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Alexandra Bridge, between Ottawa and Gatineau Quebec.The bridge was constructed between 1898 and 1900.
We are off on a birding trip to British Columbia! I won’t have much time to enjoy all your new photos until our return in mid-June. The trip couldn’t have come at a better time. A microburst storm went through our area in Saturday and we, along with most of the city and across the river in Quebec, have been without power since 15:45, May 21. Internet connection almost non-existent. So much damage that the hydro company cannot predict when repairs will be complete. The airport is mostly operational, thank goodness :)
Ottawa International Airport, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. May 23, 2022.
Today was a beautiful, crisp winter morning, with actual snow and little wind. We took advantage of the weather to look for the Hawk Owl and other birds, and to enjoy some fresh air. Tonight we are getting freezing rain into tomorrow, so no fun to be had outside for the next few days.
This weed was covered in hoar frost and caught the sun nicely. It may be Queen Anne's Lace or something similar.
Ottawa River Lookout, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. March 2022.
Canada's Capital.
From left to right: The Fairmont Laurier Hotel, Rideau Canal, Canadian Parliament.
One of the most common and widespread sparrows in North America. Fairly large with a long, rounded tail. Overall coarsely patterned with gray and brown, usually with more reddish-brown wings and tail. Look especially for thick brown streaks on the underparts and a broad dark mustache stripe. Significant variation in plumage geographically: relatively pale and rusty in the southwestern U.S.; blacker streaking in California; overall dusky in the Pacific Northwest. Larger, longer-tailed and usually more rusty than Savannah Sparrow. Found in a variety of scrubby habitats both near and far from human development, especially edges of fields, often near water. Listen for husky "chimp" calls and melodic song with chips and trills. (eBird)
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Always happy to see a Song Sparrow. This one is in fresh breeding plumage and looks great against the pale grey background of the Ottawa River.
Andrew Haydon Park, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. May 2024.
7767 chugs its way south past the Ottawa siding headed for Lima. First ever Toledo Sub chase, went pretty good. Don’t expect many more pics though.
A southbound rack train makes its way down the CSX Toledo Subdivision on a sunny Winter afternoon, passing the Baltimore & Ohio CPL's south of Ottawa, Ohio.
As you all know by now...I love store windows....restaurant windows....I love the names...the reflections ..... the mystery of what is behind them..... I wish I could go through all the shops .....but I can't.....hence why the mystery lives within me.....
This would be one of those....but I promise myself that the next time I'm in Ottawa....I'm stopping in to visit the witch....
I hope you like.... 8-)
Parliament Hill colloquially known as The Hill, is an area of Crown land on the southern banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. Its Gothic revival suite of buildings serves as the home of the Parliament of Canada and contains a number of architectural elements of national symbolic importance. Parliament Hill attracts approximately 3 million visitors each year. Originally the site of a military base in the 18th and early 19th centuries, development of the area into a governmental precinct began in 1859, after Queen Victoria chose Bytown as the capital of the Province of Canada. Following a number of extensions to the parliament and departmental buildings and a fire in 1916 that destroyed the Centre Block, Parliament Hill took on its present form with the completion of the Peace Tower in 1927.
Ottawa work car C 30 and an interesting single truck car behind it (presumably also a work car). Dupe slide in my collection, photographer unknown.
Beautiful mural on the side of the Ottawa Inn Hotel in Vanier.
Belle murale sur le côté de l’hôtel Ottawa Inn à Vanier.
From left to right: National Gallery of Canada, Notre-Dame Cathedral, Parliament Hill (Centre Block and West Block), Supreme Court of Canada
De gauche à droite : Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Cathédrale Notre-Dame, Colline du Parlement (édifice central et édifice de l'ouest), Cour suprême du Canada