a few small, thematic albums for you to wander though.
… follow the menu link at the top of the page or find them HERE
Seven Recent Pictures
Ideally, but not always, one a day.
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European Hornet
NOT a “Murder Hornet”
Nor is it a locally found insect. There have been lots of scary photos in the press in recent weeks of giant, orange “murder hornets” appearing out Vancouver-way. This is not one of those (which anyway spend their time murdering hive bees rather than bee keepers and their friends) but it is a similar looking, but half size, version from central Europe. In this case enjoyed in eastern Austria.
Berries in Winter
Dark-eyed Junco
A raptor overflew the garden and suddenly there were dozens of small birds sheltering in the Viburnum bush near the house, hanging off the branches like Xmas ornaments. While waiting until it was safe to come out, this Junco found a berry to snack on.
- Aperture: ƒ/4
- Camera: DSC-RX10M3
- Focal length: 146.76mm
- ISO: 640
- Shutter speed: 1/250s
Morning Light
Shortly after dawn
- Aperture: ƒ/11
- Camera: DSC-RX10M3
- Focal length: 8.8mm
- ISO: 100
- Shutter speed: 1/2000s
Riverside Gold
Baie-D’Urfé in Autumn
EXIF details
Why we are not tidy
Feeding the Birds
There is a growing awareness (still a long way to go) that tidying the garden as we go into winter is a bad thing to do. Leaving our garden “scruffy” until spring means that birds like these American Goldfinches can find something to eat without needing to rely on our feeders.
These birds were eating seeds from a small-flowered form of sunflower.
- Aperture: ƒ/4
- Camera: DSC-RX10M3
- Focal length: 183.43mm
- ISO: 800
- Shutter speed: 1/250s
Nibbling
American Red Squirrel
This fellow has recently set up winter quarters on the northern side of our garden where there are trees and dense shrubs – he spends a lot of time energetically evicting the more relaxed greys.
- Aperture: ƒ/4
- Camera: DSC-RX10M3
- Focal length: 97.49mm
- ISO: 1250
- Shutter speed: 1/250s
Discreet Colouration
Female Purple Finch
- Aperture: ƒ/4
- Camera: DSC-RX10M3
- Focal length: 220mm
- ISO: 1000
- Shutter speed: 1/250s
Copyright ©
All images are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada (CC BY-NC-ND 2.5 CA) License … which really just means that you are very welcome to share and use any of these images, but for non-commercial purposes only and you may not alter them without permission. If you wish to use any image commercially please contact me to discuss terms and licensing.
You should also show attribution – such as © Richard Gregson 2019 for example.