#royalbotanicalgardens — Public Fediverse posts

Edinburgh garden ranked among the UK’s top three spring destinations https://www.allforgardening.com/1767394/edinburgh-garden-ranked-among-the-uks-top-three-spring-destinations/ #garden #PrincesStreetGardens #RoyalBotanicGardenEdinburgh #RoyalBotanicGardens #RoyalBotanicGardensKew #RoyalBotanicalGardens #SpringGardens

Step Into a World of Colour, Warmth, and Wonder This Winter https://www.allforgardening.com/1581660/step-into-a-world-of-colour-warmth-and-wonder-this-winter/ #ArtisticCreations #burlington #garden #LiteraryClassic #ontario #Oz #RoyalBotanicalGardens

White Breasted Nuthatch - RBG

Species: Sitta carolinensis

The White-breasted Nuthatch is normally territorial throughout the year, with pairs staying together. The male has to spend more time looking out for predators when he’s alone than while he’s with his mate. That’s the pattern for most birds, and one reason why birds spend so much time in flocks. But the female nuthatch has to put up with the male pushing her aside from foraging sites, so she spends more time looking around (for him) when he’s around than when she is alone.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/White-breasted_Nuthatch/overview

Hendrie Trails is a 100-hectare sanctuary is centred on the Grindstone Creek Valley. It stretches to Carroll’s Point in Hamilton Harbour, and contains an extensive collection of floodplain wetlands.

Location: Hendrie Trails, Royal Botanical Gardens. Burlington, ON
Camera info/settings
- Canon 7D Mark II, Sigma 150-600
- Various

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Female Eastern Downy woodpecker
Species:
Location: Hendrie Valley Trails, Royal Botanical Gardens

Woodpeckers don’t sing songs, but they drum loudly against pieces of wood or metal to achieve the same effect. People sometimes think this drumming is part of the birds’ feeding habits, but it isn’t. In fact, feeding birds make surprisingly little noise even when they’re digging vigorously into wood.

Camera info/settings
- Canon 450D Sigma 150-600
- ISO 4000 f7.1 1/800s

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White-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta carolinensis
Location: Hendrie Valley Trails, Royal Botanical Gardens

The North Bridle trail of the Hendrie Valley trails is a fantastic part of this lovely trail system. It doesn’t have the boardwalks of the other trails but we came across this perfectly lit section. The late fall colours glowed in the mid-day sun. In the same 10 meters we saw these Nuthatches, a Downy woodpecker, Black-capped Chickadees, and of course there was an Eastern Chipmunk. Sadly I assume this is because people continue to feed the wildlife contrary to all the warnings but I am so happy to have had the chance to get these shots.

Camera info/settings
- Canon 450D Sigma 150-600
- ISO 800 f7.1 1/800s

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“Cootes Paradise”

Part of the Royal Botanical Gardens’ trails. Cootes Paradise is the Royal Botanical Garden’s largest and most diverse sanctuary at over 600 hectares. The area features a 320-hectare river-mouth marsh, 16 creeks and 25 kilometres of shoreline

A. and I will definitely be coming back to this one.

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