Algonquin Park Raven, Mizzy Lake Trail
K-1 and DA 55-300 PLM
The park is finally open for hiking.
After walking for an hour or so, I made my way up to West Rose Lake, where the trail is an old rail bed, and there's a nice bench high above the water with a wetland on either side.
As I got close to the bench a Raven flew in and start jumping from the bench to the ground and back up again. As I got close he paused on the bench.
Hey, dude, this is a nice place to sit down for a snack.
So accepting his invitation, I sat down and got my snack out...
Hey dude, are you going to eat all of that food? You'll get fat.
It took him a while to figure out I was only going to put food where I liked the background. I'm sure he was wondering why I didn't just toss it to him like everyone else.
Dude, why is this food way over here?
"Just trying to get a picture with the lake as background instead of the sandy rail bed."
Once I was out of food, he didn't hang around long.
Miraculously, a family of 5 came along the trail, and he appeared again and did the same dance, hopping off and onto the bench as he'd done for me. I think he missed us tourists during the lockdown.