Collingwood Waterfront!

Trail Head: We started each morning with a walk along the waterfront. 

Looking towards Nottawasaga Bay.

Red-winged Blackbirds are currently hard to find at home, but we saw a good sized flock of migrating blackbirds at the Collingwood waterfront!

Boardwalk/bridge leading to Hen and Chickens Island - A good spot for shore birds during migration!

Grain Elevators

A rock I admired!

Mallard Drake

Canada Goose silhouettes.

Mute Swan, one of approximately 37. Two Trumpeter Swans were in the area, but were very distant.

High winds the next day prompted the birds to take shelter in an area protected from the elements.

At least 10 Green-winged Teal swam remarkably close to our vantage point. We also saw Redheads, Greater and Lesser Scaup, Bufflehead, all 3 Mergansers, American Coot, and Goldeneye.

Great Blue Heron hunting in a small creek.

Double-crested Cormorants huddled on a rock.

Lesser Yellowlegs on the left and Greater Yellowlegs on the right. Several metres behind the yellowlegs, 4 Wilson's Snipe hunted for food in the mud.

An immature Bonaparte's Gull cruised low over the surface of the water, regularly dunking its head in the pursuit of food.

Morning light on the bay.

A Red Squirrel keeping an eye on us.