Other Wildlife
I have spent so much time looking up, when I go for walks with DW, in search of new birds to photograph that I sometimes forget to look down. Every weekend since before I bought my new camera, a Sony α6700 , DW and I have left the house early to visit either Mud Lake or Bruce Pit. They have nice, easy hiking trails but most importantly, they are havens for myriad birds. We've seen and heard everything from tiny northern yellow warblers to child-sized wild turkeys. Each outing adds a new species to the life list of our Merlin birding apps. But birds aren't the only creatures that inhabit these wooded areas. At Bruce Pit, we've seen beavers and minks swimming in the pond and creek. And last weekend, at Mud Lake, we saw some wildlife that were uncommon to our usual spottings. I've seen raccoons in the woods before (they aren't just hanging out in my neighbourhood). But anytime I've seen them at Mud Lake, they've been up high in the trees. I'm not sure what ...
