To The Marsh...

In keeping with my determination to get out into nature as often as I can and quit lounging about the house so much, I took my sister down to the lake for a walk and search for photo-ops. 

It was a beautiful day. There were not a lot of birds about though -   primarily ducks, geese, red-wing blackbirds (where do they all come from??) and a couple of new ones for my new life list of birds. (A blue-winged teal, a killdeer and a Stilt Sandpiper)  SO exciting!

As my daughter says..it is really exciting when you are beginning a life list - there are SO many birds to add, including ones you've been seeing for years and thought you knew what they were, but you didn't know they were slightly different and had a special name...eg: sparrow.. Who knew there were so many different types of sparrows? Not me! But now I do! And I am gleefully beefing up my list with them!  Sparrow X 4! 

And now it's Swan X 2...My MUTE swan (extra) added to my TRUMPETER swan..Wheee! The list grows whilst I speak! 

Oh.. and two turtles for added interest! (extra) 

PS: Mark Carney met The Orange Man today in DC and was not attacked, belittled or insulted. ( we assume).  Perhaps he said enough Thank You's, smiled and bit his tongue?