Dundas Marsh Colour

Cold winds and rain have taken most of the leaves off the trees on our property but a few kilometres down the road next to Lake Ontario is the Dundas marsh area known as Cootes Paradise. Because it is below the Niagara Escarpment and next to Lake Ontario, the weather is moderated. There are still trees with fall colours there.



Next to the water there are still flowers in bloom.



Here is a closer look at the Nodding Bur-Marigold (Bidens cernua)



And last, but not least, here is an attempt to photograph a very bright, shiny, unidentified fly that is on the Lance-leaved (sometimes called Grass-leaved) Goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia).

Hawks and Flowers

The sunrise was not too exciting this morning but when I was walking the dog I saw this hawk in a nearby tree.



Here it is a bit closer. I am thinking it is a 1st year Light juvenile Red-tailed Hawk.



I tried to get closer by walking slowly and not looking up at it but when I did look, it was gone. Guess I got up too late to fool it. Oh well, I did find a neat Sow Thistle later when looking down.

Sunrise Series cont.

I am enjoying the sunrises lately. Until I hear complaints, I shall probably keep taking photos and keep posting them if I think they are worthy. So, here is sunrise, Nov. 10th.



And, just so you have something else to look at, here is a close up of an aster seed collection.



And here is what I was going to put up yesterday but ran out of time. It's the best shot I've had of one of the many deer that are often on our property just before the dog and I arrive.

Around our Property

It appears that sunrise is the best time for photos lately.



Below is a photo of Gray Dogwood (Cornus racemosa). It is also called Panicled Dogwood for obvious reasons. In addition to reproducing by the berries, it also spreads by sending out roots with new growth coming up around the centre core. Often the Gray Dogwood will look like a mound of growth with the oldest part at the centre and newer sprouts coming up around the edges. (Yes, I used Photoshop to gray out everything that was not Dogwood.)



I am always intrigued by flowers that bloom in spite of the leaves on the plant turning brown. These flowers are on a Canada Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis}.

Sunrise

Here are four photos of our November 6 sunrise. We had to hide inside to avoid falling branches for most of the rest of the day.


6:45 a.m. (I've got my camera time set to standard time. It was still on Daylight Saving Time before....)


6:47 a.m.


6:48 a.m.


7:19 a.m. ("Official" sunrise time is 7:04 but we have trees in the way of our horizon.)