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Algonquin Winter Tracking
Algonquin Winter Tracking 2012
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Saturday (Day 1)
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I started the first day at the
gate on Opeongo Road. This is a prime location to view birds
up close. Here is a Grey Jay. |
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And a couple of Pine Siskins. |
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Often a Pine Marten will show
up. They are remarkably un-shy. and will hang around while
you take all the photos you wish. |
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Here is a nice set of Snowshoe
Hare tracks. The hind feet are to the left. Notice how
splayed the toes are. They do this when they need to be
extra sure that they won't sink into the snow. In this case,
the animal was leaping up onto an embankment to the left. |
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Next stop was the Visitor's
Centre. This is usually a good place to view birds as well.
But today there weren't many birds. This is a male Evening
Grosbeak.
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And the female Evening
Grosbeak. They didn't give me much chance to get good
photos of them, as they left shortly after I took these
pictures. |
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After a look at the Spruce Bog
trail, also usually a good place to view birds, but not this
year, I went for a walk to Bat Lake. It has been
relatively warm today, and so the Snow Fleas were out in
full force. To give you an idea of scale here, notice the
two pine needles. |
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This black spruce has had its
outer flakes of bark stripped off by a black-backed
woodpecker. Unfortunately I didn't actually see the bird. |
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