Walking down the trail east from the Pavilion parking lot, two Osprey were busy scanning the Hamilton Harbour Bay's edge and circling close overhead. I wasn't aware of any nesting in this area, so I wonder if these two are the pair at the base of Hwy 6 and 403.
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| Osprey eyes me closely as it flies over. |
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| Osprey |
A little further down the trail, a Warbling Vireo paused long enough for a picture.
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| Warbling Vireo |
This little male Yellow Warbler was not willing to pose and this was the best picture I could get.
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| male Yellow Warbler |
A Baltimore Oriole was willing to show off its contrasting orange and black outfit.
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| Baltimore Oriole |
A Gray Catbird pair were mewing at me, and I barely got this shot off as it perched out in the open for a few seconds. Being much more shy than the similarly sized and shaped Robin, they generally prefer to be lower down among lower perches or even on the ground. This bird wasn't happy as I approached and actually "bristled" its feathers and a show of strength. I wondered if there was a nest nearby, but there wasn't any typical setting for that - usually a clump of shrubbery or something dense enough for their usual hiding place.
That was pretty much all I saw that day on that short visit.
I was out wandering in my neighbour's yard early one morning, quite annoyed! I had heard a bird singing heartily since the early morning hours. On and on it went and I didn't recognize it... not that I profess to be very good a recognizing that many bird calls yet. At one point, I decided to just get up and find it; I wasn't going to sleep anyway. It was actually across a church parking lot, across the street and behind the house of a neighbour we know quite well. In the morning, the sound travels well, but this little bird had quite the voice.
I'm embarrassed to say, it turned out to be a Baltimore Oriole. I don't hear them often, but somehow it didn't click. I'm also embarrassed to say, I got caught in the backyard of said neighbour, who had been up early as well. I should have known better as I knew was an early riser and risking walking down her driveway was sure to get her quite confused as she couldn't see who I was. I sheepishly explained that I didn't figure she'd be up and so I had risked it. She's way to good natured to really be upset, but had started to call me with a stern good morning until she figured out it was me. :) Ironically, I was out birding while she was up having already done a load of laundry! You're inspiring Jo!
As I apologized for startling her, I caught the unmistakable sound of the whistling of feathers that only comes from a fast flying bird... two Common Loons were also up early getting a head start on the morning commute and making use of the cool morning to travel some where. We don't have any resident loons in our area that I know of and being this far south, so they must have been late migrants. Strangely, they weren't terribly high, which is where they usually are situated when they're making their long distance flights. Loons are very fast flyers! I remember doing a science project on them as a young kid in school... If my memory is still correct, their cruising speed is often around 100km/hr!
A short while later, I was doing my own commute to work at roughly the same speed. Only thing is, a whole lot of technology was required to get me moving that fast. And a lot more inefficiently! What a marvel these creatures are. Yet, we never hesitate to look at the technology that we use daily in our lives and make the reasonable conclusion that it is obviously the result of a detailed and well thought out design. And the more we learn and the closer we are able to look at the detail of the world around us... I still can only can conclude...
Till next time...
Keep enjoying HIS handiwork!
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| Gray Catbird |
That was pretty much all I saw that day on that short visit.
I was out wandering in my neighbour's yard early one morning, quite annoyed! I had heard a bird singing heartily since the early morning hours. On and on it went and I didn't recognize it... not that I profess to be very good a recognizing that many bird calls yet. At one point, I decided to just get up and find it; I wasn't going to sleep anyway. It was actually across a church parking lot, across the street and behind the house of a neighbour we know quite well. In the morning, the sound travels well, but this little bird had quite the voice.
I'm embarrassed to say, it turned out to be a Baltimore Oriole. I don't hear them often, but somehow it didn't click. I'm also embarrassed to say, I got caught in the backyard of said neighbour, who had been up early as well. I should have known better as I knew was an early riser and risking walking down her driveway was sure to get her quite confused as she couldn't see who I was. I sheepishly explained that I didn't figure she'd be up and so I had risked it. She's way to good natured to really be upset, but had started to call me with a stern good morning until she figured out it was me. :) Ironically, I was out birding while she was up having already done a load of laundry! You're inspiring Jo!
As I apologized for startling her, I caught the unmistakable sound of the whistling of feathers that only comes from a fast flying bird... two Common Loons were also up early getting a head start on the morning commute and making use of the cool morning to travel some where. We don't have any resident loons in our area that I know of and being this far south, so they must have been late migrants. Strangely, they weren't terribly high, which is where they usually are situated when they're making their long distance flights. Loons are very fast flyers! I remember doing a science project on them as a young kid in school... If my memory is still correct, their cruising speed is often around 100km/hr!
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| Common Loon flying over St. George |
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| Common Loon |
A short while later, I was doing my own commute to work at roughly the same speed. Only thing is, a whole lot of technology was required to get me moving that fast. And a lot more inefficiently! What a marvel these creatures are. Yet, we never hesitate to look at the technology that we use daily in our lives and make the reasonable conclusion that it is obviously the result of a detailed and well thought out design. And the more we learn and the closer we are able to look at the detail of the world around us... I still can only can conclude...
Till next time...
Keep enjoying HIS handiwork!
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