Busy day and managed to miss most of the showers. First visit to Oliver’s Wood – lovely for the kids with treehouses to play in and a pond with lots of merganser babies.

Then off to Buttertub Marsh where all you can hear is beautiful birdsong – Paul even had a long conversation with a Redwing Blackbird! Westwood Lake was next on our agenda – would have been easier to find if there hadn’t been lots of roadworks! Lovely walk with lots of others obviously getting their 10,000 steps in!

We finally dropped in on the eagle nest. Thank goodness we did as there was a black bear crossing the road down to the nest. It happened too quickly for me to get a picture – it was definitely not something we expected. As we reached the nest Mum and Dad were returning but they landed a few trees down and had a very loud conversation. One was obviously supposed to have got dinner but neither would give in! One eaglet was enjoying stretching his wings and playing with the wind.

Enough excitement for one day so home for some bacon and eggs – yummy!

Thefirst turtles we’ve seen this yearThe redwing blackbird Paul struck up a conversation withSong sparrowShame we haven’t got smellyvision as this aroma from this bush was incredibleButtertub MarshReally want to live on this road!!!So cute while they’re smallCedar waxwingWestwood LakeBald eagle hunting and resting