going to the birds - Take 2

went searching for "storm" tonight so I could get a colour picture of him - I am quite stumped to what type of bird he is - Lori ( a fellow bird watcher) was thinking a purple martin or a tree swallow. I think she may be correct with the male tree swallow - definitely not a purple martin (which by the way would have been a cooler find that the common tree swallow but beggars can't be choosers) - anyways I digress, I took off to find "storm" tonight (without the dog, but with the family) as I wanted to check the colouring and no luck - will have to continue to try and solve the "storm" mystery

but while I was out I found these two: I believe this is the Mrs. to my Mr. Red Winged Blackbird and my first duck,but I am not even going to try to figure out exactly what type - the picture is a little too much of a "Ducks Unlimited ad" for my liking but I did like the reflection and warm colouring (sunset reflection) of the picture.

another notch on the geek-o-meter

just in case bowling and gameshows was not enough ...I have now become a birdwatcher and may even get one of those birdwatcher checklist journals...I can see it now...I will be a crazy eighty year old travelling the world to get a picture of the elusive Paddyfield Warbler...well here is picture # 1 for my bird journal -

the male Red-winged Blackbird

-copperfield pond- in retrospect... I notice that I may need a better picture so you can see the beautiful red on his wings - I will take the zoom lens with me next time - taking a rottweiler, no matter how lazy she is, is not very conducive to sneaking up on a bird!