Black-crowned Night-Heron

Late tonight, I have just added 12 extra photos that were taken on the two walks (botany and birding) that I went on two days ago, 19 June 2018. Nothing very special; just wanted these quick shots to be added to my various albums. This means that I have finished with the photos form that day. Now I need to get on with my Waterton weekend images. This weekend I have a day trip, so I know for sure that I will be taking photos. I'm hoping that one of these days, I will be able to get back to my Pt Pelee/Tadoussac photos, starting on Day 2.

Two days ago, on 19 June 2018, there were two walks I wanted to go on - an afternoon botany walk at Griffith Woods, especially as I have missed most of the walks this session; and a birding walk in the evening at Lafarge Meadows in Fish Creek Park. Usually, I don't do two walks on the same day, as it is just too much walking for me.

It is always a treat to see Yellow lady's-slipper orchids. We also found quite a few of the white Sparrow's-egg lady's-slippers.

We were lucky enough to see two Black-crowned night-herons in Fish Creek Park, though they were far, far away. I'm posting this very poor-quality photo just for the record. A Great Blue Heron stood at the river's edge, fishing, and the occasional American White Pelican flew high up. The group of 8 of us saw 39 bird species in total.

After the evening walk, a few of us went to Tim Horton's for coffee and chat. Coffee doesn't usually keep me awake, but I guess I'm not normally drinking it at 10:00 pm! Despite feeling tired out from two walks, I was also 'wired' and it was 6:00 am before I finally fell into bed the next morning. An hour later, I was awake, so the next day was definitely a slow day at home.