Found in our backyard today.... possibly a Massasauga rattlesnake, Sistrurus catenatus, but far enough from their normal range that he may be just an oddly coloured milk snake Lampropeltis triangulum. And he's just a little guy.
Spring may be arriving, but Ontario is still showing plenty of evidence of winter. Among that evidence: The local deer, desperate for anything remotely resembling food, are unusually bold about getting some from humans.
I can certainly understand the appeal of a big bag of expensive long lenses. Birds do, after all, tend to be small and far away.
I'm not about to spend $10,000 on a set of bird lenses, though. (I'm cheap, for one thing, but I'm also not quite fit enough to carry 15 kilos of glass and magnesium around all day.)
The solution? Get close. Really close. Just beyond wing-hitting range, in this case, with a 35mm f/1.8 on a DX body.
Leaving aside the politics of the situation- Hamiltonians are out thousands of jobs unless the steel market picks up- the birds on the Burlington side, at least, seem to be enjoying the unusually clean conditions this year.
Spring's here, and the local animals are back out....
I can certainly understand the appeal of a big bag of expensive long lenses. Birds do, after all, tend to be small and far away.
A side effect of the 
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