Upland Sandpiper on a wire - Shrike Road, Carden Plain (22/06/13)
Yellow Warbler Portrait
This portrait of a male Yellow Warbler was captured in Wylie Marsh on the Carden Plain near Kirkfield, Ontario.
Yellow Warblers are abundant throughout North America in wet habitats especially willow and alder thickets, orchards, and suburban shrubs. It is a plump, short tailed, overall yellow warbler. Its black eye contrasts on a uniformly yellow head. The male has distinctive reddish streaks on yellow underparts. The female's back, tail, and wings are yellowish-olive. The similar Prothonotary Warbler has blue-gray wings. Note how it bobs its tail frequently. The song is cheerful and bright tsee tsee tsee tsee-ti-ti-wee or sweet sweet sweet I'm so sweet.
What I like about this video is the glint showing in the small black eye. The lighting, especially near the end, allowed for this. The small black eye makes it difficult to capture this highlight. The Wilson's Warbler also provides this challenge.
Blanding's turtle nesting
Alongside Kirkfield Road near the Carden Plain Important Bird Area, Ontario. Rather boring, as they don't exactly jump around, but the Ontario Natural Heritage Information Centre has asked for this video as evidence for nesting of this species, considered regionally rare, so placing it on youtube is easier than e-mailing it.
The Land Between: Kirkfield LIft Lock
This segment from The Land Between documentary series, Episode 2, explores the Kirkfield Lift Lock, one of The Land Between's most impressive engineering feats. Featuring Parks Canada historian Dennis Carter-Edwards.
Director: Zach Melnick Producer: Yvonne Drebert Narrator: R. H. Thomson
See the full series on TVO in March 2013, or purchase a copy from visualheritage.ca For more about The Land Between visit thelandbetween.ca
Kirkfield Lift Lock - Part 1
Second largest lift lock on the Trent Severn Waterway in Kirkfield, Ontario