Birds like Deer Lake and are fun to watch. These fuzzy pictures were taken either from the Deer Lake house lawn or from a canoe in the lake over a few weekends. There are many birds I haven't caught of image of yet, like the Osprey catching a large trout as I paddled by.
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Great blue heron fishing in the shallows. It had just caught a small fish, but I was too slow to get the picture. |
A pair of hooded mergansers hanging out together. |
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Bald eagles in love. They were singing sweetly to each other as I rowed by. |
Female common merganser (I think) enjoying the sunshine on a rock. |
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Teenage ducks on a tour with their mother. |
Shy bufflehead ducks swimming. |
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Migrating Canadian geese stopping for a rest in October. |
Some Canadian geese hang around for the winter and occasionally invade the lawn. They are quite a sight. |
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Belted kingfisher on our dock, taken from dining room. It's tough to get close to these shy birds. |
Great blue heron fishing at the corner of our lawn. This picture was taken from the dining room window. |
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American Wigeons on New Year's Eve. |