New cones of the tamarack tree, (Larix laricina), at Ashbridge’s Bay Park in mid-April. © BCP 2010 Tamaracks, one of our land’s most beautiful native trees, are really very special creatures. They’re deciduous conifers. Huh? Didn’t we learn in grade school that there were two kinds of trees — deciduous ones like oak, maple and birch, […]
A tree swallow stares me down last weekend at Col. Sam Smith Park along the western waterfront. © BCP 2010 How delightful that the tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) at Col. Sam Smith Park don’t seem to mind posing for the camera. Maybe it’s just because they are used to all the foot traffic along the […]
A wild apple tree (Malus domestica) explodes into bloom at Ashbridge’s Bay, April 20, 2010. © BCP 2010 The days keep warming up and the joys of spring keep unfolding. It’s as perfect (and how wonderful that it’s so early) a spring as I’ve ever witnessed. Today I’m posting several shots of one lone wild […]
A killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) looks for grub in the dying rays of the sun, Monday, April 19, 2010. © BCP 2010 I got a special treat this week — saw a pair of killdeers at the beach. In all my years of walking around our Beach neighbourhood, and more particularly Ashbridge’s Bay Park, I have […]
Western grebe at Colonel Sam Smith Park on the weekend. © BCP 2010 You could practically hear all the Tweets in the air Sunday, after a Western grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) was spotted in the inner bay of Colonel Sam Smith Park near the lakeshore campus of Humber College. Tweets, of course, are today’s version of […]
