Tag: Photos
Young House Finch
This young House Finch eating on one of our many bird feeders was born earlier this spring in front of our house. Every year there is a pair of house finches that builds a nest in one of the shrubs near our front entrance, this year they had three young ones that hatched and now […]
Posted: June 27th, 2010 under Caledon, Photos, Wildlife.
Tags: bird, Caledon, finch, house finch, ontario, Photos, Wildlife
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Lone Deer
This young male deer (antlers) was walking alone in the field behind me around sunset. He was aware of my presence but did not scare away while I’ll snapped a few pictures with my camera and zoom lens. The deer population in the Caledon, Ontario area appears to remain fairly high. Be sure to keep […]
Posted: June 25th, 2010 under Caledon, Photos, Wildlife.
Tags: Caledon, deer, ontario, Photos, Wildlife
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Abandoned House in Caledon, Ontario
If you drive along Airport Road frequently you may have seen this house which is just north of Caledon East. I am not quite sure what the story is about this house but it has been left abandoned for several years now and the only info I can find about it online is that it […]
Posted: May 25th, 2010 under Abandoned Houses, Caledon, Photos, Real Estate.
Tags: abandoned house, Abandoned Houses, airport road, Caledon, ontario, Photos, real estate
Comments: 13
Milk Snake invades my garage
This slithering intruder, an adult milk snake some how snuck into garage last month. This was the first different kind of snake I have found around my property other than the more common garter snakes. After taking some photos of him we set him free back into the field behind us. The Milk Snake is […]
Posted: May 23rd, 2010 under Photos, Wildlife.
Tags: adult milk snake, Caledon, milke snake, ontario, Photos, snake, Wildlife
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The Historic Alton Mill in Caledon
The Alton Mill is a late 19th century industrial stone complex located on the bank of Shaw’s Creek in the heart of the village of Alton in the Town of Caledon and us just five minutes south of Orangeville. The Alton Mill was built by pioneering settlers of Alton over 120 years ago and the […]
Posted: May 9th, 2010 under Alton, Caledon, Photos.
Tags: Alton, alton mill, Caledon, credit river, hdr, images, ontario, Photos, shaw's creek
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The Millcroft Inn & Spa
The Millcroft Inn is a hotel, restaurant and spa located in Caledon near the town of Alton, Ontario. The Millcroft Inn was originally built by Benjamin Ward as a knitting mill in 1881 to harness the power from the adjacent Shaw’s Creek. The mill continued to run until 1965, when the mill ceased production and […]
Posted: May 2nd, 2010 under Caledon, Photos.
Tags: Alton, Caledon, hotel, millcroft, millcroft inn, ontario, Photos, spa, tourism
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Flying Red Tailed Hawk
With the much welcomed unseasonably warm weather this Easter long weekend across Ontario and the Caledon area the wildlife is literally buzzing around everywhere now. While sitting on my deck enjoying a few beers I managed to capture this Red Tailed Hawk flying around over the field behind me, a few times he flew right […]
Posted: April 4th, 2010 under Caledon, Photos, Wildlife.
Tags: bird, Caledon, hawk, ontario, Photos, red tailed hawk, Wildlife
Comments: 1
Nest in the Woods
Found this large bee’s nest or hornets nest in the woods, not sure exactly what kind it is.
Posted: March 13th, 2010 under Caledon, Photos.
Tags: bee nest, Caledon, hornet nest, ontario, Photos, Wildlife
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What are you looking at?
A wild turkey eating in Caledon, Ontario. Photo taken with my zoom lens in the late afternoon.
Posted: March 11th, 2010 under Caledon, Photos, Wildlife.
Tags: Caledon, ontario, Photos, wild turkey, Wildlife
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Red Squirrel pays a visit
This little guy, an American Red Squirrel visits my place every morning to steal seeds from the bird feeders. The American Red Squirrel are widely found across North America. Their range includes most of Canada, and extends into the United States in the Rocky Mountains, the North Central and North East, so they are no […]
Posted: February 3rd, 2010 under Caledon, Photos, Wildlife.
Tags: Caledon, ontario, Photos, Red Squirrel, squirrel, Wildlife
Comments: 6