Birds of Presquile

Hello Everyone! Today I am sharing some photos of birds that I took at Presquile Park a couple of weeks ago.

1st pic-a bunch of swans flying overhead...

2nd pic-a cute swan family with 2 babies just grabbing a snack in this swampy area

3rd pic-another swan family with 4 babies. I took about 100 photos of these guys and this is the best photo I got---try getting 1 decent photo of the 6 of them! This is why I do not shoot portraits!

4th pic-a lone swan near the entrance of the park

5th pic-a hummingbird getting a snack

6th pic-the same bird having a SHORT rest on a branch after snacking-these are the ONLY shots I've ever gotten of a hummingbird...they are just too darn fast, or I'm too slow!

7th pic-a warbler of some kind, having a short break after eating at the bird feeder

Have a great week!

Flowers

These are from our hiking trip in June to Presquile Park in Brighton. These were all taken along the boardwalk and mostly growing in water (sorry I don't know the names of them!) Look closely and see if you can see the little insects that "jumped" into my shots! :-) The dragonfly in the last photo is supposed to be there!

Presquile Residents

We went hiking at Presquile Park the first weekend in April and here are some of the residents at the park. 1st  is a shot of a common snipe...he was very hard to see as he is the same colour as the grass, but I noticed him when he moved! 2nd is a shot of a mute swan and 3rd is a shot of a couple of deer watching us closely!!

Mute Swans

UPDATED: I was told these are Mute Swans and not Trumpeter swans as I previously posted....

We went to Presquile Park last Sunday for their Bird Migration weekend. It was a beautiful day, so we took a picnic lunch and made a day of it...We didn't see too many birds, some ducks, geese and then we saw all these swans, who were quite far away, but, we trekked through the snow/ice to get out to this point where we could get good pics of them (there were footprints from others who went before us, or else I would not have went out there). They didn't seem bothered by us as we sat on the shore shooting them!

1st & 2nd Pics-some Mute swans checking us out
3rd Pic-a swan stretching it's wings
4th Pic-a couple of swans who were being friendly
5th Pic-a male swan chasing off another male swan for getting too close to his girl