Recent Sightings at our Manitoba Acreage

Friday was something of an exciting day at the acreage.  I can confirm seeing 10 species of birds and managed to capture decent photos of some of them.  There were also noisy frogs.  

I wasn't close enough to identify it at the time, but after getting home and transferring photos to the computer, I was able to identify a brown creeper.  This is the first time I've seen this bird.

Here's a wood frog making some music:



All images and video captured by a Nikon D3500.

Fantastic! Many of our early bird buddies are back. The bumblebees are waking up. And this weekend the dandelions started blooming. Woo!

Today was something new...blue-winged teal on the dugout, and a goose on the presumed nest.  Things are greening up, which is nice.

I've heard of blue-winged teal, but can't say I've ever seen one before today.  So, in a sense I got a three for one today.

All shot with a Nikon D3500 with a 70-300 mm lens.

Some more characters came out today.  Aside from the mallard ducks on the dugout, brown-headed cowbirds are back.  I also saw a brown thrasher, two grey partridge, and the usual red-winged blackbirds to round out the colours.  

Aside from the wildlife, the Saskatoon berries and tart cherries are blooming (hopefully frost predictions are in error).  I planted a bit more stuff today, including Nanking cherry seedlings gleaned from a neighbour's property and some excess (is there such a thing?) horseradish from the city.  I need to figure out where to move some of the rhubarb that's in a bad spot.