Wednesday /21/2014
I know you can see Canada geese anywhere, but I did enjoy seeing all the goslings. |
Most of the parents had lots of babies, but this couple only had one. We wondered what happen to the rest. Maybe some fox or raccoon got the rest of their eggs. |
One night while walking Mallery, I saw this duck out on the lake. I had my zoom, but it was too far from me to get a better picture. I think this is a Hooded Merganser. |
The Hooded Merganser is the only duck I could find with this kind of fan-shaped crest. I also believe this is a female as it was cinnamon color. |
I think this is a male American Goldfinch. I was walking Mallery one evening and brought my camera with the zoom lens. |
Way up one of the canals to the lake I saw these swans. |
Joe took this picture of someone who had caught this fish. It looks like a catfish to me. He through it back in the water. |
I took this picture of our Nest across one of the canals to the lake. |
Up this canal is where the Mute Swans were swimming. |
Even though they are common, they are still so beautiful. |
I think this is a male Yellow Warbler. |
I had my zoom, but it still was a bit far for a good picture. |
There were more families of Canada geese than I thought. |
Canada geese mate for life and are very dedicated to their mate. If a mate gets sick, the other mate will stay with it while the rest of the flock continues the migration. |
A family with nine babies. Twenty four hours after the goslings are born they get in the water and swim. |
As I watched them, the adults kept doing these weird things with their necks. |
In this picture two of the geese are doing the stretch and crooked neck thing. |
I read that when geese are scared or threatened they will stretch out their neck. Maybe they were doing these strange neck actions because they were threaten by my presence along the canal shore. |
Another evening I saw another male Yellow Warbler. One identifying characteristics is they have short tails. |
The Yellow Warbler has light chestnut streaks on the breast and belly, as seen in this picture. |
Two male American Goldfinch. The males have a black cap on their heads. |
This is a picture of our campground, Campers Cove. I am pointing at #47, the site we were at. This picture gives you a good idea of how much water was around our site. We were so blessed with just one day of light rain instead of the 3 days of rain that was predicted. I was a bit worried about flooding. We were told that they still had snow on the ground the second week of May. It had just recently melted. With the heavy snowfall melts and the spring rains, the Great Lakes got back to their normal levels. The Great Lakes had been on the low side last year. We left today and drove straight east from Alpena on Hwy. 32 to Gaylord to the Super Wal-Mart for the night. Tomorrow we drive to Bellaire for about a week. We have appointments to look at some property in that area. |
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