Pelee Island - Spring 2011

I spent the better part of the month of May on Pelee Island again this year. I love it there, the island atmosphere always lets me get back to the 'little' things that matter and helps me de-stress and just lets me enjoy the outdoors, writing, sketching or photography whenever I want.

Basically all I do there is go birding, which may seem alittle over the top, but its something that I look forward to every year! I hope its something I'll be able to do for a long time.

I've included some of my favourite shots that I took this year.....

 

I was doing research for my master's, so I was supposed to be on-site alittle before sunrise. Here's a shot of a sunny morning.

Summer Tanager - adult male, not the greatest shot, especially for such a brilliant bird

Red-necked Phalaropes - this was actually in Leamington, behind a Shoeless Joes restaurant!!

Prothonotary Warbler - this is by far my favourite bird, this guy was on territory at Fish Point. When I left a female had arrived and they were 'setting up shop'.

Gray Fox - not a bird....there was a den under a cottage owned by the bird observatory. Pretty cool!!

Henslow's Sparrow - Scott Hume took this picture, pretty nice bird! A real treat!

Canada Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler - this guy flies non-stop in the fall from Nova Scotia to S. America!

A nice adult male Scarlet Tanager