In the pink rays of the setting sun, a common tern (Sterna hirundo) hunts at Ashbridge’s Bay. © BCP 2010 I managed to get out for a short walk late Monday evening just as dusk was falling, and noted a couple of interesting observations. For one, the lake seems to be at the highest level […]
A tree with delicate yellow flowers at Ashbridge’s Bay this week. Willowish leaves, but is it a willow? © BCP 2010 Friday, June 25, 2010 update: Of course! How silly of me. The tree above is a Russian olive (Eleagnus angustifolia). A fellow Toronto nature photoblogger, who goes by the handle Don Watcher, answered my […]
A wild multiflora rose bush (Rosa multiflora) with upside-down Canada geese at Ashbridge’s Bay. The vertical shadow in the water is the stack from the sewage treatment plant across the bay. © BCP 2010 Some days you just get lucky. It’s simple serendipity. (And I think it augurs well for the first day of summer. […]
Penny feeds her little ones some yummy stringy green stuff otherwise known as submerged aquatic vegetation. © BCP 2010 At last! I finally connected with our swan family — Penny, her long-time mate, Tycho, and their two cygnets. I think the cygnets were hatched around May 21 or 22 — a guesstimate, since I was, […]
Canada geese on the lake side of Ashbridge’s Bay last week. © BCP 2010 When I walk along the boardwalk at Ashbridge’s Bay, or down one of the foot paths that follow the water’s edge, I sometimes forget that this little bit of land, which juts out into the lake like an arthritic finger, wasn’t […]
