Wildlife at MacGregor Point Provincial Park

Since arriving at MacGregor Point Provincial Park on Christmas Day the birds have been noticeably absent.  A pair of Cardinals and the occasional Chickadee were the only ones to visit our feeders.  Lucy (a friend who spent numerous winters in the Park) has a theory that the birds go into "hiding mode" when a storm is approaching.  Although the worst of the storm passed South of us, we did get about 2.5" to 3" of fresh snow overnight and behold, the birds reappeared this morning, proving that Lucy's theory is correct. 

In spite of the birds being absent for two days, we did have a visit from five deer on Christmas night and were entertained by a flying squirrel for an hour or more last night.  We got a new camera for Christmas and hope you enjoy some of the photos in this blog posting.  The Park has been very quiet but the yurts appear to be filling up this afternoon, so this may be the end of our wildlife pictures for now.

Inquisitive deer on Christmas night

Red Squirrel on our picnic table

Flying Squirrel

Blue Jay on one of our feeders

Chickadee

Red Breasted Nuthatch

White Breasted Nuthatch

 

Male Cardinal on Christmas day