Cootes Paradise

[BrettG]

Went for a visit to Cootes Paradise (http://www.rbg.ca/pages_sci_conserv/sci_conserv_nature2.html) today. Didn't see any cootes :dunno , but did find a few other opportunities.

Lilacs of some sort I think...
http://brettg.smugmug.com/photos/23975637-M.jpg


Lots of purple flowers on the trails. (Seemed more purple in real life, but I couldn't massage the colors in PSE to make it look right)
http://brettg.smugmug.com/photos/23975645-M.jpg


Tons of these guys underfoot (I had to scrape my shoes off before getting back in the car :D )
http://brettg.smugmug.com/photos/23975638-M.jpg


Got gang-raped by a bunch of these guys in the woods :uhoh
http://brettg.smugmug.com/photos/23975641-M.jpg


Pissed off some of these guys on a marsh boardwalk (almost fell in the swamp while panning over my head for the BIF)
http://brettg.smugmug.com/photos/23978756-M.jpg

http://brettg.smugmug.com/photos/23975642-M.jpg

Cute little guy, very friendly
http://brettg.smugmug.com/photos/23975644-M.jpg

Would've been better if I had a canoe to get closer to these Cormorants(?)
http://brettg.smugmug.com/photos/23975639-M.jpg



Whew... all in all a good day I'd say...

[Harryb]

Hey Brett,

You did have a very good day. That second flower shot is excellent and the flight shot was a fine capture of a very difficult subject. :clap

[bfjr]

:agree the red wing BIF is excellent :thumb

[BrettG]

Thanks for the kind words :D those black birds are tough.

[Rufio220]

I like the flying bird. thats a nice shot.