Archive for 'Photos'
Moon Rising on a Early September Night
The moon slowly rising from the east on an early September night. Took this photo from my Caledon backyard as I arrived home, starting to get dark a lot earlier now, fall is basically here…
Posted: September 5th, 2009 under Photos.
Tags: Caledon, moon, ontario, Photos
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Tagged Red-tailed Hawk south of Bolton, Ontario
On my way home I caught this Red-tailed Hawk (correct me if I am wrong) just south of Bolton along side Highway 50. He was scanning the ditch below for food and I must have made him nervous as he flew away fairly quickly once he spotted me. I didn’t notice it until after I […]
Posted: September 4th, 2009 under Bolton, Caledon, Photos, Wildlife.
Tags: bird, Bolton, Caledon, hawk, highway, highway 50, ontario, Wildlife
Comments: 2
Turkey Vulture in Caledon, Ontario
They are damm ugly birds but Turkey Vultures are all over Caledon and various parts of Ontario in the summer time. People often confuse them for hawks when they are flying high above due to a long similar wing span but up close they are not similar at all. I took this picture near the […]
Posted: August 29th, 2009 under Photos, Wildlife.
Tags: bird, Caledon, ontario, Photos, turkey vulture
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Garden Snake / Garter Snake in Caledon
I caught a few close ups of this Garden Snake on my way to Caledon Lake. The official name for them is actually Garter Snake but they also go by a number names, garden snakes, gardner snakes or gardener snakes, or even garder snakes or guarder snakes. I took this photo with my new Olympus […]
Posted: August 27th, 2009 under Conservation, Photos, Wildlife.
Tags: Caledon, caledon lake, garter snake, ontario, Photos, snake, Wildlife
Comments: 1
Caledon Lake – Caledon Ontario’s Largest Lake
The above photo is a panorama picture I made of Caledon Lake which is located just south of Orangeville and west of Highway 10. Caledon Lake is easily the largest lake in all of Caledon which isn’t known for having lakes of any significant size. Given the size of the lake you would thing it […]
Posted: August 25th, 2009 under Caledon, Conservation, Orangeville, Photos.
Tags: Caledon, caledon lake, Conservation, lake, ontario, Orangeville, Photos
Comments: 105
Northern Green Leopard Frog
My fiance caught a small Northern Green Leopard Frog. I have seen many of them over the past few weeks in my Caledon backyard, especially when cutting the lawn I have to be careful not to run them over. Some interesting info care of Wikipedia, the Northern Leopard Frog is a species of Leopard frog […]
Posted: August 22nd, 2009 under Photos, Wildlife.
Tags: Caledon, frog, Leopard Frog, ontario, Photos, wildlige
Comments: 1
Hawkridge Farm (Eaton Family Mansion/Estate) still for sale in Caledon
The famous Eaton family mansion that sits on a 150 acre estate in Caledon which is also now being called Hawkridge Farm on the real estate listing appears to still be for sale after initially being listed for sale back in late 2007. At a price tag of $24 million dollars it easily remains the […]
Posted: August 17th, 2009 under Caledon, News, Photos, Real Estate.
Tags: Caledon, eaton, eaton estate, eaton family, Hawkridge Farm, ontario, Photos, real estate
Comments: 7
Night Time Light Pollution in Caledon, Ontario
For the last two nights I have been outside in the evening watching the Perseid Meteor shower, no pictures of that unfortunately, they are too fast and hard to get a photo of them. I was however taking some more pictures of the stars in the night time sky trying to perfect the settings with […]
Posted: August 13th, 2009 under Caledon, Photos.
Tags: Bolton, Caledon, ontario, Photos, stars
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Stormy Night in Caledon, Ontario
Warm weather has arrived to Ontario the past couple days but with it lots of rain and lightning storms. This is just a quick shot I got of the storm on Sunday lighting up the sky on the Caledon horizon, I wanted to try and get pictures of the lightning bolts but the storm had […]
Posted: August 11th, 2009 under Caledon, Photos.
Tags: Caledon, ontario, Photos, storm
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Almost Attacked by a Monster on Humber Station
Was driving up Humber Station Road and was nearly attacked by a Monster from the bushes! It turns out he was harmless though. In all seriousness though I thought this metal contraption was neat thing along side the road. Caledon residents, if you know of something along side the road that may be photo worthy […]
Posted: August 5th, 2009 under Caledon, Photos.
Tags: Caledon, humber station, ontario, Photos
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