Signs of spring – the Canada Geese are around again. The ice is melting, and the lake is beginning to have some of the water fowl are coming back. The number of Canada Geese on the lake can be overwhelming later in the summer, but they are interesting birds to watch. I like this one. […]
These are some pictures I took last summer when I was down the river. I enjoy listening to their songs. I took this last one in 2020. It is still one of my favourites.
When I looked back, I saw that there were 7 swans here last winter. We seem to see some swans each year now. I believe all of these are trumpeter swans. They were too far away for me to see if there were any tundra swans in there or not. It also doesn’t look like […]
The pileated woodpecker is the largest woodpecker in Canada. It’s name “pileated” means “capped”. It is nearly the size of a crow. This one is a female. The males look similar except that they have a red stripe on the cheek, that looks a bit like a moustache. We often see the results of a […]
It was a beautiful, foggy morning on our lake and river today. As I was coming around a bend in the river, I spotted a great blue heron. Even though we have them on our lake, we don’t get the opportunity to see them up close very often. This one was very accommodating.
At first, we thought that something was wrong with this bird. I believe it is a brown thrasher, and it was “anting”. The thrasher is lying on the ground, and letting ants climb on it. Apparently the ants crawl between its feathers and skin. It stretched out its wings, and acted like it was having […]
When we were in Killbear Provincial Park a few weeks ago, we saw a common merganzer swimming in Georgian Bay and then later saw another one lying on the beach. When she moved we were able to see her chicks. Life is interesting.
This is another new one for me – the Eastern Kingbird. We saw it at Presqu’ile Provincial Park too. It is a flycatcher, and as you can see in the next couple of pictures, it was surrounded by flies. Yes, those are bugs flying around in both of these pictures. We didn’t stay in that […]
This was the first time I remember seeing a gray catbird. My husband spotted it while we were camping at Presqu’ile Provincial Park. They are gray with a small black cap. Their tail is darker too. I didn’t hear it, but apparently they get their name because one of their calls can sound like a […]