March was a mixed weather month, unseasonably warm, then cold, then norms, with little precipitation. We visited many of the usual haunts.
The red fox at the Parc Omega office/store/restaurant really caught my eye with it sitting in the bright sunshine. The silver fox, in the same enclosure, was resting on the raised platform close to the patio. I was told they had been training the silver fox to be more in evidence to visitors, rather than hiding as it had been doing.
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It was an excellent month for eye-catching hawks. A red-tailed hawk at Parc Omega, and a male and female cooper's hawk at Mud Lake
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Chickadees provided some excellent photo-ops at Mud Lake
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Wood ducks returned to Mud Lake mid-month and a few hooded mergansers were still hanging around
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In the first week of March, when it was unseasonably warm, we spotted three painted turtles basking on logs. That was VERY early for them to be up.
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A 90 minute visit to Petrie Islands at sunset produced some nice eye catching photos of beavers (and a few other residents)
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With the road close to the Hilda Road feeders being blocked off, things are quieter, but there still were a few eye worthy photos to be had. A flock of red-winged blackbirds ealy in the month, a female cardinal not in her prime and a red squirrel doing a meerkat imitation.
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