A First Bluebird and other Canatara life!

I found my first Eastern Bluebird of the year! The brilliant blue back caught my attention as it flew past and luckily stopped nearby. It was then chased away by an American Goldfinch and I lost track of it.

A dozen Canvasback continue to frequent Lake Chipican. They are diving ducks, seldom going ashore to dry land. They sleep on the water with their bill tucked under the wing, and nest on floating mats of vegetation.

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

Several gulls, including this immature Ring-billed Gull searched the debris that washed up on the Lake Huron shoreline for treasures such as dead fish, mollusks and other edibles.

A pair of unlikely friends: A female Mallard and female Hooded Merganser have been hanging out together for the past week in Lake Chipican. The Hooded Merganser kept a close eye on the Mallard as she fluffed her feathers.

Soon after, the Hooded Merganser completed her own preening routine on a log.

Northern Flickers spend more time on the ground searching for food than most other Woodpeckers. They drill their beak into the earth to find hiding insects. Mud is visible on the beak of this Northern Flicker!