A lone double-crested cormorant skims through the inner bay at Ashbridge’s. The double-crested cormorants have come back to Lake Ontario, but so far there are only a few advance troops. They are still absent in the huge numbers that will eventually be here, when the migrating flocks get this far. But I have seen a […]
It may be drizzling out — that’s a good thing, I think! — but a couple of days ago, when the sun was shining brightly, I went down to the beach and took a few pictures of the new life that is springing forth. The pussy willow native to North America is Salix discolor. Before its […]
A little late in putting up this post (so much to do, so little time), but wanted to share this great spring news anyway. The boys — that is to say, the male red-wing blackbirds ) — came back last week from the sunny south where they spent the winter. Likely Mexico, Central America or the […]
Have you started to sneeze yet? Just asking (hoping no) because our local silver maples (Acer saccharinum) are in full bloom. One of the northeast’s three native maples, according to several sources I checked, the silver is the earliest flowering plant to bloom in our area. Botanists call it monoecious, meaning it has both male […]
I couldn’t let my wonderful visit to the Leslie Street Spit last weekend go by without including a photo or two of the ducks there. Anyone who has ever ventured past the gates into Tommy Thompson Park (don’t get caught on the wrong side of the gate at closing time, like I did…) knows that […]
