OFO Trip to Algonquin Park

18 April 2015

Male Spruce Grouse in Algonquin Park on the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) trip on 18 April 2015. Many thanks to our leaders for a wonderful day: Ron Tozer with Kevin Clute, Justin Peter and Dawn Sherman.

 

Male Spruce Grouse showing beautifully patterned undertail coverts. Algonquin Park, 18 April 2015.

 

Moose eating twigs beside highway 60. No evidence of Moose tick infestation on this Moose. Algonquin Park on 18 April 2015

 

Merlin at Lake of Two Rivers in Algonquin Park on 18 April 2015.

 

Feeding a Gray Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) along Opeongo Road. Also called Canada Jay after its scientific name, they like small pieces of soft food such as cheese, wieners and raisins. 18 April 2015. More about Canada Jays: http://www.jeaniron.ca/2011/canadajays.htm

 

Watching a male Spruce Grouse in Algonquin Park. Thanks to Kevin Clute for finding it.