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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦

@cdfturner.bsky.social
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All about the f’s, family, forest, fishing, photography and fun around Fredericton, NB. Mostly I spend time taking photos of anything in the wild. Pix are my own and recently taken unless otherwise noted.

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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 51m
"Are you still looking?"
A mink pokes its head out from the grass.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 55m
Guess it didn't want its picture taken. Guess it gave me credit for too much couth. #pissoff #nature #wildlife #mink #relief #donttakemypicture
The mink looked at me then lifted a leg and let it rip.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 1h
"What are you looking at?" American Mink #nature #wildlife #mink #naturelookingback #natgeo
The sun provides a halo around a mink posed with feet leaning on a wooden beam.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Trumpeter Swan coming my way. Simcoe County, Ontario. #birds #nature #wildlife #swan
This swan flew by me and turned around and flew past me again. The real impressive part of these birds is not visual at all, it's the amount of air they move with there huge wings. Of course can't forget about their trumpeting.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Trumpeter Swan taken earlier this summer, They'll be heading south soon. Simcoe County, Ontario. #birds #nature #wildlife #swan
The swan flies low over the water, wings reflecting off the green surface.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Great Blue Heron lands in a spruce tree, wings helping it finesse the landing. Fredericton, #NewBrunswick #birds #wildlife #nature #heron #hank
A heron shows off its large wingspan with wings about 80% extended as it balances on an evergreen branch.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Gorgeous mutation....I can relate to this not-so-Black-capped Chickadee, black-cap is grey. Big difference is he has all his feathers. Leucistic Black-capped Chickadee, Fredericton, #NewBrunswick #birds #nature #wildlife #chickadee #leucism
This chickadee has grey feathers replacing the normal black pattern on its head and down its back.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Greater Yellowlegs strolling along the South Oromocto River. #NewBrunswick #birds #nature #wildlife #yellowlegs
The yellowlegs looks straight forward. Its long legs reflecting on the green water.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Greater Yellowlegs doing some fishing in the South Oromocto River. #NewBrunswick #birds #nature #wildlife #yellowoegs
The yellowlegs has a very small fish trapped in the end of its bill.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Eastern Phoebe, Irving Nature Park, Saint John, #NewBrunswick #birds #nature #wildlife #phoebe #birdphotography
A phoebe looks out across a grassy marsh while perched on a old, weathered stump.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Blood sucker. Appears a blood sucker is hanging off this Wood Duck's belly??? #birds #nature #wildlife #woodduck #duck #bloodsucker
A brown slimy looking thing hangs from the lower part of the belly above where the "man parts" (drake parts/) would be.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Fluffed up Least Sandpipers. Saint John, #NewBrunswick #birds #nature #wildlife #sandpiper
Every feather on this bird is popped up turning a sleek looking bird into a puff ball.Head titled backwards trying to clean some of the hard to reach places.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Red Crossbill turf war, fighting over a log. #birds #crossbill #nature #wildlife #birdphotography
The red bird leans away as the orange goes on full attack, beak wide open.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What's up? This Semipalmated Plover makes sure its not a Peregrine Falcon looking for lunch. Saint John, #NewBrunswick #birds #wildlife #nature #plover
The sun glints off the eye as this plover turns its head
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Semipalmated Plover with an attitude, Saint John, #NewBrunswick #birds #wildlife #nature #plover
Trucking along the beach without a care. On the rear foot you can see the partial webbing (semipalmated) giving this plover its name.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Well, Jiminy Cricket, It's a Chipmunk eating a grasshopper!
A chipmunk sits on a log, chewing on a grasshopper. One wing and a red leg is visible close to "Chippy's" mouth. The rest of the grasshopper appears to be tucked into the Chipmunk's pouch.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A young Common Merganser trying to get away from its siblings while wrestling with a catfish. #birds #nature #wildlife #merganser
The merganser plows through the water with a fish squirming in its grasp. Just out of frame several other birds were chasing, looking for an easy meal.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A young Common Merganser wrestling with a catfish. It was having a horrible time with the fishes barbs. #birds #nature #wildlife #merganser
A catfish thrashes trying to escape the grip of a merganser's bill.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Bay-breasted Warbler sneaking a peak. Charters Settlement, #NewBrunswick #birds #wildlife #nature #warbler
Perhaps not the best shot for ID but it's a good look at its eye ring and eye line/stripe.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Optical illusion. Maybe not the best view but which buck is showing its "bad" side? White-tailed Deer, South central, #NewBrunswick #deer #buck #nature #wildlife
Two bucks stand side by side but its very hard to tell which, or perhaps whose, tail we are looking at.....
