Frank Lake, Alberta: continued!

Visiting Frank Lake during breeding season provided opportunities to view many wild birds. We only stayed for 2 hours, but found 42 species on June 10th!

American Coot chicks are an example of precocial young. They are able to leave the nest and follow their parents into the water almost immediately after hatching. We saw a few families with fuzzy chicks at Frank Lake!

https://academy.allaboutbirds.org/american-coot-chicks/

A viewing blind and boardwalk provided easy viewing access to some of the species.

Eared Grebe

Ruddy Duck

Gadwall

Cinnamon Teal

Wilson's Phalarope

Yellow-head Blackbird gathering food to take back to the nest.

Another Yellow-headed Blackbird didn't mind sharing the boardwalk as we walked by.