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Doug

@landandwater.ca

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Photographer, bad birder, paddler, mountain biker. Halifax, Nova Scotia. www.flickr.com/photos/westbound www.landandwater.ca

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Doug @landandwater.ca · 03/10/2026

The very odd looking cock-of-the-rock in Jardin, Colombia for #birdoftheday theme of #black&red. #cock-of-the-rock #bird #birds #colombianbirds #colomobiabirding #birding #strangebirds #weirdbirds #sonyalpha #birdphotography #birdsofcolombia #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #colourfulbirds

Doug @landandwater.ca · 02/10/2026

Great Hornbill in Thailand checking me out last winter. #birdoftheday #bestbeaks #birds #bird #greathornbill #hornbill #birdphotography #birding #travelbirding #thailand #sonyalpha

Great Hornbill

Doug @landandwater.ca · 30/09/2026

My latest mountain bike video of the local trails. I don't just take photos of birds! #mountainbiking #biketrails #mtb #cycling

Riding Hurricane at The Gore Trails in Nova Scotia

YouTube video by Douglas Smith

Doug @landandwater.ca · 28/09/2026

A Lesser Violeteer in Jardin, Colombia showing off it's glistening feathers and pretty purple neck thing. #birdoftheday #birds #bird #hummingbird #colombiabirding #andes #birdphotigraphy #bokeh #birding #hummingbirds #colombianbirding

Doug @landandwater.ca · 27/09/2026

A Purple-throated Woodstar in the Andean highlands of Colombia near Jardin. This is a very small hummer! #BirdOfTheDay #airborne #birds #bird #humminbird #colombiabirding #colombia #jardin #birding #birdphotography #woodstar #wildlifephotography #MiradorElRoble #sonyalpha

Doug @landandwater.ca · 26/09/2026

A pair of Acorn Woodpeckers tapping together in Jardín, Colombia. This species is very common in Colombia. #birdoftheday #birding #birdsofcolombia #colombiabirding #travelbirding #woodpeckers #woodpecker #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #wildlife #Jardín #birds #bird #jardin #birdwatching

Doug @landandwater.ca · 23/09/2026

Jardín, Colombia was a very cool small town. Lots of shops, cafes, plaza. Colours everywhere. The community felt like one should. Not overrun with tourists, but questioning why. #Jardín #jardin #colombia #travel #travekdestinations

Doug @landandwater.ca · 23/09/2026

#birdoftheday alt theme is #corvids. This green #Jay is getting yelled at by a juvenile Giant Cowbird in Jardin, Colombia. #birds #bird #birdphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #colombiabirds #colombianbirding #travel #travelphotography #jardin #birdsofcolombia

Doug @landandwater.ca · 21/09/2026

Our guides were very excited when they heard the call of this very limited range, endemic to Colombia bird. Unfortunately my photos this Crested Ant-tanager are garbage, but the bird and flurry of activity was exciting. #colombiabirding #birding #birds #bird #birdphotography #jardinbirding

Doug @landandwater.ca · 20/09/2026

This little Vermilion Flycatcher was the only bit of red we found in an urban park in Medellin, Colombia! The birding was as good as they say in Colombia! #birds #bird #birdphotography #colombianbirding #birdesofmedellin #sonyalpha #flycatcher

Doug @landandwater.ca · 19/09/2026

My #BirdOfTheDay is this Andean Motmot in #Medellin, #Colombia. #Elegant #Birding #ColombianBirding #Birds #Bird #AndeanMotmot #BirdPhotography #SonyAlpha #WildlifePhotography #BirdingInColombia #BeautifulBirds #A7RV #Sigma150-600

Doug @landandwater.ca · 16/09/2026

An Acorn #Woodpecker in Parque Arvi, Saint Elena, #Colombia. Just outside of #Medellin. #Birds #Bird #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #A7RV #SonyAlpha #Birding

