Photography by Rick Towns
This is my photo gallery of pictures that I've taken that I am particularly fond of. Please enjoy!
Some lovely buildings in Québec City.
The Quebec provinical flag flying atop an old building in old Québec City.
Picture of dozens of lit candles inside the Notre-Dame de Québec Basilica-Cathedral church.
A male Downy Woodpecker (you can tell by the red mark on his head) sitting on our suet ring in the backyard.
A little chipmunk that we've named Earl. He lives somewhere in our backyard and we feed him and the squirrels peanuts (unsalted, of course!).
Star cluster M13 in Hercules. A ball of several hundred thousand stars orbiting the Milky Way. Also known as NGC 6502. It is over 20,000 light years from Earth.
This little turtle was seen swimming in a cenote in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. There were a bunch of small fish swimming around this little fella.
Shot of either a female or juvenile male Cowbird. This was in our backyard over the last winter. We saw many of these mid-sized birds around out feeders.
This is one of our Mourning Doves that lives in the area. There are two of them (as they mate for life) and they often visit our back deck to get some bird seed. This one is relaxing on the deck railing.
M57 The Ring Nebula. This is a planetary nebula and is the remains of a star that exploded most of its stellar material leaving behind just a small white dwarf star. It is 2570 light years from Earth.
A Seagull in flight over the Strait of Juan de Fuca as photographed from the Canada side in Victoria, British Columbia. The land in the background is the United States.
This is a White Breasted Nuthatch sitting on our big suet ring in our backyard. This is one of my favourite birds along with Chickadees, Juncos, and Downy Woodpeckers. It's almost like this little guy is posing for me!