Hello All,

With the four inches of snow that fell yesterday still blanketing the ground,

 I took the opportunity to head to a favourite hiking spot to do a bit of photography

 and animal tracking. The day before the storm I was able to see four doe,

 three grouse, and hundreds of geese in just under two hours.

Hopes were high that I would see more today.

This spot is less than 10 minutes from my home in Ottawa, and borders one of the busiest highways,

 but the amount of wildlife to be seen is certainly amazing. Urban wildlife at its best. 

The snow revealed track after track – rabbit, deer, coyote, turkey, and porcupine.

 Makes you wonder how much activity happens during one twenty-four hour period!

I was hoping to get some shots of deer on this outing. Knowing the freshly cut corn field

would be garnering a lot of attention, I decided to hunker down in a small section of stalks

that still remained standing. This would allow me a great vantage point to the field, and the

two tree lines along the edge. A perfect natural blind for photography

And the reason why the deer and other animals were flocking to this field: