Thursday, October 20, 2011

The East Track of The Vermilon River. A Post to SWF.

East Track in the Mist.
 After fooling around with the weather, this is a nice quiet post. (See Wednesday's post). I made the hike before the current weather disaster- rain, cold and winds to about 60 km. per hour. In fact the mist is rising as I arrived. This is an abandoned track also, although a bit remains for shunting purposes. You can see the effect of colour background on all the photos that I post on the blog. And we go through several colour changes from the gray of winter to the intense blue of summer to the gold of fall. The white Crown has an injured or deformed leg, but gets along quite well. We give him an extra ration.
A post to SWF @ http://skyley.blogspot.com/ Click to enlarge and for slide show.
North Wetland.

The Ridge.

Another Web- possibly a canterpiller web.

Geese on the N Wetland

Geese In Flight.

White Crown. Note his injured leg.

Blue Jay.

Blue-winged Teal.

Crow.

Robin

Female Hairy Woodpecker.

Grackle.
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26 comments:

  1. Bob BushellOctober 20, 2011 at 9:35 AM

    Lovely blog Gary.

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  2. Gill - That British WomanOctober 20, 2011 at 9:46 AM

    just wonderful all the birds you have in your area. Pouring down here today.

    Gill

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  3. Sylvia KOctober 20, 2011 at 10:01 AM

    Terrific captures as always, Gary! Love all the colors and such beautiful birds! Glad the White Crown is making it in spite of his damaged leg! It's raining here in Seattle, today, too! Have a great weekend!

    Sylvia

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  4. TexWisGirlOctober 20, 2011 at 10:48 AM

    love the geese in flight shot. and the grackle has such great attitude! :)

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  5. Pearl MapleOctober 20, 2011 at 12:08 PM

    Train tracks are an interesting feature for photos and your nature studies are always beautiful

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  6. RajeshOctober 20, 2011 at 12:13 PM

    Beautiful place with lovely birds.

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  7. EG CameraGirlOctober 20, 2011 at 12:29 PM

    It looks like late fall to me. I really like the photo of the blue-winged teal.

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  8. Trish ~ ♥ ~October 20, 2011 at 12:30 PM

    the sky is great and the web is cool

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  9. jooOctober 20, 2011 at 12:48 PM

    Beautiful hike again, and the web is so pretty!

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  10. theconstantwalkerOctober 20, 2011 at 1:09 PM

    Another nice journey Gary.. it's a lovely place.

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  11. ksdoolittleOctober 20, 2011 at 2:08 PM

    Lovely walk. Great shot of the geese in flight!

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  12. AnonymousOctober 20, 2011 at 2:13 PM

    you have gorgeous fall colors in full display. oh so sad for the little chirper with injured foot.

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  13. KarenOctober 20, 2011 at 3:51 PM

    Lovely fall colours Gary! That teal is amazing, it's gliding.

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  14. IndraniOctober 20, 2011 at 10:15 PM

    Great series of captures.

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  15. Stewart MOctober 21, 2011 at 1:11 AM

    Hi there - like the railway track image - very nice perspective.

    Cheers - Stewart M - Australia

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  16. GattinaOctober 21, 2011 at 1:27 AM

    Beautiful birds again ! my cats share my opinion, but for another purpose !

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  17. ArijaOctober 21, 2011 at 3:00 AM

    Great colours in your neck of the woods.

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  18. nonizamboniOctober 21, 2011 at 5:13 AM

    You have a lovely chronicle of the seasons, indeed! And its always a treat to see your feathered friends, handicapped or robust. We've had the bigger guys [jays & blackbirds] @the feeders lately--leaving soon?
    Happy weekend!

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  19. UnknownOctober 21, 2011 at 8:24 AM

    Amazing series of the photos. Gorgeous nature.

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  20. NatureFootstepOctober 21, 2011 at 2:41 PM

    I would love to see the blue-winged teal. :)

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  21. AnonymousOctober 21, 2011 at 10:50 PM

    I hope the bird's leg heals!

    These are lovely pics - wonderful mist and sun. The web shot is magical as is the very first one.

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  22. - Yvonaut -
    Das sind Raphael und Yvonne    October 22, 2011 at 5:17 AM

    Wunderbare Serie!
    Es gibt so viele schöne Vögel in Kanada! Und die Landschaft ist wunderbar mit den herbstlichen Wäldern!
    Sehr schöne Fotos!

    Liebe Grüsse aus der Schweiz
    Yvonne

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  23. TaniaOctober 22, 2011 at 1:47 PM

    Wonderful autumn color and reflections. Great birds too:-)

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  24. AnonymousOctober 22, 2011 at 6:19 PM

    I have no idea how you do what you do, but please keep on doing it! That's too bad about the sparrow's leg, poor thing. I am glad your weather is a bit better.

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  25. forgetmenotOctober 22, 2011 at 9:13 PM

    Great to see all those lovely views and the multitude of birds you get photos of--great post. Mickie ;)

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  26. UnknownOctober 23, 2011 at 3:41 PM

    Thanks everybody for the kind words. The White crowned Sparrow by the way gets along perfectly fine. Boom & Gary.

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