Wilsons Snipe
Every year for many years this Snipe has returned to his post on Grey Road 32. I was quite happy to see him today.
Wood Duck “Pairs”
Wood Ducks “Female”
Wood Ducks “Male”
Long-tailed Ducks “Male and Female”
Gadwall Duck
Yep, I got close enough to this Gadwall to get a good photo … a new one for me!
I need a bigger LENS
Spring migration is well under way … I don’t even know how many varieties of ducks there were at the Leslie Street Spit, my lens was too short!
Redheads are the ones with brown heads. The Bufflehead (male) is the little guy at front and centre, I think there is a female Goldeneye in the bottom right. Gadwall is top left.
Mute Swans “Teenagers”
A gorgeous night in Thornbury harbour, these young fellows seem to be out cruising for some action. As they mature their bills will turn bright orange.
The white line across the horizon it the ice line receding.
Wood Ducks have arrived back to the Beaver Valley
Easy Spring on the Beaver River, beautiful! they didn’t ge the message that there is still snow and ice on their nesting grounds … April fools?
Mute Swans gather in the spring
Solitude in the rain
Young Night Heron
Beautiful
Hoody in Collingwood
Piping Plover – Endangered
Early spring at Wasaga Beach a small number of Plovers arrive. Volunteers guard the stretch of the beach that they lay their eggs in. The Plovers are so unaware of danger that their survival rate is very low. Dogs, people stepping on the nests, and even high winds and big waves are all dangers to these tiny birds. This poor little soul has five leg tags on him!
Profile shot
Green Heron
This fellow was really determined to nab a frog!
Killdeer in Bruce County
Sandhill Cranes breeding pair
This pair of Sandhills have nested at my friends cottage for years, I went for a stroll with them along the shallow lake shore, as long as I kept my business they didn’t mind one bit. Loved it, a great way to enjoy the morning sun an a hot coffee.
The majestic Egret
