Cottage Birding

The cottage on Georgian Bay is in the middle of a nature reserve. That means it's well wooded.  It's not an easy place to get bird shots!

 

Bird feeders can't go up until the winter, as the black bears in the area love to snack on bird seed, and load up on calories in late summer for their big sleep! As much as I would love to get a photo of a bruin, I wouldn't want one on the front porch!

 

So, this is all I got. 

 

Yellow-throated Vireo

American Robin

 

 And on the water...

 Red-breasted Merganser

 

Juvenile Cormorant

  

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Found A Peanut

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Just A Duck

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Backyard Birds

We had unseasonably high temperatures last week, 90F -104F.

It finally rained like heck and after the birds came out to play.

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Female cardinal

 

Another "teenage" robin, just a tad soggy.

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Flight Check

The last of three robins to leave the nest.

A couple of seconds after I snapped this pic...it took flight!

Yay...we can let the dog back out on the patio.

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Down By The Riverside

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It was a beautiful day on Sunday, so we decided to go for a walk in Meadowlily. It's a couple of blocks from our house, and the area runs along the Upper Thames River (in London, Ontario, Canada - not England)

Spring splendour along the Thames!

This little Painted turtle (he's about 3 inches long), was basking in the sun.

He looks a little grumpy don't 'cha think?

A handsome Canada Goose couple on the river flats.

And...ta da! My very first Red-winged Blackbird capture!

Although it's not as close as I would have liked,

I was pretty excited to finally get a photo of one!

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Nesting Geese

Canada Geese nesting on the Ausable River

Ontario, Canada

This guy is in defense mode because...

...we got too close to the nest.

He seemed more relaxed as we went on our way.

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The Floater

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Photo taken at Venus Bay, South Australia

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