Whitewater Lake, Manitoba - Outing, 10 June 2012
We left for Whitewater Lake at about 11:00 AM and got there around 2:30, it is located several miles west of Boissevain, Manitoba. It was an interesting drive, saw several hawks and one Turkey Vulture while driving.
We were a little disappointed as we got to within about 30 miles of Boissevain and the weather turned from a beautiful sunny day to a windy over cast and cool day.
We saw almost 50 different birds during the drive and while at the lake. We timed out outing perfectly to coincide with the start of wood tick season, I removed 5 after a walk through some knee high grass.
We didn't see as many water fowl or shore birds as we had hoped, but it was a miserable day by the time we got there.
The viewing area is located on a mound a short ways out on the lake. There was a dike made of earth and hay bales going out into the lake which I walked out on to look at a large group of large white birds, which turned out to be a large flock of Pelicans, we must have seen close to 100 of them while at the lake. There are no trails to walk.
Rose almost trod on a large Garter Snake, it was over 2 feet long, biggest we've ever seen.
My lens was acting up again, this time making a very audible screeching noise. Focus didn't seem to be quite right and and it seemed to be either allowing to much or to little light in. We took over 1,000 photos and only kept 47. I don't want to send the lens in under warranty just yet as it would mean I would be without a zoom lens for the remainder of the summer.
Here are some of the pictures we took.
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| Black-Crowned Night Heron Adult - We saw at least a dozen adults and juveniles |
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| Black-Crowned Night Heron Adult
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| Black-Crowned Night Heron Juvenile |
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| Black-Crowned Night Heron Juvenile - The hay bales are part of a dike used to control water levels, they were very spongy to walk on. |
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| Black-Crowned Night Heron with a Salamander |
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| Blue Winged Teal and Mallard at a road side pond |
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| Brown Headed Cowbird - We saw lots of them |
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| Bison - There was a herd of Bison at the lake |
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| Forster's Tern I think |
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Fox checking out a farmyard near the lake
We'll post some more photo's in the next few days.
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