| A beautiful day for a walk in the park. | |
Friday April 02, 2010. Swan Lake Village area, Markham, Ontario |
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| Swan Lake Park |
| Mute Swan |
| Romeo newly arrived on the lake and already chasing the Canadian Geese away. |
| Canadian Goose swimming away from Romeo as fast as he can. |
| Goose resorts to using it's wings to increase its speed in order to escape from Romeo. |
| Highway 407 between 9th Line and Markham Road |
| Trumpeter Swans - Juvenile |
| Three young Trumpeter (the fully mature adults feathers are pure white while the juvenile retains the black smudged feather color). These three have been living for the last 3 weeks in the very small flood control pond on the north side of the 407 between 9th line and Markham Rd. |
| Red Tailed Hawk |
| A Red Tail hawk out looking for dinner, flies over the pond with the 3 swans. |
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