Fire - Sit Spot #1154 - March 27, 2022

Fireplace Fire

instead of a cold

Around the Bay Race today

Sunday, March 27, 2022 10:45 a.m.

Sit 1154  :  Brush Pile W  :  Cloudy 

-5° (-13)   W 33-43 kph  68%humidity 

Crows,

Wind in trees, 

(Traffic noises),

Extras:

Along the Trails -

Crows,

Chickadees,

Wind was bitterly cold all day,

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder -

Cardinals,

Chickadees,

Crows,

Mourning Doves,

Goldfinches,

Juncos,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

1st Song Sparrow at feeder,

Red-bellied Woodpecker,

Grey Squirrel,

Red Squirrel.

Photo Site #4 - North Ridge Trail

Elderberry Buds - Sit Spot #1153 - March 26, 2022

Red Elderberry Buds

Saturday, March 26, 2022 9:10 a.m.

Sit 1153  :  Brush Pile W  :  Cloudy 

+2° (-2°) SW 15-23 kph  100% humidity 

Cardinal,

Crows,

Blue Jays,

(Jet - Air Canada Jazz flight 353...),

Song Sparrow,

(Traffic noises),

Dog barking in distance,

Red-winged Blackbirds,

Mallards flying overhead,

Extras:

6:50 a.m.-

Cardinals,

Robins,

Mourning Doves,

Along the trails -

Blue Jays,

Crows,

Mourning Doves,

Red-winged Blackbirds,

Chickadees,

Song Sparrow,

Cardinal,

Lone Canadian Goose flying overhead,

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder -

Cardinals,

Chickadees,

Mourning Doves,

Goldfinches,

Red-breasted Nuthatch,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Robins,

Downy Woodpecker,

Black Squirrel.

Photo Site #3 - West Meadow Lookout

Scilla - Sit Spot #1152 - March 25, 2022

Scilla 

from RBG Spicer Court

Friday, March 25, 2022 5:00 p.m.

Sit 1152  :  Brush Pile W  :  Cloudy with rain 

+4° (0°) W 20-30 kph 75% humidity 

Crows,

(Traffic noises),

(Jet - Air Canada flight 1134...),

Rain on tarp,

Dog barking in distance,

Mallards flying overhead,

Extras:

RBG'S Spicer Court -

Snowdrops,

Scilla,

Winter Aconite,

Arnold's Promise Witch Hazel,, 

RBG Front Yard - Crocus,

RBG Hendrie Valley - Skunk Cabbage,

RBG Arboretum -

Turkish Hazelnut, 

Witch Hazel, ‘Aurora'

Witch Hazel, 'Barmstedt Gold’

Witch Hazel, 'Brandis'

Witch Hazel, 'Cyrille'

Witch Hazel, 'Jelena'

Witch Hazel, ‘Pallida'

Witch Hazel, 'Primavera'

Witch Hazel, ‘Rochester'

Witch Hazel, 'Westerstede

Witch Hazel, 'Winter Dawn’

Witch Hazel, Vernal ‘Sandra'

Chickweed, Common,

Skunk Cabbage,

Speckled Alder,

American Hazel,

Song Sparrows,

Canadian Geese,

Bald Eagle,

Great Blue Heron,

Scaup,

Cormorants,

Along the 4:45 p.m. Home Trails -

Crows,

Black Squirrel,

Rabbit,

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder -

Chickadees,

Mourning Doves,

Goldfinches,

Juncos,

Red-breasted Nuthatch,

Robins,

Downy Woodpecker,

Red Squirrel.

Photo Site #2 - East Willow

Morning Glow - Tree Flower - Sit Spot #1151 - March 24, 2022

Strange Glow in the Sky

this morning

The photo does not quite

capture the actual look

Close up of a Red Maple Flower

Thursday, March 24, 2022  10:00 a.m.   

Sit 1151  :  Brush Pile W  :  Cloudy 

+8°(+5°) SW 20-30 kph 76% humidity 

Cardinals,

Crows,

Song Sparrows,

(Jet - WestJet flight 2580…),

(Traffic noises),

Extras:

Along the Trails -

Robins,

Cardinals,

Red-winged Blackbirds, 

Crows, 

Song Sparrows,

Chickadees, 

Blue Jays, 

Turkey Vulture flying overhead,

Killdeer,

Rabbit,

Red Squirrel, 

p.m. - Bethel Church Road - 1st Red Maple in bloom,

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder -

Blue Jays,

Chickadees,

Goldfinches,

Juncos,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Robins,

Red-bellied Woodpecker,

Grey Squirrel,

Red Squirrel.

Photo Site #1 - East Pond

Still ice here

West pond is ice free

Coltsfoot & Garlic - Sit Spot #1150 - March 23, 2022

Coltsfoot flowers on the left

Garlic in middle and right

in Plan B Greenhouse

Wednesday, March 23, 2022 5:10 p.m. 

Sit 1150  :  Brush Pile W  :  Cloudy with rain 

+1° (-5°)  NE 33-53 kph  93% humidity 

Rain on tarp,

Wind in trees,

(Jet - FedEx Express flight 3021 . . .),

Brown, fast flying bird passed the sit spot

    Possible American Woodcock?

Extras:

6:00 a.m. - Rain,

Along the 5:00 p.m. Trails -

Rain,

Rabbit running down the trail,

7:00 p.m. - Wood Duck on west pond,

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder -

Cardinals,

Chickadees,

Goldfinches,

Red-breasted Nuthatch,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Red-bellied Woodpecker,

Grey Squirrel.

Photo Spot #9 -

Looking out from the West Brush Pile