Double -crested Coromorant for Saturday Critters
Yesterday morning we visited the Irving Nature Park in Saint John, New Brunswick.The previous evening we had attended a Fog Lit event called Words and Wine, which was hosted by our daughter. It was a wonderful event which we enjoyed immensely. On our way home we visited the Irving nature park and walked out on the boardwalk there which extends out over Saints Rest Marsh. The Marsh grasses are very beautiful at this time of year, highlighting a vivid combination of colours of fall, sunshiny yellows, thirst -quenched greens, mud browns, salt and peppered with warm earthy tones swaying with the breezes coming off the Bay of Fundy at Sandy Cove.
At the end of the boardwalk we found an area of mud, water and grasses and three ducks
As we walked out on the boardwalk we saw very few birds or signs of movements until we came to the end of the boardwalk where we saw a catch basin of water that had not left with the tide. The area was a muddy basin surrounded by marsh grass. When I began to accept my disappointment at not having found any subjects to capture with my camera I spied a large dark object in the water in front of us. The vivid orange and yellow billed face of a Double-crested Cormorant was very exciting to see!
I took pictures of its take off in the water in front of us!
Today I am linking to Saturday Critters , which is graciously hosted by Eileen at:http://viewingnaturewitheileen.blogspot.ca/
9 comments:
What a beautiful place to walk and observe ducks etc. We've never been on the trail there. Great captures of the cormorant.
It is a lovely place to visit !Pamela. You can also drive around the 6 km. trail there, and there are lots of stopping , resting places to pull over into. It is a lovely well developed spot! And of course there is the beach adjacent to the marsh at Sandy Cove. We don't visit this beautiful outdoor spot enough! Ido hope you get to visit this location soon?I hope to visit your beautiful area soon on my way to Nackawic driving through the Caverhill Road which used to be a daily adventure for me when I taught in that area? Have a great! rainy! misty day? Thank you for your comment.
Lovely area to see wildlife. Never seen a Double crested Cormorant so that was nice. Have a great weekend.
Ah, the beauty of a marsh this time of year. Neat shots of the flying cormorants!
Beautiful shots! How fortunate to see him! And what a beautiful area!
What a pretty place, I love the boardwalk over the marshes.. Great captures of the Cormorants! Thank you for linking up, have a happy weekend!
Looks like a great place and great shots of the Cormorant.
Gorgeous area! Lovely photos of your walk. The cormorant pictures I enjoyed in particular. They are such a neat looking bird.
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