Post by kastern on Jun 26, 2008 15:10:28 GMT -8
Don't know if it is the weather or my mood, but transferring this lot of photos over has just made me very frustrated. It seems that photos of all the birds that we saw, that we don't find here, are either non existant or so poor they aren't worth having. Definitely more time was required than the 3 weeks we had. You need to have time to stay put in each spot to find what is there and then hope for photographs.
Anyway...here goes this section
I did manage a couple of decent shots of the Chestnut Sided Warbler at Cold Lake. Of all the Warblers we saw, that's the only type I got decent photos of.
This is another view that shows the back of the bird. I had wanted photos of American Redstarts, and even though we saw them, none of the pictures are worth considering.
From Cold Lake, we travelled south a short ways to an area called Moose Lake, just outside of Bonnyville. Totally different habitat from the Boreal Forest we had been in and well deserving of more time being spent there. We had seen Blue Jays everywhere we had been and this is the best of the few pitiful photos I managed!
Believe it or not, this is a Black and White Warbler....best I could do! There were also lots of Yellow Rump Warblers there, Northern Flickers, Robins, Chipping Sparrows, Black Cap Chickadees etc.
Spotted Sandpipers were everywhere, but there were more at this lake than any other place we saw.
Osprey were all over too. There was a sign explaining that the local Scouts and other organizations in the area had erected this Osprey nest platform (it must have been a chore considering where it was!) and there was a pair of Ospreys busy constructing a nest. They were quite spooky, so didn't stay long.
Just down the road, we stopped in at a Garner Lake Campsite, just to check it out...and spent the night. An interesting thing happened there. My dog was digging in the sand and mud at the edge of the water, when a Loon showed up........
Soon....two more showed up. As long as she kept digging and splashing they would move in really close. When she stopped, they would start to drift away. All we can figure is the splashing sounded like fish being caught and they were moving in, in hopes of a free meal!
Of course whenever you get 3 loons together, especially in breeding season...things don't stay peaceful for long!
I'm going to have to break off now....dogs want their dinner.....I'll add more later.
Kathy
Anyway...here goes this section
I did manage a couple of decent shots of the Chestnut Sided Warbler at Cold Lake. Of all the Warblers we saw, that's the only type I got decent photos of.
This is another view that shows the back of the bird. I had wanted photos of American Redstarts, and even though we saw them, none of the pictures are worth considering.
From Cold Lake, we travelled south a short ways to an area called Moose Lake, just outside of Bonnyville. Totally different habitat from the Boreal Forest we had been in and well deserving of more time being spent there. We had seen Blue Jays everywhere we had been and this is the best of the few pitiful photos I managed!
Believe it or not, this is a Black and White Warbler....best I could do! There were also lots of Yellow Rump Warblers there, Northern Flickers, Robins, Chipping Sparrows, Black Cap Chickadees etc.
Spotted Sandpipers were everywhere, but there were more at this lake than any other place we saw.
Osprey were all over too. There was a sign explaining that the local Scouts and other organizations in the area had erected this Osprey nest platform (it must have been a chore considering where it was!) and there was a pair of Ospreys busy constructing a nest. They were quite spooky, so didn't stay long.
Just down the road, we stopped in at a Garner Lake Campsite, just to check it out...and spent the night. An interesting thing happened there. My dog was digging in the sand and mud at the edge of the water, when a Loon showed up........
Soon....two more showed up. As long as she kept digging and splashing they would move in really close. When she stopped, they would start to drift away. All we can figure is the splashing sounded like fish being caught and they were moving in, in hopes of a free meal!
Of course whenever you get 3 loons together, especially in breeding season...things don't stay peaceful for long!
I'm going to have to break off now....dogs want their dinner.....I'll add more later.
Kathy