A beautiful day for a walk in the park. | |
May 5th to May 15, 2012. Swan Lake Village area, Markham, Ontario |
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Swan Lake Park |
Painted Turtle |
This was an incredibly tiny turtle sitting on a log near the swan feeding station. I've blown the picture up to make him easier to see. |
Gold Fish |
I was surprised to see three gold fish in Swan Lake. The picture shows two of the three feeding at the shore line. I saw these on the north shore of the lake. |
Cedar Waxwing |
June D mentioned she had seen these birds eating blossoms in the cherry tree at Toogood pond in Unionville. |
Swan Lake |
Canada Geese with gosling's |
Probably because Romeo is chasing every goose he can find on the lake, these geese have been keeping their very young goslings in the east pond. |
Canada Goose - baby |
Cardinal |
For some reason I allways have trouble getting a good clean shot of a Cardinal. An oriental lady saw us taking pictures on the path by the east pond and she took us over to the tree with the Cardinal in it. |
Mute Swan Eggs |
Art discovered that there were 9 eggs in the nest ( when Sal counted them before there were only 7 eggs). |
Cardinal |
This Cardinal flew down and landed right in front of me only a short distance up the path from the pier. |
Mute Swan |
Romeo chasing geese away from the nesting and feeding area. |
Mute Swan |
Another shot of Romeo chasing the geese. He raises his wings in display to help intimidate the geese. |
Muskrat |
A very poor picture of the Muskrat in our lake as it swam under the pier and out the other side. The muskrat is a vegetarian and like the beaver in Swan Lake is no threat to the Swans. |
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