Jeff Gaboury

  A-Z Challenge 2025  C is for Cardinal. Cardinals are beautiful birds and exciting creatures to photograph.  In the Spring, the males become very territorial and will defend their "turf" from all rivals.  Here one is attacking his most detested and most bitter nemesis - his own reflection in the window of my brother's motorhome.   My brother and I had wildly differing opinions on this turn of events!  LOL 

  A-Z Challenge 2025 B is for Bear!  I was in Algonquin Provincial Park in September, 2014 when we were treated to two female black bears, each with two cubs.  They were in a blueberry patch and stocking up for Winter. One of the adults was chill and used to people, but this young mother was raising her first two cubs and she was a good deal more..."nervous".  It did result in some spectacular poses though, although this "stare down" moment was a trifle unnerving!  Note, I am no where NEAR the bear.  This is taken with a powerful telephoto lens and also cropped! The cubs were adorably cute!  

A-Z Challenge 2025  Well, I cannot seem to join the official A-Z challenge.  I can't find the option to sign up.   But I'll just do my own.  A is for Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario Canada.  This park, established in 1893 is 7653 square km in area - a HUGE space.   It offers, car camping in multiple "campgrounds" within the park, along a long stretch of highway that runs East/West across the "narrow" end of the park.  The larger part of the park is the "interior", where hardier folk can canoe deep into the wilderness.  Teeming with wildlife, including moose, black bears, wolves and many types of bird, Algonquin is a nature lover's dream come true.