Going back to Magee Marsh

After the airport I went down to Ohio to catch some flying things of a different sort.

 First up is a blue flag iris that was by the stream.

 The blue flag iris was nice but it was the egret that caught my attention.

 Unfortunately, I closed within his bubble.

 And he took off laughing.

 I was able to catch up with him a little further down the stream.

 But then he got clearance from the tower and took off.

 It made for a nice picture though.

 So then I headed over to the boardwalk to catch some other birds.  First up there was a Baltimore Oriole.  Not sure which one though.

 Wasn't sure what kind of bird this was but after posting a picture on Facebook, I found out it was a yellow warbler.

 Just went for a couple more shots.

 I'll have to admit, he looks pretty happy when singing.

 Looks like the bird is saying, "Hey what are you looking at?"

 A young eagle.  I'm not sure if this is one of the ones born earlier this year though.  Something tells me not.

I think this is a Canada anemone

 I'm pretty sure this is an eagle.

 Another set of blue flag irises.  These were on the way out of the park.

 And one more.

 Then I headed over to the Ottawa National Wildlife Reserve.  A family of geese.

 A soon to be family of Sand Hill cranes.

 An egret hiding in the reeds.

If I hadn't been driving at the time, I would have gotten a much better shot of a trumpeter swan.  I'd swear it flew about 6 feet in front of the car.  These birds look huge when they are that close.  Anyway,  I guess this picture isn't too bad.