Last year this time we were in Ontario but this Victoria Day weekend we returned to our annual tradition of the naturalists' field trip to Chilanko Marsh.
We were the first to arrive at the marsh and as soon as I stepped out of the truck I could hear two Virginia rails calling. Leo managed to get a good picture.
It was a cold day and always threatening to rain so the birds were not as active as in previous years.
But it was still a good day out. We ended the day at the old ranch so we could add Brewer's blackbirds to our checklist. We also saw some ducks we hadn't seen in the main part of the lake - shovelers, cinnamon teal, common goldeneye and bufflehead. Trip leader Jim says this is because the loons chase the ducks away from the more open portion of the marsh the loons need to take flight.
The beautiful old ranch house (now owned by the Nature Trust) u der a glowering sky
It started raining hard so we jumped into the truck and headed home.
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