| A beautiful day for a walk in the park. | |
Sat August 13, 2011.Swan Lake Village area, Makham, Ontario |
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| Swan Lake Park |
| Mute Swans |
| Romeo and Juliet are still staying at the Island near the pier. |
| Mallard Ducks. |
| The ducks were sunning themselves on a log near the pier as well. |
| Turtle. |
| Also enjoying the sun on another log beside the Ducks. |
| Model Sailboat |
| A gentleman was sitting in a camp chair near the pier using a remote control to control this model sailboat. |
| Model Sailboat |
| Tacking into a strong wind. |
| Great Blue Heron |
| At least one of the Great Blue Herons is still on the lake. Excuse the quality of the shot, the Great Blue Heron was sitting in a tree on the far side of the lake about 400 meters away and was not visible at that distance to the human eye. |
| Red Tailed Hawk. |
| Two Red Tailed Hawks were flying over the lake. |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron (juvenile) |
| We were at the bridge at the far western part of the lake when we noticed an unusual large bird well camouflaged in amongst some branches. It took a very long time to figure out what this bird was but it turned out to be a juvenile "Black-crowned Night-Heron" |
| Turtles |
| In the same area we saw a very well organised group of turtles sharing a single branch floating in the water. |
| Monarch Butterfly |
| As we finished our walk a Monarch butterfly landed nearby. |
| Monarch Butterfly |
| With wings closed. |
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