We made a brief stop at Kirk & Karine's to see the boys and their chickens. Karine is into sour dough bakery now courtesy of her sister. She gave Barbara some starter to try. Before leaving, Barbara saw a Baltimore Oriole in their yard.
We arrived at the cottage to find that our painted trilliums were blooming even though they were not even showing a few days previously.
Her Eastern Phoebe that was nesting in our wood shed, was on hand to greet us.
In the morning, we were greeted with fog and cloud reflections in the lake.
We went for a buggy bird walk. Our Northern Waterthrush did not disappoint. The bugs soon chased us in to observe our feeder birds.
Next on the agenda were fishing and frogging. We discovered that the waterfall on our pond was leaking, so Barbara did a major fix by raising the side of the liner.
When Grant got up, we decided to drive up Ch du Lac à l'Arche to see the heronry.
We carried on to see the Bobolinks and got a thrasher and redstart too.
Later, we went to Maniwaki for shopping/birding.
On the reserve, we heard then saw a Chestnut-sided Warbler.
At the hospital, we found a small loop trail with an Ovenbird singing.
Unable, at first, to find the trail to the river, we drove down to get on it at the other end. We found an attractive area that warrants further exploration.
In the morning, we attempted a bird walk, but the bugs soon chased us in. Barbara saw 2 garter snakes and a Red-eyed Vireo.
Bill went fishing again and saw an adult Bald Eagle.
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