After my walk on Mariton's trails, I loaded canoes and met a buddy at Lake Nockamixon. As soon as we had the canoes in the water, I heard the ascending song of a Prairie Warbler. We saw a lot of Painted Turtles on logs as we paddled. Because of the hot sun and cold water, the turtles were very tolerant, and didn't slide into the water as we approached. I also passed several that were floating at the water's surface as we paddled along.
We started up Haycock Run when two Green Herons flew in front of us. These are really pretty birds with striking (yet subtle) colors. These two photos show different poses of the same bird. It would be easy to mistake this for two different species, because the posture is so different.
Other wildlife that we saw at the lake, included two muskrats that swam within feet of the boats. Great Blue Herons, a Great Egret, and a Double-crested Cormorant were some of the other sightings.
