We had a barred owl in our yard the other day. The last time we had a visit was in 2021, so it was good to see. I wasn’t able to get many pictures but thought I would post these. My husband saw the owl catch a mouse and eat it, but I wasn’t fast […]
We had the privilege of seeing some trumpeter swans on our lake as they are migrating through the area. There were actually 8 of them, but I wasn’t able to get photos of all of them together. They are beautiful birds.
We finished our camping trip this year by going into Algonquin Park and staying at Pog Lake Provincial Park. It is a beautiful park, and it is possible to go on the old railway bike trail that goes through Algonquin. We covered around 32 km on our bikes the day we took our trip.
We enjoyed our visit to Oastler Lake Provincial Park. This is the spot where we had our campsite. We’ve been to the Park before, and were glad to be back there. I liked hearing the train go by as it brought back memories of hearing the trains when I was young. We took our bikes […]
We continue to see the mallards all summer here. They have gotten very habituated and often come up to us when we are sitting at the beach. In all the years we’ve lived by the lake, I have never seen a mallard duck eating a minnow. Usually we see them eating plant material, bugs, seeds, […]
This looks like it could be a “romantic” moment between the loons, but when I checked about loon behaviour, I found out that these loons are actually rivals, and are doing the circle dance. They slowly circle around each other, checking each other out. I saw them doing this quite a bit. Often one would […]
We have a lot of mallard ducks on our lake, and are quite used to seeing them. These pictures are of the males. In the springtime we see flocks of males. Their colours are brilliant at that time of year.
Recently a pair of loons built a nest in the small bay further down the lake from our place. It was a very special experience for us to see one so close. The problem was that the nest was so close to the shore and cottagers’ docks. We were concerned that it was not a […]