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 […]
When we were in Presqu’ile Provincial Park, we saw several mute swans. We don’t see very many in our area, so we enjoyed watching them. The mute swans came from Europe in the mid 1800s through the early 1900s. They decorated the lawns of large estates and city parks. They were also put into zoos […]
I was fascinated with the gulls and terns at Presqu’ile Provincial Park. They were diving into the water to fish, so I was hoping to catch some photos of them diving. This wasn’t working out too good for me, as you can see below. It was hard to anticipate where they were going to dive. […]
According to Ducks Unlimited many female ducks of different kinds will pretend to have an injury such as a broken wing if they are trying to draw you or a predator away from their babies. We live on a lake, and have many mallards around us, but we had never seen this happen until last […]
It’s a true sign of spring when the trilliums bloom, and the hummingbirds are back. My goal this summer is to get some more pictures of hummingbirds.
We have had quite a few dark-eyed juncos in our backyard lately. They will come to the bird feeder but usually they scratch with their feet on the ground to get their food. They are very busy little birds, living up to the Spanish word “juncus” meaning “rush”. A nickname for the junco is “snowbird”. […]
Yesterday, we had an eastern towhee in the backyard. This is the very first time I’ve ever seen one, so I needed to check to see what kind of bird it was. The eastern towhee is the size of an over-large sparrow. They have black, reddish brown and white feathers. They like to spend time […]