Doug @landandwater.ca · 14/09/2026

I'm in Colombia! Black-capped Tanager in Parque Arvi, near Medellin. Chowing down on some berries! #BirdPhotography #ColombianBirds #Birding #WildlifePhotography #Birds #Bird #Tanager #ParqueArvi #Medellin

Doug @landandwater.ca · 08/08/2026

Puffins off Hertford Island, #NovaScotia. Always a great privilege to observe and photograph. Could have done without the tour boat getting stuck on the rocks for an hour. #Puffin #BirdPhotography #Puffins #NaturePhotography #BirdsOfNovaScotia #NovaScotiaBirding #CapeBreton #Birding #Birds #Bird

Doug @landandwater.ca · 05/06/2026

A new lifer last week while on a little road trip to Ottawa and back. Alder Flycatcher. #Birds #Bird #Flycatcher #BirdPhotography #AlderFlycatcher #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

Doug @landandwater.ca · 25/05/2026

A tree swallow in Greenfield, Nova Scotia for today's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #BirdOnAWire. She is obviously here to watch the swimmers at the whitewater kayak festival. #Birding #Birds #Bird #BirdPhotography #NovaScotiaBirding

Doug @landandwater.ca · 15/05/2026

Not every photo are of birds! Bear Falls in Nova Scotia for the Bangs Falls Whitewater Festival. #Kayaking #WhitewaterKayaking #Whitewater #Waterfall #MedwayRiver #Sports #WaterSports

Doug @landandwater.ca · 14/05/2026

A common tern feeding in the moving tidal waters at a bridge in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia. Even found one with a band, that I could have banded years ago on Country Island. #Bird #Birds #BirdPhotography #CommonTern #WildlifePhotogrphy #NovaScotiaBirding #SonyAlpha #ColeHarbour #Birding

Doug @landandwater.ca · 29/04/2026

For the #BirdOfTheDay this rather bland looking hermit thrush in Nova Scotia, Canada. The theme is #BeautyInBrown. #Bird #Birds #BirdPhotography #NovaScotiaBirding #Thrush

Doug @landandwater.ca · 28/04/2026

These Northern Flickers are excited! #NorthernFlicker #Bird #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Birding #BirdingNovaScotia #BirdsOfNovaScotia #NaturePhotography #SongAlpha #NovaScotiaBirding #Sping

Doug @landandwater.ca · 27/04/2026

Double-crested Cormorant facing the wind in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia. #Birds #Bird #Cormorant #NovaScotiaBirds #BirdPhotograohy #Birding

Doug @landandwater.ca · 19/04/2026

Actual photo of a bird with a crown on its head! Golden-crowned Kinglet. #Birds #Bird #birding #GoldenCrownedKinglet #Kinglet #NovaScotiaBirding #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #BirdsOfNovaScotia

Doug @landandwater.ca · 13/04/2026

It's not about birds in my life. I shot this of my buddy Simon ripping down a waterfall in New Germany, #NovaScotia this Spring. #WhiteWater #WhiteWaterPaddling #Paddle #Paddling #Kayaking #WhiteWaterKayaking #Waterfall #NovaScotiaPaddling

A whitewater kayaker floats down a waterfall with ease.

Doug @landandwater.ca · 13/04/2026

Looking at me, looking at her! For the #BirdOfTheDay theme of #JKLNMOP, a Northern Flicker in Eastern Passage, #NovaScotia. #BirdPhotography #Bird #Birds #NorthernFlicker #WildlifePhotography #Birding #NovaScotiaBirding #NaturePhotography #SonyAlpha #Sigma150-600 #BirdsOfNovaScotia

A Norther Flicker perched on a spruce tree in a forest.

