It's been far too long since I've posted anything. During my last few days in Australia in May, the autofocus motor on my 70-300 mm lens died. With all the travelling I did over the summer I didn't get the lens in to be fixed until August. It's back in my hands now and is as good as ever (thanks Henry's! thank Nikon!) - thank goodness for warranties.

This weekend I was down at Presqu'ile Provincial Park. I had about 25 lifers - including a number of warblers. There was a huge movement of warblers yesterday during which Bruce identified at least 17 species in an hour or two. It was amazing!! No photos, though (just seeing them was hard enough!!).

Things were a little quieter today, unfortunately. We went out to High Bluff Island for a while and then did the tour of the park. A few more warblers, cedar waxwings, etc.

Here are a few pics from the two days.

~Sanderling~

Nikon D80, 70-300 mm f4.5-5.6G

Manual Mode, Handheld


~American Golden Plover (likely!)~

Nikon D80, 70-300 mm f4.5-5.6G

Manual Mode, Handheld


~Cackling Goose (little guy in the middle)~

Nikon D80, 70-300 mm f4.5-5.6G

Manual Mode, Handheld


~Cackling Goose (the little guy on the right)~
[This is the same photo as above but cropped]

Nikon D80, 70-300 mm f4.5-5.6G

Manual Mode, Handheld

~Doug McRae~

Nikon D80, 70-300 mm f4.5-5.6G

Manual Mode, Handheld

While we were out on High Bluff Island this morning, flocks of blue jays flew over head, back and forth from Gull Island to the mainland and back again and again and again. The first flock we counted had about 300 birds...there were many, many more - we lost count!

~Flocks of migrating blue jays~
[The above four photos.]

Nikon D80, 70-300 mm f4.5-5.6G

Manual Mode, Handheld

I don't expect that it will be very long until my next post!

- Frances