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The new season has begun at Canadian’s Point Pelee National park near Leamington,Ontario. Thousands of visitors will arrive throughout the spring and into the fall to take in the wildlife and natural beauty of this park. Recently work was completed upgrading 500 metres of the marsh boardwalk.
These endangered birds are utterly beautiful. I had fun watching this female gather nesting material on a tour I led with Avocet Tours this past week. The Prothonotary Warbler is the only member of the genus Protonotaria and the only eastern warbler that nests in natural or artificial cavities. They often use cavities in trees made by Downy Woodpeckers. They are listed as endangered in Canada and nest in hardwood swamps in southeastern Ontario in Canada and the eastern US.
Red-Winged Blackbird - Female shot in Point Pelee National Park, Ontario, Canada
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Daryl Knarr
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The least flycatcher (Empidonax minimus) is a small migratory bird found in North America. Measuring around 12 centimeters in length, it has olive-gray upperparts, a pale gray throat, and a whitish belly. With a white eyering and a short, thin bill, it catches insects on the wing. Its sharp "che-bec" call is characteristic. Least flycatchers breed in deciduous and mixed forests, constructing cup-shaped nests hidden in dense vegetation. Skilled aerial hunters, they perch and sally forth to catch insects, often returning to the same spot. They migrate long distances to spend winters in Central and South America. Their diet consists mainly of flies, beetles, and moths. While not as well-known as other flycatchers, birdwatchers appreciate their energetic foraging and distinct call. The least flycatcher's unassuming appearance adds charm to North American forests.
Point Pelee, Ontario.
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The sun rises over Lake Erie as another day begins at Point Pelee National Park in southwestern Ontario.
Photo taken at Point Pelee. Windy day, did not see many things as I walked along. Happy I stopped to take this shot.
Point Pelee National park is in the most southern part of Canada. The climate varies from warm, humid summers to cold snowy winters. It lies in a zone that is characterized by variable weather due to a conflict between polar air from northern Canada and tropical air masses that come up from the southern Gulf of Mexico.
Never sitting still, this Brown creeper foraged in this tree for some time, allowing for quite a few images. It appears to have an injured left foot.
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Seventy percent of Point Pelee National Park in southwest Ontario is marsh that is dominated by cattails and ponds. Twenty-one percent of the park is forested areas. Ecologically it is important because the park contains more than 750 native plant species of which 8 species are considered to be rare, endangered or threatened in Canada.
The DeLaurier homestead was one of the first French settlements in what is now Canada’s Point Pelee National Park. This log house was built around 1850 by Oliver DeLaurier and was occupied until 1966.
A female Rose-breasted Grosbeak with her fiery response has put the brakes on a male Rose-breasted Grosbeak that wishes to join her on the bird feeder. A male Baltimore Oriole looks on. The male Rose-breasted Grosbeak left the bird feeder and sat solo in a nearby tree, where he could recover his ego. Rondo Provincial Park Campground is the setting for springtime bird watching on the north shore of Lake Erie in Ontario.
Point Pelee National Park is the southernmost point of the Canadian mainland. This is the marshland and the boardwalk into the marshland.
Shot with a converted infrared Sony Alpha 200 camera.
Point Pelee National Park near Leamington, Ontario is renowned internationally for bird watching. It’s location is ideal for many species of migratory birds in the spring and fall.
I haven’t seen too many of these speedsters on the ground before, so I was kind of happy to catch this happy little one bouncing around the trail at Point Pelee.
A Black Tern paused its swooping dives for a moment on the marsh boardwalk in Point Pelee National Park. Love his little webbed feet.
The Point Pelee marsh boardwalk is one of the most popular places to visit in this Canadian national park. When I arrived on this early April morning all was quiet. These two Canada geese along with several redwing blackbirds was the extent of wildlife I encountered. Activity in the park greatly changes by the first of May when the migrating birds arrive along with the many people looking for a glimpse at the multitude of bird species that stop at the park at this particular time of the year.
A flutter of wings caught my attention on the Point Pelee boardwalk and I turned just in time to catch this Canada Goose. View large for feather details.
A multitude of different insects push each other aside to get some sap oozing from a hole in this tree. I've never seen such a diverse variety all together at the feeding trough!
A spider web revealed by the morning sun through the leaves in Point Pelee National Park. The morning side light lit up all the webs in the forest. Lots of webs. Didn't realize there were that many :)
I'm sure this little guy followed me around the marsh boardwalk in Point Pelee National Park, just begging for his portrait to be taken.
Monarchs start to awaken as the morning sun touches them in Point Pelee National Park. We were very lucky to catch them that morning. A few minutes later their numbers dwindled as they flew off to continue their migration to their winter grounds in Mexico.
In North America, Barn Swallows are spring time arrivals from their South American winter. Although their flight acrobatics are extraordinary, their colours and markings are equally noteworthy. From Cornell: "The Barn Swallow is the most abundant and widely distributed swallow species in the world. It breeds throughout the Northern Hemisphere and winters in much of the Southern Hemisphere." www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barn_Swallow/overview
Point Pelee National Park in southwestern Ontario is a peninsula that extends out into Lake Erie. Known as the “tip”, this small strip of sand and stone will change in size and length depending on the lake water levels and wave action. Over the last several years the size of this tip has decreased.
I sat down for a minute to absorb the awakening marsh and noticed the morning sun touching the lily pads by the boardwalk in Point Pelee National Park.
Add another four weeks and this marsh in Point Pelee National Park will be painted in shades of green
Morning sun started to backlight this milkweed as we were leaving the trail in Point Pelee National Park
A little bit of back light reveals so much more details at the edge of the forest in Point Pelee National Park.
A cold clear morning makes for a beautiful sunrise over Lake Erie from the tip of Point Pelee National Park.
The more you look, the more you see. Captured in Point Pelee National Park after a morning hike to look for Monarch butterflies.