Outdoor Ontario
Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Shortsighted on July 11, 2025, 11:18:15 AM
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Rouge Beach Park RBP (mouth of the Rouge) is not far from home but I seldom visit unless I can manage to get there early in the morning because of how generally noisy and busy the park usually is. Getting up early during the dog-days of summer seems to be a lot harder than doing so in the spring, or in the fall. Must be the humidity that lingers like a blanket over the precinct that contributes to lethargy.
Late yesterday morning there were plenty of swallows at RBP. Barn swallows were zooming around and under the observation deck, while bank swallows invaded the air near the parking lot and Cliff swallows nested under the pedestrian bridge. Out on the floodplain there were a few wood ducks and a GB heron ... all far away. Fish were splashing the surface all over the place although I didn’t check the parking lot. These fish were big ... probably carp and/or catfish, which would explain the many anglers stationed near the bridge and the mouth of the river.
This morning there were countless Bonaparte’s gulls, although they were not fully mature. I located a few that were mature and in doing so also noticed a mature Franklin’s gull. It was hard to read the labels. Bonaparte’s gulls sound decidedly different than Ring-billed gulls and Herring gulls. Less screechy and more raspy, but not as prehistorically harsh as a tern’s call. The sky was overcast early this morning, which favoured photography.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-4WhrzcQ/0/KjsSgSwTjGx78hbrVk97fCkG3LJn43wr4DPnwCSWV/L/Bank%20swallow%2C2%2C%209th%2Ccropped-L.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-4WhrzcQ/A)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-bTrsDP8/0/KTSjvXdtvSMKkm2VFz3DKKLqtGR8q9njVQzzbsbdS/L/Bank%20swallow%2C9th%2Ccropped-L.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-bTrsDP8/A)
Bank swallow
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-P3FpM5W/0/KJ6NN43F4gBJWDdfW632dtm4twpzMxpwpR8Z9sGSk/L/Cliff%20swallow%2C2%2C9th%2Ccropped-L.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-P3FpM5W/A)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-gJPxm4c/0/NfC8Kh54GtR8fNXgT5HxCfX4K4N6zS8hsJkq9bb3j/L/Nails%20done%2Ccropped%20copy-L.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-gJPxm4c/A)
Cliff swallow
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-2KB6tjP/0/LsvwQLDfTmSXfcnjKJ8RLmkzPTNDDFpg5Rm8fnWZB/L/Barn%20swallow%2C11th%2Ccropped-L.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-2KB6tjP/A)
Barn swallow
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-C6N3qpk/0/KR5HgZ3ZfcpC8qrCG6NntnR3rkGztbshxGfDFJXDP/L/Bonaparte%20on%20log%2Ccropped-L.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-C6N3qpk/A)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-4tcjnRR/0/KmGxKsXjvWBPdkJM76WDqs85K6LHNrNfCGkg7x2Cs/L/Bonaparte%2C11th%2Ccropped-L.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-4tcjnRR/A)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-CzJVw6X/0/LmrGJXNFVLccMxc2P3v7kXxzQnSCJWjW7zHWzjMcF/L/Bonaparte%20head%20shot%2Ccropped-L.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-CzJVw6X/A)
Bonaparte's Gull
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-V4B2qc5/0/NhssGchSpsr9NBfwGZjtWMkcmK43mSZdZxmKtbrxw/L/Franklin%27s%20gull%2Ccropped-L.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-V4B2qc5/A)
Franklin's Gull