Five in Flight

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Nature • Tagged birds, blue sky, clear, copyright, Ducks, flying, photography, wings • Leave a comment

Duck aerial ballet on sunny winter afternoon.

Pair of Pelicans

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Animals • Tagged beach, birds, copyright, Cuba, feathers, pelican, photography, sand, taking off, waves, wings • 10 Comments

A couple of curious birds, one taking off, look for fish hand outs on the beach.

Incoming!

Posted on September 1, 2013 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Animals • Tagged beach, birds, Common Tern, copyright, Lake Erie, Ontario, photography, Port Burwell, sand, seagulls • 5 Comments

A Common Tern comes in for a landing with a group of seagulls and other terns on the beach at Port Burwell.

Fifty Geese

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Nature • Tagged birds, flock, London, photography, silhouette, sky • 5 Comments

A large flock of Canada Geese fly overhead.

Three White Geese

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Nature • Tagged birds, curious, domestic, geese, photography, pond, trees, white • 6 Comments

Three domestic white geese who live at the pond at Arva Flour Mill, give me the eye as I take their picture.

Four TVs

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Sheila Creighton • Posted in Nature • Tagged birds, flying, Hawk Cliff, Ontario, photography, sky, turkey vulture, wings • Leave a comment

We went to Hawk Cliff near Port Stanley a week ago and talked to the hardcore birders who were sitting there with binoculars counting. Every time a Turkey Vulture flew by they would say “TV.” I was able to capture an image of some ‘TVs’ but the hawks who generally fly very high eluded me that day.