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Baby map turtle on log, Snake Island, Toronto Islands

Pagoda Baby

A baby map turtle, no more than four inches long, basks on a floating branch.

Young mallard duckling, Snug Harbour, Toronto Islands

Green Seas

A mallard duckling swims alone on the reflected colours of a June afternoon.

Black-crowned night heron in flight, Snug Harbour, Toronto Islands

Flight Lines

A mature black-crowned night heron wings its way past the camera, at the end of its long migration north for the summer.


Great blue heron in flight, Wreck Island, Georgian Bay

Great Blue Heron

A great blue heron takes flight from Georgian Bay’s Wreck Island.

Cormorant solar eclipse, Doughnut Island, Toronto Islands

Ultimate Backlight

A cormorant, perched on a dead tree, performs a partial eclipse of the sun.

Standing groundhog, Byng Inlet, Georgian Bay

Little Britt Willy

A groundhog surveys the rocky landscape of the Canadian Shield, offshore from Georgian Bay’s Byng Inlet.


Muskrat eating a tuber, Trout Pond, Toronto Islands

Muskrat Snack

A muskrat chows down on a tasty tuber dug up from the Trout Pond.

Red fox in snow, Algonquin Island, Toronto Islands

Snowbound

A red fox relaxes in the deep snow of February.

Raccoon portrait, Centre Island, Toronto Islands

L’il Face

A raccoon poses for the camera, taking a break from foraging in fields recently uncovered by the snowpack.


Must swan portrait, Doughnut Island, Toronto Islands

The Nose Knows

Up close and personal with a friendly mute swan.

Goose on nest surrounded by down, Doughnut Island, Toronto Islands

Featherstorm

A goose sits patiently on her nest, surrounded by feathers blown free by a recent windstorm.

Kayaking in ice panorama, Inner harbour, Toronto Islands

Strengthsfinder

A panoramic self-portrait, kayaking in the ice during spring breakup.


Panorama of Toronto Islands and skyline reflected in perfect black ice, Toronto Outer Harbour, Toronto Islands

Distant City

The Toronto Islands and skyline stand reflected in perfect black ice, almost half a kilometre offshore in the city’s outer harbour.

Shuffle Demons' 1000 saxophone world record attempt of Hockey Night in Canada panorama, Dundas Square, Toronto

1000 Hockey Nights

Almost 1000 saxophones playing the Hockey Night in Canada theme fill Toronto’s Dundas Square, led by the Shuffle Demons in an attempt to break the world record for most saxophones playing a song at the same time.

Flowering lilypad on black, Franklin Island, Georgian Bay

Floral Nova


Claudette Abrams' Flight Path, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Flight Path

Claudette Abrams’ Flight Path gets the polar panorama treatment during Rogue Wave 2007, turning the Ward’s Island field into its own miniature planet.

Thermonuclear bonfire, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Thermonuclear Equinox

A single Christmas tree, dried out for three months, goes thermonuclear during the annual Spring equinox bonfire on Ward’s Island.

Mink skull macro with teeth, Sans Souci, Georgian Bay

Nightmare on Mink St.

A perfectly preserved mink skull evokes monster movies of yore, just in time for Hallowe’en.


Snowdrop flower, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

Snowdrop Rain

A lovely early snowdrop prepares to flower, after a cold March rain.

Mink portrait, Pointe au Baril, Georgian Bay

Offshore Mink III

A curious mink peers into the camera lens, offshore from Pointe au Baril, Georgian Bay.

Sunrise twilight over pier, Centre Island, Toronto Islands

Centre Pier Sunrise

The pier at Centre Island stands in stark silhouette on the Toronto Islands.


Snug Harbour infrared reflections, Snug Harbour, Toronto Islands

Snug Harbour IR

Fallen trees reflect in the eerie light of Snug Harbour, Toronto Islands.

Bustard Islands lighthouse star trails, Bustard Islands, Georgian Bay

Bustard Trails 2011

August stars streak over the Bustard Islands’ lighthouse and twin ranges.

Toronto skyline and crumbling eastern gap, Ward's Island, Toronto Islands

End of the Road VI

The eastern gap breakwall, slowly crumbling into the inner harbour, frames the Toronto skyline on a clear winter’s night.