Yesterday being a bright sunny day, we decided to go for a drive after church. We headed south, picked up a sandwich in Flesherton for lunch and drove to the causeway over Lake Eugenia. It provided a good spot to see if there were any interesting birds.
In short, there weren't any. unless you count 500 Canada Geese as interesting. We parked just where the road is a little wider, with a view out to the little island. Lake Eugenia was created in 1914 when the Beaver River (right in the middle of this picture, but underwater) was dammed for the power plant.
Water runs in two pipes, over the edge of the escarpment, and down to a generating plant at the bottom. It's the highest water drop in a Canadian power plant east of the Rockies, and is still going strong despite being 106 years old.
I zoomed in on the island and some small dots suggested there might be some birds sitting there, and on this occasion I had brought along my big telephoto. It's still heavy for me to hold, but I'm managing for shooting birds out the window here, so I thought I'd try it.
The same picture with my Nikon, and I feel it's just a little sharper. There are definitely birds sitting there, at both ends where there's exposed gravel.
Here at home it's a dull grey day and has been raining heavily this afternoon. We appear to be in for our first major winter storm, with up to 40 cm. (16") forecast here by Wednesday, along with more big northerly waves crashing onto the beaches in town and to the east. I'll believe it when I see it, but if it materializes, we'll have Texas to thank for sending us another moisture laden low pressure system!
We have two days of +10 degrees, rain and high winds on the way. It’s a big switch for our usual weather this time of year.
ReplyDeleteWE are still above zero so that is a good thing. We have just enough snow to make the grass white:)
ReplyDeleteAs it's a bit milder here we get more water birds in winter than in summer, with lots of migrants from Scandanavia, N Russia and Iceland. I'm off to visit some of them later today, though I expect there'll be some Canada Geese too.
ReplyDelete40cm of that white stuff, you might not be out for a day or two. Love those shots zoomed in.
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ReplyDeletePretty views of the lake and geese! We may have some snow flurries tonight.
Take care, enjoy your day!
It's always worth taking a good look at flocks of Canada geese, there may be a much smaller look-alike mixed in, a cackling goose.
ReplyDeleteAfter days of rain, we have a window of nice weather ahead. I'll take it! Your zoom works really well.
ReplyDeleteCool pictures of the small island and definitely a gathering of more than 10 feathered friends. Don't see any masks though. Notice the 2 geese up on the rock, they must be conducting the meeting. I passed someones personal pond yesterday (I'm going back to get a picture one day) and it was filled with geese and they were all spread out across the grassy area. Lots of goopy poop, but nice to see all the same. :)
ReplyDeleteNice to get out and see some birds even if they are just Canada Geese!
ReplyDeleteThat's a lot of them!
ReplyDeleteWe have Canada Geese that winter over at our location. They are busy flying from corn fields and water features to find water. They use to fly south but a lot of them just don't anymore.
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