Excited to see my Snowy Owl image featured on the cover of the Dutch adventure travel company Askja Reizen catalogue cover. There are still a couple of spots open for my January 2025 Winter Owl workshops. Learn more about the winter owl adventure HERE. Snowy Owl SNOW SQUALL (Bubo scandiacus, Harfang des Neiges, SNOW) from my Winter Snowy Owl Photo Tour in Canada. Image Copyright 2022 ©Christopher Dodds All Rights Reserved. Sony Alpha a1 Mirrorless camera & Sony FE 600mm f/4 G Master OSS Lens. ISO 10,000 @ 1/5,000s f/4. Full frame image top to bottom. iPhone image of Snowy Owl image by Ch ..read more

A simple yet elegant portrait of an Atlantic Puffin at last light. I made this full-frame image with the Sony FE 100-400mm f/5.6 G Master OSS Lens and Sony 1.4X teleconverter (@560mm) while sitting comfortably on the beach during my Deluxe Atlantic Puffins Galore and so much more workshop in Quebec. Atlantic Puffin Portrait in last light (Fratercula arctica, Macareux moine, ATPU) from my Deluxe Puffins Galore Lighthouse Island Workshop Adventure. Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve, Quebec, Canada. Image copyright ©Christopher Dodds Sony Alpha 1 Mirrorless camera & Sony FE 100-400mm ..read more

A Common Raven in flight with a stolen Razorbill egg at first light during my Deluxe Atlantic Puffins Workshop in Quebec, Canada. A pair of Ravens arrived on the beach well before sunrise as I was waiting for my group and enjoying the sound of the waves washing up on shore. After everyone was in place and the first drops of golden sunlight kissed the cliffs in the background, this Raven seemed to show off its breakfast to us. Ravens are omnivorous and feed on everything from small mammals to nesting birds, eggs and berries. They will also eat carrion, scavenge from other predators and even fro ..read more

This is an image of a Nashville Warbler photographed during my 2019 Songbirds of Pelee Workshop that I just reprocessed for publication in a magazine. I love the striking, big-eyed look of the Nashville Warbler, thanks to the white eyering that contrasts sharply with its gray hood. Nashville warbler (Leiothlypis ruficapilla, Paruline à joues grises, NAWA) from my SONGBIRDS OF PELEE WORKSHOP at Point Pelee National Park of Canada in Leamington, Ontario, Canada ©Christopher Dodds All Rights Reserved. Sony Alpha a1 Mirrorless camera & Sony FE 600mm f/4 G Master OSS Lens with Sony FE 2X Telec ..read more

The appropriately named sapsuckers are highly specialized woodpeckers that use their sharp beaks to drill neat rows of small holes in the bark of trees. Then, with brush-tipped tongues, they lap up the sap that oozes out and eat the insects it attracts. They sometimes snatch insects in midair, as well, and occasionally feed on wild fruit. In typical woodpecker fashion, sapsuckers excavate nest holes in trees, often dead. Females incubate the eggs during the day, and males take over at night. Both parents share in feeding the young. Unlike other woodpeckers, the sapsuckers are strongly migrator ..read more

Peek-a-boo! This beautiful male Prothonotary Warbler looks as if it is poking its head out of a nest box; it had almost landed on my hiking boot and immediately went to work searching for insects trapped in spider webs between the decking planks and the raised edge of the wooden boardwalk. Photographed during my Songbirds of Pelee Workshop in Point Pelee National Park of Canada on May 7, 2024. Prothonotary warbler at Nest Box (Protonotaria citrea, Pauline orangée, PROW) from my SONGBIRDS OF PELEE WORKSHOP at Point Pelee National Park of Canada in Leamington, Ontario, Canada ©Christopher Dodds ..read more

There was no shortage of Eastern Kingbirds during my Songbirds of Pelee Workshop at Point Pelee National Park of Canada. This image was made while waiting for a Prothonotary Warbler to drop down from the top of a tree. Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus, Tyran tritri, EAKI) Photographed during my SONGBIRDS OF PELEE WORKSHOP at Point Pelee National Park of Canada in Leamington, Ontario, Canada ©Christopher Dodds All Rights Reserved. Sony Alpha a9 III Mirrorless camera & Sony FE 600mm f/4 G Master OSS Lens with Sony FE 2X Teleconverter @1,200mm ISO 3,200, f/8 @ 1/5,000s Manu ..read more

We photographed this House Wren on May 7 during my Songbirds of Pelee Workshop in Point Pelee National Park of Canada. Nine species of wrens—all of them small, stocky brownish birds that often perch with their tails cocked over their backs—are native to North America. The best known is the house wren, which nests in parks, farmyards, and orchards from coast to coast. Tenacious and aggressive, it is a welcome springtime visitor that fills the air with a bright, bubbly song. House Wren (Troglodytes aedon, Troglodyte familier, HOWR) Photographed May 7, 2024, during my SONGBIRDS OF PELEE WORKSHOP ..read more

A Prothonotary Warbler pauses on an open perch during my Songbirds of Pelee Workshop in Point Pelee National Park of Canada. We had some amazing encounters with at least four Prothonotary Warblers (endangered species in Ontario). Prothonotary warbler (Protonotaria citrea, Pauline orangée, PROW) from my SONGBIRDS OF PELEE WORKSHOP at Point Pelee National Park of Canada in Leamington, Ontario, Canada ©Christopher Dodds All Rights Reserved. Sony Alpha a9 III Mirrorless camera & Sony FE 600mm f/4 G Master OSS Lens with Sony FE 2X Teleconverter @1,200mm. ISO 20,000, f/8 @ 1/5,000s Manual expos ..read more

This pair of Great Horned Owlets was the star attraction along the Tilden Woods trail in Point Pelee National Park on May 4, 2024, while I was scouting for my Songbirds of Pelee Workshop. We could only find one the next day, and it was much further away from the trail. Great Horned Owlets (Bubo virginianus, Grand-duc d'Amérique, GHOW) Photographed May 4, 2024, while scouting for my SONGBIRDS OF PELEE WORKSHOP at Point Pelee National Park of Canada in Leamington, Ontario, Canada ©Christopher Dodds All Rights Reserved. Sony Alpha a9 Mirrorless camera & Sony FE 600mm f/4 G Master OSS Le ..read more