Last fall, I headed for Riding Mountain, but ended up with car problems and had to be towed back to Winnipeg. My last visit before then was in June of 2020 – so I was excited to make a 2 night booking at the Honeycomb Bed & Breakfast just outside the park.
The weather was a bit chilly and there is still ice on many of the lakes – but it felt so good to be able to spend my days driving around or walking on the trails – looking for birds and critters wherever I went.
I stopped at Wasagaming as soon as I entered the park, so I could pick up my annual pass and decided to walk over to the Ominnik Marsh to walk and see what I could find.
Of course, my trusty camera was with me and ready to take photos of whatever I saw. First thing I found were Pussy Willows.
The ripples in the water in the distance show where the ice has melted. You can see where the ripples end and the ice starts in front and at the back of the photo. 
This stretch is all open water 
Pair of Canada Geese 
Pair of Bufflehead Ducks 
Pair of Ring-necked Ducks 
There are usually quite a variety of waterfowl in the waters here and this was no exception. They were all a long distance away and I am so glad I have a camera with a LOT of zoom. Even with all the zoom, these photos are almost all cropped and then re-sized even smaller to fit in the blog.
Then it was time to go for a drive and see what I could find. To be continued tomorrow.
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