| A beautiful day for a walk in the park. |
Thursday April 04, 2013. Swan Lake Village area, Markham, Ontario |
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| First spring like day of the year and time to take a short walk around the lake. |
| Swan Lake |
| Canada Geese |
| The Canada Geese are back and pairing up while waiting for the ice on the lake to melt. |
| Swan Lake Village Entrance |
| A beautiful day for a walk around the village and lake. |
| Ring Billed Gull |
| Flying over the lake. |
| Canada Goose |
| This goose got a little to close to another male who was courting a female and needed to make tracks quickly to get away from the irate male. |
| Canada Goose |
| Same goose after he got away and landed on the ice. |
| Mallard Duck |
| This male a quick flight to escape another irate male mallard. |
| Mallard Ducks |
| Just as I was snapping a picture of the duck in the water. Another male flew through the picture. |
| Pussy Willow |
| A sure sign of spring as these Pussy willows bud and the flowering catkins grow. A number of birds will eat these as they mature as they provide one of the earliest food sources in the spring. |
| Common Grackle |
| The Grackle was just launching itself from the tree and was waiting to clear the branches before spreading it's wings. |
| Red Tailed Hawk |
| This Red Tailed Hawk was flying very high over the lake looking for dinner. |