Nepean Creek Stormwater Ponds, on Colonnade Road, are known as a place to find Green Herons. Two earlier visits did not produce any green herons. This visit produced three.
The first one was fishing, successfully, on his own
Another was hanging out with his friends the turtles
This video features the two herons above, and briefly, a third in the distance, that seemed to be collecting twigs, perhaps for a nest, but it was being very fussy
Warning: This graphic video features a green heron regurgitating a (dead) frog and eating it piecemeal.
One of the mallards had seven or eight very young ducklings. Perhaps a week old.
While a second family was comprised of five almost fully grown young who were accomplished dippers.
There were two Canada Geese families, one set of goslings were perhaps a week to ten days younger than the other set. The three younger ones were in a group with four adults, which we though was different.
Both families were in the upper pond when we arrived and made their way down to the third, lowest, pond going up and over the two dams..
A great blue heron was very patiently waiting for a fish to swim by
While all the other red-wing blackbirds were singing their usual songs, one seemed to only want to chirp
At least one robin had fledged and was out hunting worms on its own
A muskrat was making ripples.
The grass, where it had not been cut, was busy making seeds, as were the oak trees. I had not noticed before the acorns forming on the bare branches.
