More New Wetland, Wood Ducks, Blue-winged Teal Ducks, Cormorants, Turkey Vultures, Sparrows, Warblers and Canada Geese.

North Wetland Looking West.

Having spent three days in the new wetland, I'm probably going to bore everyone to tears. I've included the photos of the wetland to re-acquaint you with it. If you want more information just scroll back to my earlier post. There are a series of new sightings, the Blue-winged Teals, the Canada Warbler, and, almost the Yellow- Bellied Sap Sucker, who I have seen only once before. The question marks with the birds mean, I'm not certain so jump in, although I'm going to post them on NWO Birds. There's a minimium of copy except to say that the Bear Highway is littered with bear sign and the narrow trail in the grass is theirs, not mine. So not only is there a great deal of activity, but you have to be alert as it's fall and the bears are adding extra weight now. Good thing they're vegans isn't it.

Click on the photos and the whole post will become an enlarged slideshow.   

A Post to WBW @ http://vermilonriverwildlife.blogspot.com/

South Wetland Looking West

Bear Highway And My Trail.

Canada Warbler?

Yellow-Bellied Sap Sucker ?

Song Sparrow.

Sparrow

Male Wood Duck

Male Wood Duck

Flock Of Wood Ducks.

Blue-winged Teal

Female Blue-winged Teal.

Flock Of Blue-winged Teals.

Flock Of Blue-winged Teals.

Cormorant In Flight.

Cormorant in Flight.

Canada Goose.

Flight Of Canada Geese

Close Up, so close I thought he was going to hit me.

Landing Canada Goose.

Flight of Canada Gees.

Turkey Vulture.

Turkey Vulture.

New Wetland,Common Yellow Throat, Cedar Waxwing, Common Grackle, Canada Geese, American Bitterns, Wood Ducks, and Ring Billed Gulls.

NW Side Showing Ridge.

North side looking east.

I spent the weekend in the new wetland, so be prepared for a lot of wetland photos. The scenes are meant to help you orient yourself, as the wetland divides in two.  There is a central area or dyke down the middle as the north side is part of the old town water system and is still maintained. The dyke links the ridge to the river area and is a main highway for canids and bears. So you're always watching over your shoulder, as bears are now getting ready for hibernation, and add about 20 percent of their body weight. It's not a big deal, but you just don't want to startle a male. There's an intensity to the forest now with birds thinking migration, and four legged creatures thinking food.

 Just a quick note. This forest is mainly coniferous, and soft woods, so the primary fall colours are green and yellow. But with the regeneration, there are now some maple and oaks, providing a red fall colour. Otherwise, the only red colour comes from the Pin Cherry trees and the Blueberry bushes.

The Blue-winged Teal and the Cormorants are new to me!!

Remember you can click on a photo and set up an enlarged slide show.

A Post To MWE @ http://ourworldtuesdaymeme.blogspot.com/

South Wetland Looking West

South Wetland Looking East.

A Maple Turning.

An Open Area In the South Wetland Filled with geese and Ducks.

Female Common Yellow Throat Warbler.

Immature Cedar Waxwing.

Fledgling Comm on Grackle.

Northern Harrier.

Female Wood Duck.

Male Wood Duck

Flight of  Blue-winged Teal Ducks.

Ring Billed Gull

Cormorants.

Tandem Canada Geese.

Flight of Canada Geese.

Tandem Canada Geese.

A New Wetland, Cedar Waxwings, Song Sparows, Ducks Geese, Chickadees and Butterflies of the Vermilon River. A Post to SKF.

North End New Wetland.

As you can see from the sky in photo one, we've had bright weather, although the temperature took a sudden nose dive  to about 15 degrees C during the day and around 5 degrees C at night. The first two photos are scenes of the new wetland on the west side of the river, which I found an easy way into. On the right in photo one  is a white spot. That's a gull so you have some idea of the size of the wetland.

I included the toadflax again because they're so bright. I ran into a flock of Cedar waxwings and these are a few of the shots. They're so playful with one another, and sometimes I think they pose for the camera. The Song Sparrow is of course a favourite of mine because of their perpetual singing. The Chickadee was a lucky shot as they're hard to catch because of the tree canopy. The Geese are only practising I hope, as the ducks seem content to stay. The butterflies are almost like little pieces of sun themselves. A Post to SWF @ http://skyley.blogspot.com/

 Gosh if you click on the photos it turns into a slide show. Try it.

South end.

Toadflax

Adult Cedar Waxwing.

Moulting Cedar Waxwing.

Waxwing Leap Frog.

Song Sparrow.

Black-capped Chickadee.

Ring-billed Gull In Flight.

Female Wood Ducks in The New Wetland

Canada Geese Forming a " V"

Cabbage White.

Pink-edged Sulphur.

Willow or Alder Flycatchers, Female Scarlet Tanagers, Song Sparrows and Silver-bordered Fritillary of the Vermilon River. A Post to WBW.

 Alder or Willow Flycatcher.

Flycatchers are one of the hardest birds to identify because so little is known of them. The Least, the Alder, and the Willow all appear alike. This is not a Least Flycatcher because the chest area lacks the yellow tinge along the wing line. I'm certain it's not an Acadian, which is an endangered species because I'm out of its range, and it lacks the distinctive head. So that leaves the Willow and the Alder, which as Cornell says was the same species at one time. I think it's a Willow but I'm prepared to settle for either because as Cornell points out the bird call is the only certain way to know, and I didn't hear the call.

If this isn't difficult enough, the next photos are pictures of a female Scarlet Tanager, another first for me and the area. Now I just have to find the male and get him to pose. Are you ready for this one? Scarlet Tanagers, according to Wikipedia, are no longer members of the Tanager group, but now are in the Cardinal Group. Can you imagine being cut by your own group? I put the Song Sparrow in because I like them and they're still sparrows, at least for the remainder of the week. The Silver-bordered Fritillary was originally intended for an earlier post,but I forgot to put him in. I really like him also, despite the difficulty identifying him, so here he is.

Front View Willow or Alder Flycatcher.

Alder or Willow Flycatcher.

Scarlet Tanger.

Female Scarlet Tanger.

Female Scarlet Tanger.

Song Sparrow.

Song Sparrow.

Silver-bordered Fritillary.