Thomas and I attended a birding festival over the weekend, which included a guided hike with experts. This was fantastic as we are relatively new to birding. We learned some identification tips and were just in awe of the knowledge/experience of the group leaders. As we were walking, our guide would stop and say something like, "I heard a Cerulean Warbler in those trees" so everyone would look and sure enough, a Cerulean Warbler would appear. How can people know so many bird calls?
We didn't take any good pictures of the birds, but here are a couple from the surroundings:
This made us laugh -- some geese were not heeding the "no hiking beyond this point" sign:
A mallard pair were in our backyard; hopefully they will not attempt to build a nest as they would have a treacherous walk to water with their young:
Monday, 9 May 2011
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