Comments on: Polar Vortex Car Safari to Amherst Island

By: leslieabram

leslieabram — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 15:16:54 +0000

Hi Nicola- I fall a lot. But I always get up.
Any owl action around your place?

By: Nicola

Nicola — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 14:22:25 +0000

Whoa amazing shots Leslie.. amazing!! Did you use your big lens? Beautiful. you must have been in heaven. Love the part where you fell in the snow drift- just so blown away by the owls. So jealous…

By: leslieabram

leslieabram — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 18:26:18 +0000

Happy New Year to you too! Hope to see you back at the beach for the Piping Plovers this summer.

By: leslieabram

leslieabram — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 18:25:46 +0000

Haha thanks Barb.

By: leslieabram

leslieabram — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 18:25:15 +0000

Despite the construction the birds are carrying on their lives. My hope is that there is room for both birds and clean energy.

By: leslieabram

leslieabram — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 18:24:03 +0000

Thanks Cathy. The sun is nice, though not too warm at the moment.

By: leslieabram

leslieabram — Mon, 01 Jan 2018 18:23:22 +0000

Yes it is. But at least we climb back out again.

By: Isabel

Isabel — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 21:59:50 +0000

Beautiful photos . . . interesting commentary . . . brave adventure in frigid weather. Methinks that falling in ditches is hereditary!

By: Cathy O'brien

Cathy O'brien — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 19:08:49 +0000

Thank you, Leslie. You are a bright light in these frigid days. Wonderful pictures, as always.

By: Barbara McCuaig

Barbara McCuaig — Sun, 31 Dec 2017 13:47:10 +0000

I loved this post and again your photos are stunning. I even loved the reality check… somehow I would never envision Leslie falling in a ditch :-).
It was however very sad to read about the developments on Amherst Island. It sounds like this has been an excellent habitat for the birds but with wind turbines and construction it will be lost too. To read about and see the birds you saw makes one realize just how much is at stake and sadly this is just one of many such areas.