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Kevin Corrigan @corriganjkevin.bsky.social · Sep 8

2025-08-07 - Great Spangled Fritillary - Found this one flying around #Erin #Ontario This is a #butterfly that is a #nativespecies to #Canada and the rest of #NorthAmerica

#butterflyphoto #insect #insectphoto #butterflyphotography #insectphotography #photo #photography #GreatSpangledFritillary

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Kevin Corrigan @corriganjkevin.bsky.social · Sep 1

They might be Dusky-tailed Sunflower Aphids. www.inaturalist.org/taxa/340047?...

Dusky-tailed Sunflower Aphid (Uroleucon obscuricaudatum)

Uroleucon obscuricaudatum is a species of aphid in the family Aphididae. It can be found in North America and feeds on Heliopsis helianthoides. (Source: Wikipedia, 'Uroleucon obscuricaudatum', https:/...

www.inaturalist.org

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Kevin Corrigan @corriganjkevin.bsky.social · Sep 1

2025-08-30 - The Old Co-op - What I think is an old Co-op Agro building in #Mildmay #Ontario. #photo #photography #summer #blueskyartshow

A photo looking at what appears to be an old Co-op Agro building. There is a 1 story building with a flat roof in front of and attached to barn shaped building that is four stories with a green tin roof, that is in front of and attached to a 3 story building with a flat roof. The is a walkway coming from the top of the barn shaped building that goes across to the top of a group of at least 3 silos. The silos have a small 1 story building on top. The main buildings are all constructed out of brick that has been painted a cream colour and the silos are constructed with cinder blocks. This photo was taken from across a road and at an angle to the building, there are some wild flowers and grass in the foreground, and the buildings are surrounded by trees. The sky is a deep blue with a mix of thin streaky clouds and light fluffy cloud islands.

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Kevin Corrigan @corriganjkevin.bsky.social · Aug 26

www.conservationhalton.ca/parks/mounts...

Mountsberg - Conservation Halton

Mountsberg is the park that has something for everyone, with so many experiences, activities and attractions. Take a short but sweet walk through the Sugar Bush, go for a longer...

www.conservationhalton.ca

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Kevin Corrigan @corriganjkevin.bsky.social · Aug 26

2025-04-20 - #BaldEagle - Photo’s of some of the Bald Eagles at the #MountsbergRaptorCenter in #Mountsberg #Ontario. All of the #raptors at the #RaptorCentre have been through #rehab after #wildlife rescue, but are no longer capable of surviving in the wild on their own. #photo #photography #birds

Top half of a Bald Eagle facing towards the camera looking through a chain link fence. This eagle has yellow eyes that match its beak.

A Bald Eagle within a fenced in enclosure. Photo taken from “behind the shoulder” and this eagle is looking up and to the right of the frame with its steely silver eyes.

A full body photo of a Bald Eagle perched on a piece of green carpet secured to a tree branch. The eagle is facing the left and toward the camera, looking slightly up and to the left of the frame with its yellow eyes.

A close up photo of a Bald Eagles talons while it is perched on green carpet that is secured to a tree branch.

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Kevin Corrigan @corriganjkevin.bsky.social · Aug 24

Red Wing Black Bird - This is from a few months ago. I saw this #RedWingedBlackBird at the #MikeSchoutWetlandPreserve in #NewHamburg #Ontario along with a lot of other cool critters. #bird #birds #birdphoto #birdphotography #photo #photography

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Kevin Corrigan @corriganjkevin.bsky.social · Jul 16

www.wellington-north.com/community/hi...

Former Village of Arthur | Township of Wellington North

www.wellington-north.com

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Kevin Corrigan @corriganjkevin.bsky.social · Jul 16

2024-11-15 - #ArthurOntario #WaterTower -Built in 1931. Arthur has been commemorated as #CanadasMostPatrioticVillage due to the village’s contribution to #WW2, having the highest ratio of residence enlisted for similarly sized villages, and their successful war bond campaigns. #photography #photo

Photo of Arthur Ontario Canadas historic water tower. Going from the bottom of the image up: Across the bottom of the frame there is a slope of dark green recently cut grass with leaf litter throughout, sloping from the left of the image to the right. The slope and grass is not in focus. Past the grassy slope, a layer of trees, a mix of evergreen and deciduous trees. On the left of the frame from the top all the way to the grassy slope are branches from an evergreen tree stretching towards the center of the frame. Across the top stretching across the top right corner and down the right side of the frame the leafless branches from a deciduous tree stretching towards from the edges toward the center of the frame. In the middle framed by all of the tree branches and sticking up from behind the row of trees that is above the grassy slope, is the Arthur Historic Water Tower. The tower is painted military green, is a capsule shape with four legs supporting it, and a pointed cone roof at the top. Arthur is painted on the side of the capsule shape with black paint, only A R T H U is visible from the angle of this photo. The sky is visible behind the tower and is partially covered by clouds that stretch horizontally across the blue sky.

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Kevin Corrigan @corriganjkevin.bsky.social · Jul 10

2024-06-01 - Car Wash
#photo #photography #nightphotography #nightphoto #night #cityphotography #cityphoto #carwash #nightfeeling

A photo taken at night from slightly above roof level, looking across the roof of a car wash. The roof is flat and covered in small gravel stones with several metal vent stacks sticking up from the roof. At the far end of the roof is a yellow brick chimney with a vertical oriented sign that reads Car Wash in blue text on a yellow background. Power lines cross the frame horizontally behind the chimney. You can barely make out the green leaves of trees behind that, and a nearly black sky.

