Long Point spring birds

Finally we have had some more spring like weather and I have been walking on the beach and around the Point.

Every year a couple of Wood Ducks land in one of my trees. Always the same tree. Maybe the same birds. After a couple of days of fluttering, protesting and flying when I walk out my back door, they leave.

On a sunny, cool day I walked

East, passed the cottages and along the beach of the Long Point Provincial Park, as far as I could before I was cut off by the high water.

There were a few Swallows and Martins about. I don't know what they were eating because I have yet to see a bug of any kind.

A Flicker kept swooping ahead of me as I walked through the Park

A track that was usually gated, was open, and lead out into the marshes

to a pond with a small flock of Buffleheads.

They were quite shy and

I wasn't able to get any really good close ups.

It was my first long walk since getting back from Mallorca. Within the week I had the snow fence and plywood fence taken down (with help)

and had one chair on the front deck, for my morning coffee.