Bandits this morning ... well, raccoons!

Well ... as usual time is flying past like a space shuttle on re-entry , but this was my week tocatch up on a few jewellery projects.  So... this morning after missing several days afield with my cameras, I set out and 1st stop was in Sidney @ Lillian Hoffar Park  ... This is where I ran into these masked marauders.
They scavenge whatever they can along the ocean and pay absolutely no heed whatsoever to signs, apparently  :D

I overheard this one saying  "The coast is clear, MOM!"    

The next stop was Coles Bay (Ardmore)   where I observed  a dozen newly minted Canada Geese , one GB Heron, and several small songbirds  (all hidden in the shadows, so no picures) 

On my walk out..I watched an industrious Hairy Woodpecker going about some serious excavating way up in a tree.

Hopefully more to follow this coming weekend... Supposed to be +29 tomorrow, so I'll have to go out early!
Cheers and have a great weekend... 
Terry