Near the banks of the Nottawasaga River, the yearly flood changes the patterns of life. The cycle of depositing of silt and errosion of flood is constantly changing the landscape - ocassionaly nurturing new forests, occasionaly drowning old forests.

In order to get close enough to the heron rookeries for early morning photography, it meant inventing a unique method for pitching a tent. The yearly flood means there is no dry land within two kilometres of where we camped. A platform suspended between two canoes gave us enough room to pitch the tent.

Evening in the swamp, a quiet time filled with sounds. A haunting experience that lives with you forever

Kyle and Brendan looking at Great Blue Herons establishing their nesting territories. It is early April and very cold in the swamp.

These photos are video screen captures taken from a half hour episode of the series Profiles of Nature and Canadian Wilderness Journal. They have aired on the Family Channel and Global TV. They were produced by KEG in Toronto.