Crumpled wings

Oh dear. This Common Darter won't be getting very far. As Imperfect and Tense said, it "went straight to the chapter on inflating its abdomen and missed out the page about wings."

My Canadian beach holiday

I spent the whole of May on the shores of Lake Erie, in Ontario, Canada

I was helping Bird Studies Canada with their Migration Monitoring Program at Long Point Bird Observatory

We caught some pretty nice stuff. Here's a male Prothonotary Warbler

Male Blackburnian Warbler

Male Cape May Warbler

Male Ruby-throated Hummingbird (didn't band them, but just handling them was AMAZING!)

Male Magnolia Warbler

Red-eyed Vireo

Male Eastern Bluebird

White-eyed Vireo

Yellow-breasted Chat

Brown Thrasher

Male Common Grackle

It wasn't just birds. These are Coyote tracks not far from our cabin

Gulls at the Tip of Long Point

Early mornings take their toll after a month, but they were worth it

We watched some spectacular weather passing us by, in the middle of the lake

Some of the facilities were a bit basic...

Here's my stuff drying on the line

A fantastic gourmet meal starring freshly-picked wild asparagus, the best I've ever tasted

Dawn at the Tip

My last evening was beautifully calm and I didn't want to leave :o(

Eventually they dragged me off in a boat and I was sent back to Blighty

To see a whole load of photos, have a look on Flickr.

photos taken with Apple iPhone