Evening drive for ice cream

here are some recent photos from a drive to Douglas Harbour and a walk around my yard

Latest Birds

These are my latest bird photos and one of a  lonely porcupine. The yellow-rumped warbler has been eating flies from my second story window for about a week. He taps lightly on the window each time and now even the dogs aren't paying attention to him. The osprey seemed very upset with the crow, but could not catch him, as the crow deftly avoided the osprey with quick, last second moves. As kids, we had fun calling each other a yellow-bellied sapsucker, but here is a pic of the real thing. The great blue heron figured out a way to get an easy meal. The last two pics are of a little bird living in my yard. He is very adept at catching flys and moths, and seems to use his tail as a counter-weight when sitting. If anyone recognizes this little guy, I would appreciate identification.

Other Bird Photos

 Birds offer many good photo opportunities in New Brunswick. In particular, around the Minto/Grand Lake area we are lucky to have both mature and new growth forest, many lakes and rivers and of course we have the Grand Lake Meadows www.grandlakemeadows.com. Pictured below are loons, canadian geese, great blue herons, a downy woodpecker, an osprey, a pair of northern flickers, a seagull, a turkey, a ruffed grouse, a barred owl, an unidentified bird (need help on this one), a semipalated sandpiper, a carolina chickadee, and an american goldfinch. Please offer corrections on any I have wrongly identified.