Visitor From The North

Ottawa has a new celebrity in town and this one hails from the tundra. I't the long-tailed duck and he was loving the attention on this overcast day at a local park along the Ottawa River. These waterfowl are active, highly social, and remarkably vocal sea ducks. This non-breeding male was all alone along its migratory path and has chosen this spot in Ottawa to settle in for at least a few days among mallards, Canada Geese and Lesser Scaups. It was diving for its lunch close to shore, undisturbed by the onlooking revelling in its beauty. Everyone kept a respectable distance and just allowed the bird to show off what it came to show off.