I read that provincial parks were to open this week and headed out to Darlington. Unfortunately, the main entrance was still shut so I went to the western side, left my car and walked in.

A lot of walking was involved but I eventually found the various nature trails and did a considerable amount of exploring:

Some botany:

The Pine Warbler is very aptly named, as it is usually to be found in the tallest pines available. I was bending so far backwards to see this bird high in the trees that I almost fell over backwards. My first few shots look like this:

Eventually the bird graced me with an open or semi-open view:

Pine Warblers winter in the southern United States where they are found in other habitats or visit bird feeders.

Pine Warblers can also be an olive-green colour as you will see in tomorrow’s post.

Other birds:

NATURE POETRY

Whoever makes a garden
Has never worked alone;
the rain has always found it,
The sun has always known.            – Douglas Malloch (1877-1938)

Miles Hearn