Wednesday Walk ~ It's For The Birds!

Today it stopped raining long enough for me to get down to the park and do a little #wednesdaywalk as started by @tattoodjay. You should go check out his post which you will find right here.

There were all kinds of people out today feeding the birds in the park, but I never expected to see this fellow:

When I saw him I yelled out "Hey Santa!" but I must say he didn't seem amused... What? Am I the first person to notice the resemblance? I mean does the guy check his look in the mirror when he puts on that hat??? Anyhow, no harm done, we had a nice little chat about the birds.

This lady came along and the Peacocks ran to her for food, and they were eating right out of her hand. It was very apparent that the birds recognized her. I guess she must come every day...

I'm going to come back to the Peacocks in a moment, but first I want to show you some other cool birds I saw today.

Above: A Coopers Hawk. This bird was perched on top of what we call the Pigeon Tree. There is usually a large flock of Pigeons that hang out there, but today I noticed them cicling the park over and over... I guess they were waiting for the Hawk to leave.

Here's another look - check out those eyes! He knew I was watching.

In a bush just below the Pigeon tree I spotted this lovely Great Blue Heron. The Heron colony has not moved into the park in large numbers yet. They'll be along in another month or so. This one was a loner.

Above: Here's a nice pair of common Merganser Ducks swimming on the pond. They disappear beneath the water for long periods of time while fishing. I couldn't believe how long they stay down there!

I guess I'll show you more of the Peacocks now. I should say Peafowl because of course there are males and females: Peacocks and Peahens. This one looks like a young male who was just practicing his strut.

I'm sure all the Peahens noticed but they weren't too impressed. Come back when you grow some tail feathers they were thinking!

Do you know what a group of Peacocks is called? You know how we have a Pride of Lions, or a Murder of Crows? You get a bunch of Peacocks together - that's called an Ostentation. Cool name, huh?

The Cherry Blossoms are a touch bigger now. Not too many around yet, but isn't this cool? Somebody must have forgot to tell them... this is Canada and it is not yet even offically winter yet, but here comes Spring! Crazy, right? :)

Another day we'll go looking for a Romp of Otters, and if I ever get to Africa, I for sure want to see a Tower of Giraffes! That's all for now folks, hope you're having a great Wednesday. See you again soon. :)