Rondeau Ric

I know they got a foot of snow in Newfoundland yesterday and we will be there tomorrow but this guy in Moncton didn't need to rub it in with summer sledding.

Female red breasted merganser at Erieau, Ontario. While we took a break from looking for the hawk Tuesday. Mergus serrator The fastest duck ever recorded was a red-breasted merganser that attained a top airspeed of 100 mph while being pursued by an airplane. This eclipsed the previous speed record held by a canvasback clocked at 72 mph. source ducks unlimited.

While sitting in the bird blind to photograph birds in the pond a hummer landed on the clothes line and buzzed at me. Seeing as he was so insistent I took his photo. The "ruby" throat was showing in all its glory. Archilochus colubris Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are eastern North America’s only breeding hummingbird. But in terms of area, this species occupies the largest breeding range of any North American hummingbird. The oldest known Ruby-throated Hummingbird was 9 years 1 month old. source- Cornell Lab of Ornithology.