Long Point - spring visitors

Last week cousins from England visited. They had some time in Ottawa with Mark and the family, a week in a cottage in the Kawarthas (yep, in April, crazy Brits!), a few days in the Niagara area and 3 days with me at Long Point.
So what to do at Long Point in April? Of course there were walks on the beach and a wading incident to rescue a thrown glove.

Other visitors walking the beach. I think coming to the beach must be an acceptable
Mennonite activity as there are often long skirted and headscarved girls and  blue jeaned and
suspendered boys walking the beach.

The usual meals, games and conversations and a visit to the bird banding station at Old Cut.

An American Robin, so different from the British one, just after being extricated
from the net. Actually one of the thrush family (thank you the Jane St birders, again)

One of the volunteer banders, also coincidentally from England, examining a male
cardinal's tail feathers, to determine age. Cardinals are particularly "feisty" and this one
pecked everyone who handled him and the bag he was carried in and the tube he
was weighed in.

In contrast, the white throated sparrow was much more co-operative and so pretty.
They have the call that I associate with northern Ontario.

While we are on the bird theme we also visited Simon and Dan's boat after a visit to the Port Dover museum.

Danielle and Fiona attaching the name to the side.

The graphic on the stern.

And of course the final shot: Rasta doing what he does best.