Some highlights of the day were :
Philadelphia Vireo, Osprey, Western Wood Pewee, Dark-eyed Junco, White-throated Sparrow , White-winged Crossbill, Northern Waterthrush and Palm Warbler.
Here are some photos taken there last week ( left click to enlarge ) :
Philadelphia Vireo - Not always an easy bird to find in town:
Osprey - This majestic raptor was catching fish at the trout pond. When I first got to the park I found him perched atop a tall power pole and at one point he stooped to look down at me:
Brown Thrasher - I found four of these at the park. Its not too often you can get a shot of them out in the open:
Northern Waterthrush - Its a good day when you can get one of these Warblers actually in the water as their name implies:
Yellow-rumped Warbler - This time of year the Yellow-rumps become the most abundant Warbler around..
Blue-winged Teal - She was swimming in the trout pond.
Alder Flycatcher - I found this guy in the trees near the entrance:
10 comments:
Those are wonderful I'm jealous - we went out yesterday, and saw nothng, zero, zilch!
I sometimes get days like that too :-) Thanks for the comment !
Just flat out amazing! Excellent shots, Nick!
Cheers, Klaus
Thanks very much Klaus ! :-)
Glad you liked them. That's the closest I've gotten to one yet, and even then he was still about 40ft up :-)
The Osprey is fantastic Nick.I'm astounded how good the birding is up in Saskatoon.I guess having S.Sask river is excellent for bringing in these species.
Thanks Rock. The birding is great here , but you get slow days like anywhere.
Funnily enough, I didn't see an Osprey the whole time I was at the river yesterday when they really should be coming through now. That one at the trout pond was a fluke :-)
More great pics!! That osprey is a frightening looking thing. I wouldn't want it flying at me.
:-)
Beautiful as always... wonderful, thanks for sharing
Thanks for looking ! :-)
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