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pelicans…

30 Friday Jun 2023

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during our last day at the cottage, we spent time on the cliff deck watching the waves and the pelicans…

we have enjoyed the pelicans since we arrived and early on we would get very excited every time we spotted one flying over the cottage, in the water close to the beach, taking off and landing in the water, and all the times they spent with the fisher…

over the last day or so, while we were there, it seemed a bit ho hum, lol…

what we never managed to see was them catching fish… it was clear that they got something from the fisher after they brought up the final piece of the net…

we did discover that a group of them could be called a number of things, but we liked pod and squadron best;-)…

such fun to watch them over the week…

abundance…

27 Tuesday Jun 2023

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there were so many birds at the cottage we stayed at…

after hearing them on the Merlin sound app, I decided not to worry about getting photos of them… my goal was to spot as many as I could while we were there…

I think I saw most of them, except the black and white warbler…

we also saw many pelicans, gulls, eagles, hummingbirds, and at least one heron;-)…

what a wonderful abundance of feathered friends…

Camping 2019, Day 1…

07 Sunday Jul 2019

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had such fun today…

the boys picked me up around ten and we headed out to Nutimik Lake… the trailer is in Blueberry Hill Campground, which is one of the seasonal sites…

we unpacked in a flash, and got the boat ready and into the water… I adore being on the boat, and enjoy every single moment…

we fished… a lot… but only the daddy caught anything – a single Jack…

we snacked, the boys swam, saw eagles and pelicans, of which I got a few shots…

there was swimming and kneeboarding…

the family get the boat into and out of the water like pros… I even got to practice my driving for a few minutes…

back to the campsite for a short rest and then supper… hot dogs over the fire, with homemade potato salad;-)…

great start to our time here…

pelicans…

15 Sunday Jul 2018

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a few days ago I received a postcard in the mail from my Ottawa daughter… she had sent it from Kingston and it had a beautiful heron on it…

I love herons and we were recently talking about them as they seem much more common in Ontario than here… either that or I am just not in the places here where they reside… she often sends me photos of them when she’s by the river or paddle boarding…

just last week when the boys and I were on a walk, the pelicans were on the river as we crossed the bridge… first time this year that I’d seen them… got a few pics but mostly from far away…

today as I walked over the bridge to the Park they were on the water again… they are another bird that I find very interesting… often they can be seen in Lockport, but I haven’t made it there yet this year…

I do love it when I spy birds when I am out and about… so blessed to have the opportunity for walks in such a beautiful area…

gardens…

03 Thursday Aug 2017

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had a lovely early morning walk to and around the Gardens at the Park…


first time the pelicans have been around this year when I’ve been on my walks…

the Gardens are lovely right now…


the gardeners were everywhere and the sprinklers were rather a danger… took quite different paths so I didn’t get drenched…


last week I got a shot of this bench with a woman seated on it from the other side of the garden… looks different from this point of view…


the view from our bench… and here’s the bench…


as I left the Gardens the path was beautiful with the dappled light…


great start to the day…

critters…

17 Sunday Jul 2016

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saw many critters today…

checked out the pelicans as I crossed the bridge to the Park… got some great shots, particularly this one…


later, when I was sitting in the garden at home, I watched them soaring high above the house…

found critters on and in flowers and lily pads…

bug, not sure what kind…

purple lily and frog…

butterfly and bush, lol…

water lily with ant, maybe…

very happy to get a shot of this shy turtle… I have seen it over the last month but it vanishes into the water when people are even walking on the path… stood and watched it for about fifteen minutes today…


it was clear and sunny as I went for my walk this morning… when I got home I sat out in the garden as some lovely white clouds floated across the sky… as I was making my lunch thunder rolled, and all of a sudden there was a huge downpour …


a bit later, it was sunny again… 

kids were here for supper, and as they left my daughter spotted this critter sitting in the front yard… 


was there for easily twenty minutes…

fun times…

spray…

10 Sunday Jul 2016

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had a great walk through the Gardens at the Park on Friday and got a few good pictures… water was a common thread…

the pelicans were sitting on the edge of the little island as we walked across the bridge to the Park… first time I’ve seen them this year…

the water was finally running on the Boy with the Boot, at the entry to the English Garden… last year they were trying to use solar power to run the pump but that didn’t seem to work so well… first time it’s been going this year and it still looks like it needs a bit of work, lol…

my friend noticed this dragonfly at the edge of the pond in the Leo Mol Sculpture Garden and I got a great shot… last week there were hundreds of them, but barely any this time…

this is my favourite shot… the irrigation system was going in this spot and the spray looked so nice in the sunlight… in another area we had to retreat because the sprinklers were trying to soak us, lol…

cannot express how much I enjoy going every week and seeing the changes in the gardens… such fun…