| A beautiful day for a walk in the park. | |
Saturday April 07, 2012. Swan Lake Village area, Markham, Ontario |
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| Swan Lake Park - Thursday April 5th |
| Mute Swan |
| Romeo apparently guarding the nest while Juliet sleeps. |
| Romeo chasing a Canada Goose away from the nest area. |
| Mallard Duck |
| Beautiful Day for a quick fly over the lake. |
| Swan Lake Park - Saturday April 7th |
| Mute Swans |
| Romeo and Juliet continuing to build up the nest. |
| Momma Mia!! |
| Juliet standing on the nest with a single egg. |
| Close up view of the egg. |
| Robin |
| Turkey Vulture |
| Many of you may have seen, over the last few days, large hawk like birds gliding over the lake. These are Turkey Vultures which are very common in north america. Don't worry these birds are not a danger to the swan's or to cygnets. |
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