A Beauty day to visit Pinery Park!

Sunrise, January 15th. from our street.

We took advantage of the beautiful sunny day and headed to North Lambton. The ice covered water restricted the number of birds that we saw in Pinery Provincial Park.

We made our usual visit to Beach Parking #9 to feed the birds. It was a cold day, so the Black-capped Chickadees and other birds were eager for food.

When the little birds began calling in alarm, we noticed a Sharp-shinned Hawk had perched in a nearby tree. He carefully observed the seed feeding activity but didn't attempt to catch any prey while we stood there. All those little birds would create a nice smorgasbord for this hawk and other predators! 

I made a new friend when a female Downy Woodpecker landed for a nibble of food.