Sunday, July 10, 2011

A Hike On The East Track of The Vermilon River.

NE Wetland.
 This hike was in and around the east track as a train was actually using the track for shunting purposes when I took the hike,which is unusual and very inconvenient.

Another thing that is inconvenient is Blogger/Google. I like the new format but I could not upload the photos in the new format's post section, and am therefore using the old format. I also appear to have lost my followers on the blog.

Anyway these scenes show the north wetland and the south wetland. The green hump in the centre of photo one is the track which bisects the wetland.
SE Wetland


South Wetland.


Fireweed


Pin Cherries

Fireweed gets its name from the fact that it is the first weed to regrow after a forest fire, and this clearing along the creek bed is filled with it. These are the first blooms. I'll get some more shots later to give you some idea of the colour impact.

The real concern is the pin cherries, not that they're ripe, but that they're eaten already. Of course the Cedar Waxwing below denied that he had been in them. But you can't believe a fat fellow wearing a mask can you?






A Very Fat Cedar Waxwing.


Fat Cedar Waxwing.


Yellowthroat Warbler.




This is only the second time I've seen the Yellow-throats but they're beauties aren't they?




Chestnut-sided Warbler.


Chestnut-sided Warbler.





The Chestnut-sided Warbler is just caught in a major wind storm, and having a tough time of it.

Great Blue Heron




I've sure seen a lot of Herons, so the wetlands must be filled with frogs for them.

Great Blue In Flight.


Male Northern Flicker.


Male Northern Flicker.



None of the Flickers were letting me close enough until this fellow actually seemed to pose for me.



The Song Sparrows were actually together when I started this post, but separated in the posting. I had commented earlier the heavier tree canopy was stopping me from getting close to them. But this guy sure reversed that.

Song Sparrow.


Red Squirrel



I was lucky on the red squirrel as he like the chipmunk is on all the other four legged animals' menu.



Red Squirrel


Eastern Swallowtail.






Song Sparrow.




A Post to My World Tuesday @ http://showyourworld.blogspot.com/


I'm posting this today to see if it goes well, so I'll put it on Scenic Sunday as well.

14 comments:

  1. That Yellowthroat Warbler picture is a stunner, as are the pictures of the Song Sparrow. I've never seen Fireweed, and will be waiting anxiously for pictures of it in full bloom.

    People are having trouble, off and on, uploading pictures on Blogger. I had to go in and clear my cookies, to get it to work. Maybe that will help in your case, as well.

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  2. love, love love all your birds and critters! the squirrel is ADORABLE!!! warblers are SO beautiful.

    heard some folks having trouble with loading pix. some had been switched over to blogger in draft mode so once they unchecked that, it was back to normal. also, i've had problems w/ followers disappearing too and keep getting the dreaded 'service unavailable' message a lot today...

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  3. Beautiful views of your part of our great land again Gary! I had a giggle looking at the chubby waxwing, it's a wonder it can fly!
    As far as followers on the blog, all blogs are not registering followers at this time, they will come back spontaneously...just another Blogger glitch.

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  4. I love the Northern Flicker and Swallowtail, they're out of this world.

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  5. Beautiful captures Gary... the Flicker is a wonderful bird to see.

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  6. Stunning collection of pictures from your hike - thanks for sharing. And I still love your header photo - gorgeous hound!

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  7. Beautiful shots, Gary. I love the wind-blown Chestnut-sided Warbler and the Common Yellowthroat! Excellent post!

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  8. Beautiful bird shots Gary. I also learned something about the fireweed ;-)

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  9. Fantastic captures, Gary, of your beautiful world! Love the birds and the squirrel! And as always, I learned some things I didn't know -- there are a lot of those things -- so I'm grateful for the knowledge you share with us! Hope you have a great week! Give Boomer a pat for Sam Schnauzer and I!

    Sylvia

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  10. A rich life close to nature and its variety of creatures that I now have learnt a little more about.

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  11. why do squirrels have that caught-in-the-headlights look?

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  12. Beautiful place to hike such amazing variety of birds.

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  13. A wide variety of captures. Terrific opportunities for photographers.

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