Month: April 2021

Fort Whyte Alive this Morning

Posted in Activities, birds, canada, ducks, Fort Whyte Alive, geese, Manitoba, Nature, pictures, spring, walking, weather, Wildlife, Winnipeg

Plenty of birds are arriving here in Manitoba after vacationing in the south over the winter. It is interesting to watch as they arrive here – some will stay for the summer and and some will head further north. I’ll be keeping my eye on the Bald Eagle nest, but not sure how much I’ll… Continue reading Fort Whyte Alive this Morning

My First trip to Beaudry Provincial Park

Posted in Activities, Assiniboine River, Beaudry Provincial Park, birds, canada, flight, geese, Manitoba, Nature, pictures, Provincial Park, spring, trees, walking, weather, Winnipeg

Until recently, I had not known about Beaudry Provincial Park. It is certainly the closest provincial park to the city, but isn’t well advertised. I had lived more in the eastern areas of Winnipeg and Beaudry is just to the west. It was a cloudy morning with a possibility of rain according to the forecast,… Continue reading My First trip to Beaudry Provincial Park

A Stroll Around Assiniboine Park

Posted in Activities, animals, Assiniboine Park, birds, canada, critters, dog, dogs, ducks, garden, geese, Manitoba, Nature, pets, pictures, walking, Wildlife, Winnipeg

After a big Saturday morning breakfast, I decided to head over to Assiniboine Park to see what I could see. I started out at the English Gardens to check on the hole in the tree that had been made by the Pileated Woodpecker earlier in the spring. Last time I checked on it, I couldn’t… Continue reading A Stroll Around Assiniboine Park

A Morning Walk at St. Vital Park

Posted in Activities, animals, birds, canada, ducks, flight, geese, Manitoba, Nature, pictures, St. Vital Park, trees, walking, weather, Wildlife, Winipeg, Winnipeg

I had an errand to do in the St. Vital area, so decided to take my camera and head for St. Vital Park for a walk. It was a beautiful morning. Although I walked around the entire park, most of my photos were taken at the pond. It is a really nice pond that has… Continue reading A Morning Walk at St. Vital Park

Back to Bird’s Hill Provincial Park – part 3

Posted in Activities, Bird's Hill Provincial Park, birds, canada, Manitoba, Nature, Provincial Park, snow, spring, trees, walking, weather, Wildlife, Winnipeg

It was a short drive from the beach parking lot to the next parking lot, so I was soon walking along the Cedar Bog trail. The snow was pretty much gone, so other than some muddy spots – walking was good. 🙂 I could hear Chickadees, but they were not showing themselves to me –… Continue reading Back to Bird’s Hill Provincial Park – part 3

Back to Bird’s Hill Provincial Park – part 2

Posted in Activities, Bird's Hill Provincial Park, birds, canada, geese, Manitoba, Nature, pictures, trees, walking, Wildlife

After returning to my car, I headed on towards the West Beach to wander a bit along the beaches. Now that the snow is pretty much gone, I found out that there are paved walkways everywhere. If those walkways had been plowed, it would have been very easy to have found my way back to… Continue reading Back to Bird’s Hill Provincial Park – part 2

Back to Bird’s Hill Provincial Park

Posted in Activities, bear, Bird's Hill Provincial Park, birds, canada, life, Manitoba, Nature, pictures, Provincial Park, spring, trees, walking, weather, Wildlife2 Comments

It has been over a month since my last slippery visit to the trails at Bird’s Hill Provincial Park. The trails weren’t very good with a lot of ice then, but they are much better now. Some spots are very wet and muddy though and some of the recent snow is still evident, but I… Continue reading Back to Bird’s Hill Provincial Park

Looking for Pelicans

Posted in Activities, birds, canada, geese, lockport, Manitoba, Nature, pelican, pictures, Red River, walking, weather, Wildlife

I don’t usually go out to walk trails on Saturday, since there are often too many people around to enjoy the walk and very difficult to socially distance – but this morning I thought I would head out to Lockport to see if any Pelicans would like to pose for photos. There were a few… Continue reading Looking for Pelicans

A Morning Stroll at a very busy Fort Whyte Alive

Posted in Activities, birds, canada, ducks, eagle, Eagle, Fort Whyte Alive, geese, Manitoba, Nature, pictures, snow, spring, tree, trees, walking, weather, Wildlife, Winnipeg

I headed over to Fort Whyte Alive a little later than I usually go. Normally I am there at opening, but it was about an hour after than when I arrived. The parking lot was almost full, so I knew there would be a lot of people in there and I thought about turning around… Continue reading A Morning Stroll at a very busy Fort Whyte Alive