A barn on the side of BC-93S near Radium Hot Springs, BC. #photography #infrared #infraredphotography
Simon Corston-Oliver
@simonhco.bsky.social
Retired linguist / computational linguist. Keen hiker and nature photographer in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. I mostly photograph amphibians, fungus and birds, or whatever comes across my path.
Native mountain goats (Oreamnos americanus) on the side of BC-93S near Radium Hot Springs, BC. The goats were all moulting and looked rather scraggly. #mammals 🌿 #wildlifephotography
While hunting for treefrogs I have been paying more attention to the f̶r̶o̶g̶ ̶f̶o̶o̶d̶ insects. Common cluster fly (Pollenia rudis) according to iNaturalist's auto ID. #macrophotography #photography 🌿
The little Pacific chorus frog from yesterday when it had had enough of the paparazzi and started to climb away on the blade of grass. #herps 🌿 #wildlifephotography
It is the season of tiny Pacific chorus frogs -- the ones that metamorphosed this summer. Burnaby Lake, BC today. How tiny? See 🧵 #herps 🌿 #wildlifephotography
Double-crested Cormorant. Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, Calgary, Alberta. TIL (from Wikipedia) that calling all cormorants "shags" is a New Zealand English dialect quirk. Also TIL that "cormorant" is a contraction of Latin 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑣𝑢𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑠 ("sea raven"). #birds 🌿 #wildlifephotography
Another American Bullfrog hanging out in the soupy ditch water at Burnaby Lake. #herps 🌿 #wildlifephotography
On a recent road trip to Calgary I saw several different new-to-me species of ground squirrel. I believe this one is a Richardson's Ground Squirrel. Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, Calgary, AB. #mammals 🌿 #wildlifephotography
Ground squirrel sees all. Ground squirrel is not impressed. Banff National Park, Alberta. #mammals 🌿 #wildlifephotography
Swiftly changing light in Banff National Park, Alberta. Viewed from just above Lake Agnes. #landscape #photography #landscapephotography #infrared #infraredphotography
Two bees (not sure of species) hard at work on a Black-eyed Susan in the garden at the Nature House at Burnaby Lake, BC today. 🌿 #bloomscrolling #wildlifephotography
Hundreds of tiny (~12mm / half inch) Western Toads hopping frenetically on the forest floor at Minnekhada Regional Park, BC today. This one sat still for long enough for me to capture it. #herps 🌿 #wildlifephotography
I spent this afternoon chasing tiny toads to practise some focus stacking. These cones caught my eye and had the appealing property of not trying to hop away. I find the structure of these cones fascinating Western Hemlock cone (left) and Douglas Fir cone (right). 🌿 #bloomscrolling #photography
Nature photography is all about being flexible. For example, I was 0.5km along the trail at Widgeon Marsh today when I decided that I didn't absolutely have to do that trail and maybe I should walk slowly back to my car and go to Minnekhada. #mammals 🌿 #wildlifephotography
A second new-to-me type of ground squirrel from my recent driving trip across British Columbia: a Common Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis). The vivid blue is Christina Lake, BC. #mammals #wildlifephotography 🌿
Sheep grazing at sunset above Hobbiton (Matamata, New Zealand). March 2020. A trip back to NZ cut short by the start of the COVID lockdowns. Scanning thru my photos for a club competition sent me on a trip down memory lane. #mammals #photography #naturephotography 🌿
One more from a 2018 trip to Toronto before we return to our regularly scheduled programming. The bar at a restaurant (I don't remember where exactly). #moody #photography
Looking thru my backlog and realized I had never edited this pre-Covid pic. Lake Ontario, 2018 on a cold late-winter day. #photography #landscapephotography #moody
Something I had never seen before: a Pacific chorus frog with a golden-yellow coloration. It was tiny (about the size of my thumbnail) and hiding in the reeds beside the boardwalk. Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area, BC. #herps 🌿 #wildlifephotography 🐸
A ground squirrel standing at attention beside the entrance to a burrow. How about those rear feet? Impressive! Manning Park, BC. #mammals 🌿 #wildlifephotography
I like taking photos of butterflies feeding upside-down. Perhaps it's because I am from the Southern Hemisphere. A Western Tiger Swallowtail feeding on some milkweed at Munson Pond Park, Kelowna, BC. 🌿 #wildlifephotography #insects
A Columbian ground squirrel at a rest area on the Coquihall Highway, BC. They're related to prairie dogs and Wikipedia notes "the most common activity above ground is standing at attention". #mammals 🌿 #wildlifephotography
The Port Mann bridge over the Fraser River, BC. #landscape #landscapephotography #infrared #infraredphotography
One more shot of the hills surrounding Addington-Pitt Marsh, BC. #landscape #landscapephotography #infrared #infraredphotography
Addington-Pitt Marsh, BC outing with the photo club today. #landscape #landscapephotography #infrared #infraredphotography
I went for a guided walk at the Creston Valley Wildlife Management Area, BC and got to peek in one of the swallow nesting boxes that they monitor. These three chicks had hatched since yesterday. #birds 🌿
