A group of returning (or migrating) Goldeneye make use of the the growing pools of meltwater on Big Lake.
The spring morning sky over Big Lake fills with a flock of migrating Northern Pintails.
Surrounded by spring floodwaters, yet another bird (Northern Shrike) uses the beaver lodge on the Sturgeon River at the exit from Big Lake as a perch for hunting. https://www.wildstalbert.com/A-year-in-the-wild/Latest-St-Albert-and-area/i-pqkBrcF/A
