Ungainly on the ground
Elegant in flight.
Early Summer Wetland Calm
Some days in June are very close to perfect. This is one of them.
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Birds Around My House
We have a number of hungry birds inhabiting our bush. Many are attracted to the feeders.
The opportunity to see them up close is a great bonus to living here.
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Colour In Sweetman’s Garden
Summer comes soon to Sweetman’s Garden and the colours are getting better and better.
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Red Wing Blackbird Activity
Recently I had an hour to spend near a marsh on a day that the Brochures always show. Calm, sunny, cloudless sky, wonderful temperature – the kind of day that the brochure assures you is always the case whenever you visit wherever you visit.
In this case the red wing blackbird males were flying and perching, calling in hope, it appeared, of some “afternoon delight”.
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Sweetman’s Garden Emerges From Winter
A special garden created by Murray Sweetman over 50 years ago on unused railway right-of-way is generating colour once again.
Volunteers now tend the beds and pathways that are a little oasis of calm and warmth for both people and wildlife in the middle of town.
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Some Small Birds of Spring
They have been arriving now for the past month.
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Early Spring Colours
Early Spring produces delicate colours that cannot be seen any other time of the year.
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Duet
Pete and Paulie are two local bald eagles who have been in the same nest for at least the last ten years.
They spend the winter here and every spring two or three new little bald eagles enter the world in their nest.
Right now it is waiting time and discussions take place.
A conversation happened the other day and I was fortunate enough to be able to eavesdrop.
I’m not sure what the resolution was, but they then turned their backs and gazed off into space.
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White Crowned Sparrow
This little guy showed up the other day.
Looks very confident.
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Flicker
Laurier Woods is a local area readily accessible to town.
It is a little microcosm of Northern Ontario, with bush, rocks, ponds, beaver dams (complete with beaver), all connected by well-marked trails.
Getting lost in the Woods is difficult.
Getting lost in the moments one experiences there is easy.
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Grackle In The Grass
Sweetman’s Garden has lots of birds to photograph on most days.
This day was unusual as only a solitary grackle was present when I visited.
But the light was so good that it all worked out just fine.
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You Are In My Sights
This bird was perched high on the branch very near the nest, calling plaintively over and over.
Hoping that a prospective mate might get curious, I suppose.
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