Wild Canatara + A Musky! 

A Bald Eagle followed the Lake Huron shoreline, in his hunt for food.

The Eagle didn't pay attention to the 4 foot long Muskellunge (Musky) that had washed up onto the Canatara shore a few days earlier. This was my first time seeing a Musky!

A friend open it's mouth so I could photograph the rows of teeth. Any prey caught by that fish was not going to escape!

Another view of the teeth!

Adjacent to a very small inland pond (which often dries up) a Tree Sparrow posed for me! 3 Tree Sparrows have been lurking in the reeds surrounding that pond.

On the afternoon of November 18th (11 degree C.) I noticed a lump in Lake Chipican. Initially the head was submerged and I wondered if it was a log, but after a few moments the head emerged and I could confirm that a Snapping Turtle, covered in mud, was out for a slow swim. Reptiles can come out of the mud in search of a drink of water on the warmer days.

An Eastern Grey Screech Owl is appearing more frequently at the entrance hole to the wood duck box. The feathers on the top of the head seem to have a brown tinge. Perhaps this owl has some genes from the Red Phase of the Eastern Screech Owl which also live in the park.

I wasn't able to determine if this Black-capped Chickadee was eating a seed, or a juicy insect.

An adult Cooper's Hawk was perched high above the Redhead Ducks in the water below. They mainly eat birds, and although it appeared to be watching the ducks, it was likely hoping for a meal in the form of a Dove, Flicker, Robin or Starling.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Coopers_Hawk/lifehistory

This beautiful fungus caught my eye, growing on a fallen log. According to iNaturalist, it is a Silverleaf Fungus which can be harmful to fruit trees, but is generally not considered a problem in forested areas.