Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Bridlewood wetland

I'd taken this photo out of my archives ages ago and kept putting off posting it, as the background is rather a mess. However, it does show those beautiful yellow feathers and it does add a small splash of colour to my photostream. Taken on 13 May 2011 in Bridlewood. www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Yellow-headed_Blackbird/id en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-headed_Blackbird

I THINK this is a Lesser Scaup female - I know the difference between the Greater and Lesser Scaups, but can never remember which way round it is. Seen in a local wetland within the city almost a week ago.

Or it could very well be Fatherly love, as both adults have similar plumage : ) The only Coot baby I saw yesterday, that was still young enough to have the bright orange feathers, was the far side of a wetland (within the city), so I ended up enjoying watching the somewhat older youngsters closer to where I was standing. Spent some time here on my way home from a botanizing day in the Benchland area, north west of the city and north west of Cochrane. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Coot