Young Barn Swallow
Silos, Canola and ghostly hills
Female Coot with her baby
The old and the new
Baby Barn Swallow waiting for food
Once was a fine home
Brewer's Blackbird male
Common Yellowthroat, Rondeau
Yellow Warbler, Rondeau PP
Common Yellowthroat, Rondeau PP
Yellow Warbler, Rondeau PP
Tree Swallow, Rondeau PP
Comfortable?
Common Peony, 'Circus Circus'
Himalayan monal / Lophophorus impejanus male
Arrival of major storm that hit the city
Always so cute
Canvasback family
Female Mountain Bluebird showing off her catch
Mountain Bluebird with food for his babies
Wild European Rabbit
Invasive Yellow Clematis
Botanizing Beagles - Ben and Maggie
Black-necked Stilt on nest
Western Kingbird
Old and decaying
Purple tulip against Canola
Shorebirds
Decaying in a field of Canola
Wait for me, Mom! Western Grebe
Black-crowned Night-heron
Ruddy Duck male
Glorious Canola
Chameleon
Resting on a window
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Rondeau PP
Beaver, Rondeau Provincial Park
Tree Swallow at Rondeau Provincial Park
Red Trillium
Yellow Warbler
Is this invasive Phragmites / common reed?
Recreation at Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario
Tree Swallow
Red Trillium
Is this invasive Phragmites / common reed?
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Two old barns
Tonight, I have just added 12 photos of odds and ends seen on yesterday's short drive SE of the city. Some of the photos are not the kind of images I like to post (quality-wise), which is why I am adding them late at night. Tomorrow morning, I will add the final three photos taken down in this area.
Yesterday, 20 July 2018, I had no choice but to get out for a while. My place is unbearable on so many summer days and, at the moment, I dare not open any windows in case my house mouse (mice?) finds another tiny space to get in. All this week, I have been getting to sleep around 4:00 or 4:30 am, because of hearing the moving, "cracking" sounds inside my bedroom walls. The one night, from 2:00 am till around 3:30 am, I just sat on my bed, watching, as it sounded like there was something actually in my room. Sure enough, after half an hour, the mouse appeared around the hinged edge of my open bedroom door and darted out across the landing, heading for my computer room. Lack of sleep, which is the absolute last thing I need, is really getting to me and is stopping me from getting out on any day drives. The stress of having this most unwelcome rodent(s) in my house is so draining. So, yesterday, mid-afternoon, I was desperate to get away from it all and do just a short drive SE of the city.
I think this was only the second time I had driven down there this year - it only takes maybe half an hour. There is so much endless construction going on in the south part of the city (well, in all parts of the city) and I discovered yesterday that roads had been changed. Not a good feeling! Huge overpasses are being built in every direction, mainly as part of the Ring Road around the city.
When I reached the area I wanted to explore, I pulled over to check for any birds. Practically nothing, until I noticed a whitish bird perched on a very distant fence post. "Gull" was what first came to mind, but when I zoomed in on my camera, I was delighted to find that it was a Black-crowned Night-heron.
Later on, I was feeling even more grateful to have seen this bird, as there was practically nothing else to be seen. It had turned out to be a very hot, hazy day, with very strong winds. At the blind, there was one Ruddy Duck swimming by and immediately disappearing. One American Coot was in the reeds with a baby. Several distant Yellow-headed Blackbirds, a Tern, a distant Western Grebe being followed by a growing youngster (who could barely keep up with her thanks to the very choppy, wind-blown water), and a sprinkling of shorebirds were more-or-less the only other things I saw.
The glorious colour of Canola fields was what I was really hoping for on this trip. A photogenic old barn, sitting in a field of gold, was also what I was hoping to find. I did manage to find a very distant old shed and so was able to get a shot or two. Though the smell of Canola really is not pleasant, I find that just driving through a yellow landscape is wonderful, even on a very windy day.
Then it was time to return home. Back to reality, back to heat and stuffy air - and the dreaded house mouse!
Yesterday, 20 July 2018, I had no choice but to get out for a while. My place is unbearable on so many summer days and, at the moment, I dare not open any windows in case my house mouse (mice?) finds another tiny space to get in. All this week, I have been getting to sleep around 4:00 or 4:30 am, because of hearing the moving, "cracking" sounds inside my bedroom walls. The one night, from 2:00 am till around 3:30 am, I just sat on my bed, watching, as it sounded like there was something actually in my room. Sure enough, after half an hour, the mouse appeared around the hinged edge of my open bedroom door and darted out across the landing, heading for my computer room. Lack of sleep, which is the absolute last thing I need, is really getting to me and is stopping me from getting out on any day drives. The stress of having this most unwelcome rodent(s) in my house is so draining. So, yesterday, mid-afternoon, I was desperate to get away from it all and do just a short drive SE of the city.
I think this was only the second time I had driven down there this year - it only takes maybe half an hour. There is so much endless construction going on in the south part of the city (well, in all parts of the city) and I discovered yesterday that roads had been changed. Not a good feeling! Huge overpasses are being built in every direction, mainly as part of the Ring Road around the city.
When I reached the area I wanted to explore, I pulled over to check for any birds. Practically nothing, until I noticed a whitish bird perched on a very distant fence post. "Gull" was what first came to mind, but when I zoomed in on my camera, I was delighted to find that it was a Black-crowned Night-heron.
Later on, I was feeling even more grateful to have seen this bird, as there was practically nothing else to be seen. It had turned out to be a very hot, hazy day, with very strong winds. At the blind, there was one Ruddy Duck swimming by and immediately disappearing. One American Coot was in the reeds with a baby. Several distant Yellow-headed Blackbirds, a Tern, a distant Western Grebe being followed by a growing youngster (who could barely keep up with her thanks to the very choppy, wind-blown water), and a sprinkling of shorebirds were more-or-less the only other things I saw.
The glorious colour of Canola fields was what I was really hoping for on this trip. A photogenic old barn, sitting in a field of gold, was also what I was hoping to find. I did manage to find a very distant old shed and so was able to get a shot or two. Though the smell of Canola really is not pleasant, I find that just driving through a yellow landscape is wonderful, even on a very windy day.
Then it was time to return home. Back to reality, back to heat and stuffy air - and the dreaded house mouse!
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