Red-winged blackbird

Scarborough Bluffs was a great place to get to know and do some photography on red-winged blackbird. Here are two shots of the male bird in front of different backgrounds. Read more about the bird HERE.

Scarborough Bluffs

This wonderful nature miracle is listed as 100 places to see in Ontario. I was glad I get to experience this on a very interesting foggy day, which allowed to take wonderful photos.

The Scarborough Bluffs, also known as The Bluffs, are an escarpment in the Scarborough district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Forming much of the eastern portion of Toronto's waterfront, it is located along the shoreline of Lake Ontario. At its highest point, the escarpment rises 90 metres above the coastline and spans a length of 15 kilometres. It was first named in 1793.

The Bluffs have been described as a "geological wonder" and a unique feature in North America.

Swan

What a wing-span!

My friend invited me to see the miracle of the east end. That is a Scarborough Bluffs! More photos to come from there.

Deer

This is an actual living and breathing deer. That is the closest I have ever been to a wild one out in the wilderness. Oh boy, right? I couldn't go any closer, as otherwise I would have lost the frame of the shot. That deer was so brave and afraid of nothing, I just kept approaching. Great lighting, too.

Back at Bon Echo park

I visited this place in April, but never got that high, as this time, as it was bad weather and the park was closed anyway. In this hot weather in October it was much pleasant to hike up to the hill to enjoy the breath-taking view.

By the way, since I didn't apply any sunscreen I burnt my shoulders. Yeah, in October!!

Photographing Canadian fall

We continued to be on the road in Algonquin Park to amaze the beauty of the colorful leaves which were covering landscape until our eyes could see.

From the Niagara Escarpment

Just where the White Cedar trees were, there was a little lookout, which showed you an amazing view from and to Niagara Escarpment. Amazingly beautiful. This trip only happened because of a very kind Estonian family who took me to the park and showed me the beauty of Ontario.

White Cedar tree

By photography this photo is not much, but small gnarled Eastern White Cedar trees (Thuja occidentalis) at the cliff edges and on the cliff faces have specimens up to 1000 years, the oldest in eastern North America. Small, gnarled and clinging to Niagara Escarpment cliff edges you can find Canada’s oldest trees, the Eastern White Cedars. These thin narrow trees, some up to 1000 years old can be found growing out of the rock. The harsh living conditions dwarf the trees and limit their growth and size. A tree with the circumference of a few centimeters could be hundreds of years old! 

We do not have anything in Estonia which could beat that! 

Birthday trip

Well, no birthday's are long enough to complete all you wish. So we didn't manage to go and enjoy the day at the beach. Instead we did that the next day. Whole day - food and drinks with us, sun and swimming. Just great! Are all Canadian summers like that?

Sunset at Killbear

Pretty isn't it?

Walk to the lighthouse

There was a nice evening evening walk to the lighthouse. Killbear at its best.

Canadian Shield

This is how most of the Killbear looks like. Canadian Shield here and there.

An eagle

I am not particularly sure if this is an immature Bald Eagle or a Golden Eagle.

Killbear Provincial Park

I think we stayed at Harold Point campgrounds, but I am not sure. Anyway, the park is large and interesting, offering lots to discover and experience. This is a shot taken on a high top on our nature track. More to come about this lovely park.

Wasaga Beach

On my holidays now, with a wonderful Estonian-Canadian family. Can't thank them enough for taking care of me and providing me things I could not even dream of.

This is Wasaga Beach a town, which is a very popular summer tourist destination, which already makes me a place not to hang out there. It is located along the longest freshwater beach in the world, at the southern end of Georgian Bay. Imagine 14 kilometers of sandy beach...and then think of all the people that are there as well. Interesting note is that Wasaga Beach Provincial Park is the first Provincial Park in Canada awarded the Blue Flag designation for its efforts to manage Wasaga's shoreline according to international environmental standards. Yay!

Read more about Wasaga Beach from Wiki.

In Estonia Wasaga Beach equals with Pärnu.

Quiet evening at Killbear

All the nights at Killbear were quiet and full of sun, an amazing place to be at.

Pop in the forest

Not a usual sight for an Estonian - pop machine in the middle of nature.

Skater or windsurfer?

Found at Bon Echo Park.

Bon Echo Rock

Here is a bit more of the famous Bon Echo Rock.

Bon Echo Provincial Park

My first visit to a Provincial Park. Thi is Bon Echo Provincial Park. It is located in South Central Ontario north of Kaladar, Ontario, approximately 6 km north of Cloyne.

Bon Echo features several lakes, including part of Mazinaw Lake, the second-deepest lake in Ontario. The southeastern shore of Mazinaw Lake features the massive 100 m high Mazinaw Rock, an escarpment rising out of the water, adorned with many native pictographs. The unofficial mascot of Bon Echo Park is the Ojibwe trickster figure and culture hero, Nanabush, who is among the 260 plus pictographs found in the area. Pictographs are often confused with petroglyphs, which are rock carvings rather than the rock paintings found on Mazinaw.

The site of the Mazinaw pictographs was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1982.