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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: rcflier on October 19, 2012, 07:00:28 PM

Title: Professors Lake
Post by: rcflier on October 19, 2012, 07:00:28 PM

Nice day at Professors Lake ( Brampton ) today.  

Northern Mockingbird
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-JVPsKPxgG4g/UIHRt3dTdWI/AAAAAAAAIpk/W1EN98J6RE8/s576/DSC_2409.JPG)

2 pair of Pied-billed Grebe
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-AxPRKaHZC98/UIHSTd23PUI/AAAAAAAAIqE/3ZVydeSGgb8/s576/DSC_2459.JPG)

2 Downy Woodpeckers
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MNAltJOu2d0/UIHTQxLaZmI/AAAAAAAAIqs/GSDz4kZ0lRk/s576/DSC_2525.JPG)

American Coot
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-E0NPACye7FU/UIHS6DEnHZI/AAAAAAAAIqc/u06KluK5-vo/s576/DSC_2514.JPG)

And a "ton" of hungry sparrows
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-hmNTKpJqgpk/UIHSwmBK4oI/AAAAAAAAIqU/MDJqjCbXUhY/s576/DSC_2507.JPG)

Plus all the typical geese, mallards, gulls, chickadees and Blue Jays.

Title: Re: Professors Lake
Post by: cairnstone on October 21, 2012, 12:03:02 PM

Nice pics. I saw the Ross's Goose there earlier this year.

Title: Re: Professors Lake
Post by: rcflier on October 21, 2012, 12:24:35 PM

tnx re the pics.  Yes, I heard about the Ross's Goose in the late winter, but didn't find him.  Time to start a regular visit now to Professors Lake.

Title: Re: Professors Lake
Post by: cairnstone on October 21, 2012, 05:17:21 PM

Well if you are going to start regular visits then keep posting your photos here.

Title: Re: Professors Lake
Post by: dawnofthewolf on October 22, 2012, 02:03:59 PM

Does the lake freeze in winter?

Title: Re: Professors Lake
Post by: rcflier on October 22, 2012, 02:13:13 PM

Quote from: "dawnofthewolf"

Does the lake freeze in winter?

Yes, if it stays cold long enough !

See here in February 2012 http://bit.ly/RXulfX (http://bit.ly/RXulfX)