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Wildlife Photography in Ottawa and Gatineau
D. Gordon E. Robertson
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My Background
Interested in nature from youth
Initially photographed sports and filmed for research
Retired and engaged in wildlife photography
Joined FWG, then OFNC, and ODC
Started giving wildlife tours and talks — added videography to enhance presentations
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My Camera
Hand held, rarely use tripod
Natural lighting, occasionally use a flash
Canon Powershot SX50 HS
wide-angle to 50x optical zoom (24–1200 mm)
close focussing to 0 cm (macro)
viewfinder (poor visually) and large LCD display with articulating screen (vari-angle)
HD video to 30 fps
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OFNC’s birding code of conduct. Applies to other wildlife.
Always consider your impact on birds.
Keep a good distance away and do not linger.
If you note any signs of agitation from the bird, move away immediately.
Do not announce the location of RARE breeding birds.
Avoid flushing birds.
Stay on established trails.
Stay away from active nests.
Do NOT collect specimens.
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Some local wildlife locations
Shirleys Bay Crown Game Preserve (open to OFNC and ODC members)
Gatineau Park
Petrie Island Park
Central Experimental Farm & Fletcher Wildlife Garden
Mer Bleue Conservation Area Britannia
Conservation Area (Mud Lake)
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Central Experimental Farm and vicinity
Agricultural Museum
Dow’s Lake
Fletcher Wildlife Garden
Experimental Farm
Vincent Massey Park
Hog’s Back Park and falls
Dominion Arboretum
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Arboretum (tree park)
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Pine Grosbeak, male, eating seeds from crabapples
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Fletcher Wildlife Garden off Prince of Wales opposite Agriculture Museum
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Fletcher Wildlife Garden – Breeding birds
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Fletcher Wildlife Garden – Migrating birds
Bohemian Waxwings, stop by to feed during winter migration. Look for them around the fruit trees like crabapples.
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Fletcher Wildlife Garden – Nest building or insect hunting
Note, call and drum are from a different Pileated Woodpecker. Downy and Hairy are always present.
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Fletcher Wildlife Garden – Red Squirrel eating peanut
Grey and Red Squirrels present all year, check feeders and forests. Chipmunks and Groundhogs hibernate.
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Fletcher Wildlife Garden – Backyard Garden
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds were a hit in summer, feeding on flowers such as Butterflybush, Phlox, and Dame’s Rocket
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Petrie Island Park
Includes 6 trails, 2 beaches for swimming, picnic tables. Excellent for mammals, turtles, birds, insects and wildflowers.
Interpretative Centre
beaches
trails
trails
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Petrie Island Park – Turtles
Northern Map Turtles
Painted Turtles
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Great Blue Heron – eating a fish
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What is this? A beaver?
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Britannia Conservation Area, Park and Beach (Mud Lake)
Mud Lake
Ridge Water treatment plant
Park and beach
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Mud Lake – Snapping Turtles
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Runner-up Prize at OFNC Awards Night 2019
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Mud Lake – fauna
Black-crowned Night Heron Muskrat Painted & Blanding’s Turtles
Wood Duck Black-throated Green Warbler Cottontail Rabbit
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Mer Bleue Conservation Area, part of the Greenbelt – NCC
Prescott-Russell Recreation Trail – walking, biking, horse riding
Bog Trail/P53 – walking, skiing, picnicking
P50/P51 – walking and ski trails
Dewberry Trail –
walking, skiing
Dolman-Ridge Road – walking, sking, snowshoeing
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Mer Bleue Conservation Area – Bog Trail
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Mer Bleue Conservation Area – Bog Trail – carnivorous plants
Three types of carnivorous plants.
Round-leaved Sundew
Purple Pitcherplant
Common Bladderwort
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Mer Bleue Conservation Area – Dewberry Trail
Three types of trilliums on this trail. Used by skiers in winter.
Great White Trillium
Red Trillium
Painted Trillium
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Gatineau Park
Mackenzie King Estate
Lac Phillipe beach
Visitor Centre
Pink Lake and trail (no dogs)
Meech Lake beach
Champlain Lookout
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Gatineau Park – Champlain Lookout
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Gatineau Park – Cross-country trails and chalets
Barred Owl (Hoot Owl)
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Gatineau Park – Pink Lake has rare three-spined stickleback fish
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Gatineau Park – Beaver, in winter
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Gatineau Park – butterflies
Great Spangled Fritillary White Admiral
Compton Tortoiseshell Red Admiral
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Shirleys Bay Crown Game Preserve
Causeway restricted to OFNC members. Ottawa Duck Club members may access whole area.
boat launch and picnic shelter
Lac Deschênes IBA
Innis Point Bird Observatory (bird banding)
Hilda Road bird feeders (winter)
South March Highlands Conservation Forest
The “causeway”
Eagle’s nest
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Shirleys Bay – way to causeway
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Shirleys Bay – flora and fauna
Showy Lady’s-slipper Wood Lily Leopard Frog
Hooded Merganser Osprey Great Blue Heron & Great Egret
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Concerns – Ticks & Lyme disease
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Concerns – Poison Ivy
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Winter Sites – Adàwe Crossing over Rideau River
Barrow’s Goldeneye, male
Common Goldeneye, males Common Goldeneye,
females
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Winter Sites – Adàwe Crossing over Rideau River
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Winter Sites – Billings Bridge (1000 Mallards plus)
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Winter Sites – Hilda Road feeders, Shirley’s Bay
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Winter Sites – Fletcher Wildlife Garden
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Winter Sites – Dewberry Trail feeder, Mer Bleue
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Clubs and Organizations
Ottawa Field-Naturalists’ Club (>150 years old!)
ofnc.ca
Ottawa Duck Club (not a hunting club)
ottawaduckclub.com
Friends of the Central Experimental Farm – flowers, trees
Friends of Petrie Island
Friends of Gatineau Park
eBird – citizen science, birds
iNaturalist – citizen science, all life
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Questions?
Great Horned Owl at Fletcher Wildlife Garden