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Kevin Corrigan @corriganjkevin.bsky.social · Jun 30

2025-01-18 - Outside the sprawl - Snyder’s Flats Bloomingdale #Ontario, #Canada
#photo #photography

A photo of an apartment building sticking out above the trees. With an out of focus snow covered field, with tall yellow grass and very small trees poking through the snow, and a rural fence in the foreground. None of the trees have any leaves. The building is white with blue glass, and an estimated 26 stories tall.

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Kevin Corrigan @corriganjkevin.bsky.social · Jun 29

These were the first ones I’ve seen, I think there were about 4 of them flying around the woods there.

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Kevin Corrigan @corriganjkevin.bsky.social · Jun 26

2025-02-02 - Winter trees
#photography #photo #trees #nature #winter #winterphotography #naturephotography #landscape #landscapephotography

Several tall skinny trees with very few leaves fill the frame, branches strewn in all directions. The trees and branches have small piles of snow on all of their surfaces that face the sky. Dark green evergreens make up the background.

Several tall skinny tree trunks with snow packed onto their side facing the camera. One tree, about one third of the way from the right of the frame has a large strip of bark missing revealing the beige/orange wood of the tree.

Several evergreens fill the frame, their trunks are all vertical, and their branches largely pointing out to the left and the right of the frame. Their needles covered in snow.

Photo of a cedar from the ground pointing up. The orange/red bark of the cedar stands out amongst the green pine needles and dull colours of the rest of the trees around it. The Frame is rotated so the vertical cedar tree goes from the bottom right corner to the top left on the frame.

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Kevin Corrigan @corriganjkevin.bsky.social · Jun 12

2025-02-08 - Pileated Woodpecker - These are both larger and slightly more goofy looking than I expected. I think it’s the long skinny neck that makes them look awkward to me. Very cool to see them though. #birds #photography #woodpecker

Pileated Woodpecker seen in the distance through the trees, perched on the side of a birch tree.

A medium close photo of a Pileated Woodpecker on the side of a birch tree.

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Kevin Corrigan @corriganjkevin.bsky.social · May 23

Thank you!

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Kevin Corrigan @corriganjkevin.bsky.social · May 3

2025-03-01 - Hairy Woodpecker - This could also be a Downy Woodpecker, they are very similar and mostly just differ in size. Downy Wood peckers are smaller, but prefer suburbs.
#birds #birdphoto #birdphotography #woodpecker #hairywoodpecker #photo #photography #nature #naturephoto #naturephotography

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Kevin Corrigan @corriganjkevin.bsky.social · Apr 26

2025-02-08 - Brown Creeper - The only North American member of the Treecreeper family according to iNaturalist.

#bird #birds #birdphoto #birdphotography #birding #photo #photography #nature #browncreeper #wildlife

A close up of a Brown Creeper on the side of a tree.

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Kevin Corrigan @corriganjkevin.bsky.social · Apr 24

2025-02-02 - Dark Eyed Junco

#birds #darkeyedjunco #birdphoto #birdphotography #photo #photography

A dark eyed Junco perched on a small tree, facing away from the camera, looking into the distance.

A dark eyed junco perched on a small tree, facing away from the camera, looking back at the camera.

A dark eyed Junco perched on a small tree, facing the left, looking back at the camera.

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Kevin Corrigan @corriganjkevin.bsky.social · Apr 22

2024-11-23 - Paris Ontario

#parisontario #photo #photography

The view from the Paris Lookout, in Paris Ontario Canada. The lookout is south of the town lookout out towards the North, overlooking Paris Ontario’s downtown, the Grand River, the Penmans Dam, and Penmans Bridge.

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Kevin Corrigan @corriganjkevin.bsky.social · Apr 20

2025-02-02 - Winter Fields

#winter #photo #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #winterphoto

A treeline between two snowy fields with a farm house in the distance.

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Kevin Corrigan @corriganjkevin.bsky.social · Apr 18

2025-04-12 - Wood Duck - This was the first wood duck I’ve seen in person, very cool looking birds.
#woodduck #bird #birds #birdphoto #birdphotography #photo #photography

A colourful wood duck swimming on a river.

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Kevin Corrigan @corriganjkevin.bsky.social · Apr 16

It sure is, there was a lot of work put into that nest, by a lot of hornets. It was probably 1.5-2 feet tall! I’m glad I came across it in the winter, wouldn’t have wanted to accidentally get on the wrong side of that hive.

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Kevin Corrigan @corriganjkevin.bsky.social · Apr 16

2025-02-01 - Hales-McKay Shelter, University of Guelph Arboretum

#photo #photography #univerityofguelph #uog

The back of a concrete shelter featuring a floor to ceiling window, glowing from the sun shining through the other side.

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Kevin Corrigan @corriganjkevin.bsky.social · Apr 14

2025-02-02 - Winter Hornets - A rather large hornets nest I came across while walking through the woods. No doubt, it was empty.

#winterphotography #wasp #insect #insectphotography #photo #photography #nature #naturephotography #thebeesknees

A large bald face hornets nest hanging off of a branch in a tree, covered in snow.

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Kevin Corrigan @corriganjkevin.bsky.social · Apr 12

Thank you!

Kevin Corrigan @corriganjkevin.bsky.social · Apr 12

2025-02-02 - Greenfield Aggregates - Ayr Ontario Canada

#photo #photography #industrial #industrialphoto #winterphotography #winterphoto #winter

A landscape photo showing Greenfield Aggregates, a quart, during winter. In the forgoing there is an office trailer sitting on a cement pad at the edge of a dig pit. Behind the trailer, is a hillside topped with trees, and a red tower behind that. I’m unsure what the tower is, it’s got a single main post maybe a foot wide, with a platform covered in antennas on top, there are several more support posts going out from below the platform, back to the ground at about 45 degree angles.

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