| A beautiful day for a walk in the park. |
Wednesday June 11, 2014. Swan Lake Village area, Markham, Ontario |
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| Some pictures of the Cygnets and other birds taken during my walks in the park. |
| Swan Lake Park - June 9th, 2014 |
| Canada Geese |
| The Canada Goose population of our lake has been increasing lately as they congregate here in preparation for their summer molting. During the molting period they will not be able to fly for 4 weeks or more and so they need to prepare by finding a safe body of water with lots of food in and around it. |
| Mute Swan |
| Juliet pulling weeds up from the bottom for her cygnets to eat. |
| Juliet guarding the cygnets while they feed and play. |
| Mute Swan - Cygnets |
| Swan Lake Park - June 10th, 2014 |
| Mute Swan |
| Swan Lake Park - June 11, 2014 |
| Mute Swan - Cygnets |
| The 3 cygnets feeding at the special Cygnet feed tray in the Swan feeding station. |
| Mallard Ducks |
| 7 male Mallards waiting for the Swans to leave the feeder so that they can get any food that is left. Mute Swan's only eat as much as they need so it is a safe bet that some food will be left in the feeding station |
| Blackbird - female |
| It was a beautiful day for a walk in the park despite the weather forcast. This female, probably a grackle female, was walking along the path near the feeding station. |
| Mute Swan |
| Romeo spies some Canada Geese to close to the nesting area and charges off to chase them away. |
| Juliet leads the cygnets back to the nest to rest after their dinner. |
| Canada Goose |
| This family also felt it was a beautiful day for a walk in the park. |