Doug @landandwater.ca · 13/04/2026

A Hooded Warbler in Nova Scotia is not common. This was was found in Eastern Passage among some coastal spruce trees on a morning photography walk. #Bird #Birds #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Birding #NovaScotiaBirding #NovaScotia #BirdsOfNovaScotia #HoodedWarbler #Warbler

Hooded Warbler, a very yellow and black tiny bird in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Doug @landandwater.ca · 05/04/2026

A solitary Bald Eagle looks out over the tidal flats of the Minas Basin in Grand Pré, Nova Scotia. #Bird #Birds #Birding #BirdPhotography #BaldEagle #NovaScotia #Eagle #WildlifePhotography #SonyAlpha #NovaScotiaBirding

A Bald Eagle looks out over the tidal flats from an old Acadian dyke in Nova Scotia

Doug @landandwater.ca · 27/03/2026

For #BirdOfTheDay of #WingsOpenNotFlying, This African Darter drying its #wings in #Botswana a year ago while on #AfricanSafari. #Birds #birds #birding #bird #AfricanDarter #BirdPhotography #naturephotography #BirdsOfBotswana #BirdsOfAfrica #Darter #Africa #WildlifePhotography #SonyAlpha

A large black bird called a African Darter with wings open in a natural field in Botswana. A giant wetlands area called the Okavango Delta hosts an amazing amount of wildlife.

Doug @landandwater.ca · 26/03/2026

Helmeted Guineafowl searching for food in a camp near #Etosha National Park, #Namibia. #BirdOfTheDay is #speckled. #FatBird #Birds #Bird #Birdimg #BirdPhotography #AfricanBirds #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhorography #SonyAlpha

Doug @landandwater.ca · 25/03/2026

Plain Flowerpecker in the #LaotianHighlands singing its face off in the morning light near #MuangXai with its #openbeak. #BirdOfTheDay #BirdPhotography #Song #Birds #Bird #WildlifePhotography #TravelPhotography #Laos #Birding #MorningLight #SoutheastAsiaBirding #Flowerpecker #SongBird #CamelCase

Doug @landandwater.ca · 24/03/2026

With today's #birdoftheday theme being #tricolour I get to show off this #stunning Orange-breasted Trogon I photographed in #Thailand while I was on a layover. #thailandbirding #birding #birds #bird #trogon #birdphotography #colourfulbirds #showoff #travel #travelbirding #birdtour

Doug @landandwater.ca · 22/03/2026

#birdoftheday, theme of #migratory. This #whimbrel migrates from the Arctic to all over South America. Often makes a stop in Nova Scotia for me to see them. This one in Quellón, Chile spending the winter on the beach! #bird #birds #birdphotography #birdinginchile #birding #wildlifephotography

Doug @landandwater.ca · 18/03/2026

#birdoftheday theme is #landmeetswater. How appropriate for me. Check out these #sanderlings on the beach in #NovaScotia grabbing food between waves. #birds #bird #birdphotography #novascotiabirding #birding #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #shorebirds #sonyalpha #sonyalphawildlife #birdlife

Doug @landandwater.ca · 17/03/2026

My #birdoftheday for #reflections is this #GreaterYellowlegs having a #tastySnack in a salt marsh in #NovaScotia. #birds #bird #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #saltmarsh #longbeak #sonyalpha #birding #novascotiabirding #birdsofnovascotia #shorebirds #breakfast #snacking #feeding

Doug @landandwater.ca · 07/03/2026

#birdoftheday theme is #standinginwater. My submission today is this #AsianOpenbill I shot in the ponds around the #unesco site, #Ayutthaya in #Thailand. A bit of an ugly photo for sure! #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #bird #birds #thailandbirds #birding #birdinginthailand

Doug @landandwater.ca · 06/03/2026

For the #birdoftheday theme #colourfulcaptures I have this Crimson Sunbird looking out over the Laotian jungly mountains. #laos #bird #birds #birdphotography #sonyalpha #wildlifephotography

Doug @landandwater.ca · 04/03/2026

3 Ashy Woodswallows chilling on a powerline in Thailand #bird #birds #swallows #birdphotography #sonyalpha #thailandbirding #birding #ashywoodswallow