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What do you get for three bucks at the Dollar Store? White-tailed Deer, South central, #NewBrunswick #wildlife #nature #buck #deer
Three bucks, three different ages with three very different sets of antlers.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A Great Blue Heron looking mauve at dawn. Simcoe County, #Ontario #birds #wildlife #nature #heron #dawn
A Great Blue Heron perched atop a tree with a pink and purple sky in the background.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I came across a family of Trumpeters grooming. There were four cygnets. Simcoe County, #Ontario #birds #wildlife #nature #swan
A cygnet fluffs its wings as a parent preens.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trumpeter Swan, Simcoe County, On #birds #nature #wildlife #swan
Taking a break from preening, a lone bit of down is stuck to its bill
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Just a good old Garter Snake but I'm confused about the markings. Seems like it has extra red diamonds? #NewBrunswick #snake #nature #wildlife
A Garter Snake taking a swim in some very clear water.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Great Egret flying over the salt marsh. Bay of Fundy, Saint John, #NewBrunswick #birds #wildlife #nature #egret
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Treated to some close up visits from Red Crossbills this summer in Ontario. #birds #nature #wildlife #crossbill
The Red Crossbill has upper and lower mandibles with large hooks for opening cones. They range in colour from red to orange to olive/yellow.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Cedar Waxwing looking in control. #birds #nature #wildlife
A waxwing stands erect, perched over a spiders web under the branch.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Cicada we rescued while out on the water. It dried it's wings and was last seen flying north. iPhone pic, Fredericton, #NewBrunswick Sept 2026 #nature #wildlife #cicada
The Cicada's wings are translucent with dark ribs and a green outline to match the general green and black camo it's "wearing".
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Looks like this Broad-winged Hawk has a full crop. Along Hwy 7 near Camp Gagetown, #NewBrunswick #birds #wildlife #nature #hawk
Many hawks have a pouch in their throat where food gets temporarily stored. You can see a large bulge on this hawks upper chest.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Not sure who was more surprised when this Fisher popped out of the woods in front of me. One of my favourite surprises of the summer. #wildlife #nature #fisher
A Fisher crouches down, assessing me with its eyes.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Nashville Warbler on a fern. Charters Settlement, #NewBrunswick #birds #nature #wildlife #warbler
Looking like many warblers the Nashville has a brown spot/blush on top of its head.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Warbler has a white bug, maybe a spider grasped in its beak. Its catching its balance by spreading out a wing.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Black-throated Blue Warbler. One of my favourite warblers. We just don't see that many really blue birds in #NewBrunswick #birds #warbler #nature #wildlife
A beautifully marked bird, blue on top, black face and sides with a white belly and stripe.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Bay-breasted Warbler looking for bugs. Charters Settlement, #NewBrunswick #birds #nature #wildlife #warbler
Just a blush of beige showing on its side below the wing bar.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Sitting pretty, showing off its gorgeous markings including a yellow blush on its chest.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Warbler with a bug in its beak.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Black-throated Green Warbler chasing bugs, Charters Settlement, #NewBrunswick #birds #nature #wildlife #warbler
Stretching to reach a hidden bug with beak opened.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
American Wigeon, Sunpoke, #NewBrunswick #birds #wildlife #wigeon
Beak open, tongue showing as this wigeon called out a warning as it took off.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Common Yellowthroat, Sunpoke, #NewBrunswick #birds #nature #wildlife #yellowthroat
Close up with a Common Yellowthroat. The male has a distinctive black mask accented by a white border on one side and a beautiful shade of yellow on the other.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
An Atlantic Puffin because who doesn't like a puffin.... Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick #birds #Nature #wildlife #puffin
A puffin flies low over gentle waves.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Cooper's Hawk flying over my head looking for lunch. Fredericton, #NewBrunswick #birds #nature #wildlife #hawk #Cooper's
Beautiful orange eyes and a hint of blood on its talons from a recent kill.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This very young Swainson's Thrush was hanging out in Irving Nature Park, Saint John, #NewBrunswick #birds #nature #thrush
Took a minute to figure out this was a thrush but the large eye pointed in that direction. Decided on a Swainson's based on the colour of the tail.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Common Murre, Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick #birds #nature #murre
Murre spreads its wings as it turns. The murre has a distinctive line coming off its eye like an extended eyebrow.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Wilson's Storm Petrel, Bay of Fundy, #NewBrunswick #birds #nature #wildlife #Petrel
The petrel flies just above the water occasionally skipping off the surface.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Highland Cow (bull?) ....every time I see these guys I am reminded I need a haircut. #NewBrunswick #cow #highland #bull
A few flies fly around but the bull can't see them with his bangs so long.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A Tiger Swallowtail with clearance for landing. #NewBrunswick #butterfly
The butterfly casts a shadow on the ground, growing larger as the swallowtail comes in to land.  The tiger stripes of a Tiger Swallowtail are well displayed in this wing position..
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A very wet male Blackburnian Warbler. Charters Settlement, #NewBrunswick #birds #nature #wildlife #blackburnian
The orange of the warblers throat shows beautifully even if the rest of the bird's wet feathers look a little disheveled. The bird is perched on an oak branch surrounded by acorns.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
A Nelson's Sparrow is a bird I hear at times but (almost) never see. I finally got to photograph one in Sunpoke, #NewBrunswick It disappeared almost as fast as I could hit the shutter button.
A sparrow clings to the tall grass in the marsh.
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Chris Turner Lightscapes 🇨🇦 @cdfturner.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The wind was whipping up the surf as this falcon moved closer to the beach hoping a sandpiper has trouble on takeoff.
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