The good thing -- no leaves to get in the way. The bad thing -- few birds. Did get to see some tremendously shiny white-crowned and white-throated sparrows and a plethora of ducks, but nothing much in the way of shorebirds at Hillman. (Those came through the next day, as may be required by law.)
Still, glad to have gone; sociability has its benefits.
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| Three horned grebes from the tip of Point Pelee |
Grebes, with their ancientry, mad eyes, mutual sexual selection, and propellor feet are one of my favourite bird groups. There were a bunch very close to the tip, so there are not-horrible photos from my little pocket camera, too. I don't know what they were feeding on but they were diving for it a lot.
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| tiny purple wild flowers from Point Pelee |
No idea what these are or if it's an actual wildflower rather than a garden escapee from Pelee's thickly settled past. But there were a lot of them and they're pretty.
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Aren't those violets?
Those could well be violets. My botany generally suffices to conclude that some plant is, or is not, a tree, and little further.
They are indeed violets.
+Dw3t-Hthr -- thank you!
The temptation to make a "violets inherent in the ecosystem" joke is strong.
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