Doug @landandwater.ca · 04/03/2026

#birdoftheday is #nestbuilders. These Giant Coot's in Chile build giant floating nests in the water! Photo from an amazing trip in the #Andes and #Atacama Desert. #birdphotography #giantcoot #wildlifephotography #bird #birds #coot #birding #birdsinchile #birdsoftheandes

Doug @landandwater.ca · 03/03/2026

@robcrank68.bsky.social #birdoftheday #sideview is this Chinese pond-heron, taking a break from fishing,found near the visitors center at #khaoyainationalpark in Thailand. #chinesepondheron #bird #birds #heron #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #birdingonvacation #sonyalpha

Doug @landandwater.ca · 01/03/2026

A stunningly #colourful #bird, the female Red-headed Trogon in Khao Yai National Park, #Thailand. #RedheadedTrogon #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #sonyalpha #a7rv #birding #thailandbirding #birdtour #khaoyai #khaoyainationalpark

Doug @landandwater.ca · 01/03/2026

A stunning Banded Broadbill with it's #blue bill. #birdoftheday alt theme. #KhaoYaiNationalPark #Thailand. Just back form a big trip to #Laos and Thailand! flic.kr/p/2rYJx76 #flickr #bird #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #sonyalpha #a7rv #birding #southeastasiabirds

Doug @landandwater.ca · 19/02/2026

Laos landscape. #travelphotography #laostravel #laos #mountains #layers #photography

Doug @landandwater.ca · 17/02/2026

#birdoftheday alt theme is #grey so I present this Ashy Drongo I shot while I was in Ayutthaya looking at old ruins. #Ayutthaya #ashydrongo #thailandbirding #thaibirds #birdsofsoutheastasia #travel #traveling #bird #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #sonyalpha

Doug @landandwater.ca · 17/02/2026

Blue-tailed Bee Eater in a park in #bangkok, #thailand. #bluetailedbeeeater #bird #birds #birding #bangkokbirding #beeeater #birdsofsoutheastasis #birdphotography #urbannature #wildlifephotography #sonyalpha

Doug @landandwater.ca · 15/02/2026

From #BuengPhraRamPark outside of #bangkok in #Ayutthaya I shot this photo of a #coppersmithBarbet. #birds #bird #birding #birdinginthailand #birdphotography #barbet lots more photos coming soon from Thailand and Laos!

Doug @landandwater.ca · 09/02/2026

I'm in Bangkok! Got this shot of what I think is a Spotted Owl in a major park. It's probably photographed often. Popular fella. #bird #birds #owl #bangkokbirding #thailandbirding #birding #birdphotography #wildlifephotography

Doug @landandwater.ca · 23/01/2026

#birdoftheday theme is #walking, and so here is an #ostrich that cannot fly at all. Very fast runners though, but often walk too. He is about to walk. #bird #birds #natabotswana #botswana #birdsofafrica #africanbirds #birdphotography #goldenhour #sonyalpha #africansafari #wildlifephoto #naturephoto

Doug @landandwater.ca · 20/01/2026

It's #feedingtime for the #birdoftheday. Here are two of Africa's ugly. #MaribouStork and a #white-backedVulture in #botswana having a feast. #bird #birds #birdphotography #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #okavangodelta #africansafari #wildlifesafari #arfricanwildlife #stork #vulture

Doug @landandwater.ca · 19/01/2026

#snowpocalypse out there this morning for #halifax #storm number 2 of the season.

Doug @landandwater.ca · 19/01/2026

I'll go with the alternate #birdoftheday theme of #birdsyoulove. Nesting #pipingPlover. Very long lens. Endangered. I once did surveys on them and setup remote surveillance systems for their nest activity in Keji. #bird #birds #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #sonyalpha #a7rv

Doug @landandwater.ca · 18/01/2026

Got out for a short paddle in the big canoe CKNS owns! #halifax #novascotia #paddling #winterpaddling #bigcanoe #canoekayaknovascotia #canoe

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