Okay, Pat – this is for you. I haven’t had my camera out much lately, but have taken some photos with my phone, so I thought I would upload them there. I love the scenery we have here in the winter when it snows, and the lake freezes over.
The snow that came today makes everything beautiful. Dangerous for driving, but beautiful for viewing. These are pictures I took this morning on my walk on Green Lake Road.
We had three hooded mergansers on our lake today – two males and one female. The males are the brighter colour, and have white crests on their heads. These can be raised or lowered. They have beautiful markings.
We have five swans on our lake right now, migrating to warmer climates. I enjoyed taking some photos, especially ones that showed the water spraying off of them after they came up from feeding.
Pictures from around Codroy:
We’ve had a couple of trumpeter swans here on our lake for a couple of days. We often see them in the spring or fall.
This is a variety of some pictures from some of the last few places we went to before leaving Newfoundland. It was a wonderful trip. George Huxter Memorial Park: Glassy Beach: Harry’s Harbour
St. Vincent’s – we sat by the beach in St. Vincent’s hoping to see the humpback whales. We saw them at a distance, but it wasn’t until a couple of days after we left there, that people saw them up close. It was still interesting though.
Salmonier Nature Park – We enjoyed a couple of visits to the nature park. They look after animals and birds who are not able to live in the wild. They have a rehabilitation area for those they can rehabilitate. The ones we saw are ones who cannot be rehabilitated. This gives people a chance to […]