This morning I went for a more leisurely walk in the Sackville Waterfowl Park, which is one of my favourite places to be. It's a beautiful park and so many birds make it their home - I feel really lucky to be so close to it. This morning there were vast numbers of Yellow-rumped Warblers (formerly named Myrtle Warblers) all over the park. They're so cute and quite bold, so I can get relatively close to them. I took a lot of photos, but they just captivate me. I really liked this shot with the cattails from last year, even though he's not looking my way.
The perfect little models, they are!
Imagine this one with a Scottish accent, saying "Och...the wind's blowin' up me kilt!"
Lady, can I have a little modesty here? Please?
I love their little rusty coloured "hats."
A good number of sparrows are also out and about. Some are bold and others are more shy. Here's a song sparrow—and they do have a lovely song!
This is the back end of a swamp sparrow who was being really reticent about having his picture taken, so I had to take him in two halves!
Peek-a-boo! The front end of the swamp sparrow.
This one is a Savannah sparrow.
Of course, none of those birds are waterfowl. Here's an actual waterfowl—a green-winged teal.
I'll leave you with a whole series of tree swallow photographs, because I couldn't decide which ones to share. They were being especially helpful with posing today!
This one sat for a while just a few feet from me on the boardwalk railing.
There are houses on posts in the lake that they prefer for their nest boxes.
Some of them have a more distinct dark chest spot.
