Saturday, May 18, 2013

Thursday's trip to RBG

As you might know from the 'Focus on Life' post of this week we have recently been to Royal Botanical Garden. I wanted to visit the Rock Garden, where the tulips are almost gone by now. But the garden was closed so we went to another - which involved a little hiking and a lot of fun.

As William put it "and to think I didn't want to come!" :) Many of the pictures are taken by William himself

The cardinal @ Hendrie Park, RBG, Burlington, ON :: All Pretty Things
This friendly Cardinal wasn't afraid to come close and I think
he wanted some seeds :) 

The chipmunk @ Hendrie Park, RBG, Burlington, ON :: All Pretty Things
William had fun with the chipmunk - she, too, wanted food

@ Hendrie Park, RBG, Burlington, ON :: All Pretty Things
A lovely sun-set (the beginning of) in the park

The resident swans @ Hendrie Park, RBG, Burlington, ON :: All Pretty Things
Our resident swans (we were hoping to see the pelicans, no luck yet)

The Red-winges Blackbird @ Hendrie Park, RBG, Burlington, ON :: All Pretty Things
The Red-winged Blackbird (I kid you know, that's the name of this bird!)
She followed us around a lot and kept chirping

@ Hendrie Park, RBG, Burlington, ON :: All Pretty Things
One of God's creatures - we are still trying to figure out what is it.
It was quite large (more of a beaver size)

@ Hendrie Park, RBG, Burlington, ON :: All Pretty Things
Another of God's creatures (in our area we have over 3,000 species of birds...
we have just started to learn their names)

Huge trout @ Hendrie Park, RBG, Burlington, ON :: All Pretty Things
Huge trout: I mean **huge**; the large one was over 3 ft long!

The child @ Hendrie Park, RBG, Burlington, ON :: All Pretty Things
The child, admiring nature (and checking the time at mommy's request)

The Red-winged Blackbird @ Hendrie Park, RBG, Burlington, ON :: All Pretty Things
Said Red-winged Blackbird: she might have had a nest close-by...

The Red-winged Blackbird @ Hendrie Park, RBG, Burlington, ON :: All Pretty Things

The Cardinal @ Hendrie Park, RBG, Burlington, ON :: All Pretty Things
... because she fought both this Cardinal and another Red-winged Blackbird

The woodpecker @ Hendrie Park, RBG, Burlington, ON :: All Pretty Things
A cute woodpecker walking on the board and pecking it for worms

The Mallard @ Hendrie Park, RBG, Burlington, ON :: All Pretty Things
The well-known and beautifully coloured Mallard

The swans @ Hendrie Park, RBG, Burlington, ON :: All Pretty Things
A pair of swans, watched by a lone goose

The nesting swan @ Hendrie Park, RBG, Burlington, ON :: All Pretty Things
And another swan, on the ground (probably nesting) 

The pensive child @ Hendrie Park, RBG, Burlington, ON :: All Pretty Things
The thinking man - he's lost in his thoughts

3 comments:

  1. I believe your mystery swimmer is a muskrat, Alicia. We have quite a lot of them around here. http://thewebsiteofeverything.com/animals/mammals/Rodentia/Muridae/Ondatra/Ondatra-zibethicus.html
    What a beautiful place to visit!

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  2. You and William make a great photography team, Alicia! It is amazing all of the different types of wildlife you saw all in one trip. WOW! So many sweet pictures!! I especially love the one of the little chipmunk. :-)

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  3. Minunăţii de primăvară, poze foarte frumose , cred că aţi petrecut o zi extraordinară ! Şi se vede că sunteţi adevăraţi maeştri în arta fotografiei !
    mama.

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