Monday, May 21, 2007

Point Pelee National Park Trip

my dad and I

Jesse and I on a birding trail

my dad, Jesse and I skipping rocks by Lake Erie




Scarlet Tanager in leafy forest




me sliding on a water slide




Great Blue Heron watching for prey





Adult female Yellow Warbler perched



typical adult male Red-winged Blackbird in display posture





Jesse and I






Does anyone know what this bird is above? Barn Swallow (above)
Great-crested Flycatcher (above)
Baltimore Oriole (above)
Red-winged Blackbirds (above)
We left Saturday morning to go to Point Pelee. It took us 4 hours to get there. When we got there we went straight to the park. The very first bird that I saw was a Great-crested Flycatcher. There were Red-winged Blackbirds by the dozens. One of the things when did when we got there was go right to the point and that is where we saw the unrecognizable bird. We saw Red-winged Blackbirds in territoril display posture. On that day we walked on trails for hours. And saw over fourty diffrent species of birds.
That night we stayed in a hotel that had a really cool pool, water slide and games.
The next day when we went back to the park we saw a...
SCARLET TANAGER!!!
And that is the bird I really wanted to see. We stayed at the park all day, and my mom saw an Indigo Bunting. I had a great time and I`m glad my mom and dad took me.

































































6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks like you had a great time! My guess would be western tanager but never realized they had that much red on the front of them! BTW: Many wonderful photos you captured here! Bravo!

Ruth said...

Your pictures are very good! I will have to plan a trip to Pelee sometime. Looks like you had a perfect weekend.Over 40 birds. Wow! Does Jesse like birds too?

Birdman said...

Hello,
mon@rch-Thanks, I was thinking that was a sapsucker. But It was problably a western tanager.

B S S-Thanks, and Jesse likes birds some. But he's more interested at the dogs there.
Bye,
birdman

omalois said...

You did another very interesting blog and I know you had a wonderful weekend - "I'm your oma". You are certainly becoming a good photographer.

The Becka said...

Awesome pics man! You and your family obviously had a great trip ;-)

Birdman said...

Hello,
omalois-I took those pictures with my moms camera.

becka-thanks
Bye,
birdman