Flicker - Sit Spot #692 - December 20, 2020

Yellow-shafted Flicker

under our bird feeder

for the first time in months

December 20, 2020 10:30 a.m.

Sit 692  : Brush Pile W  : Cloudy with some rain

+3° (0°) SW 13-20 kph  93% humidity 

(Traffic noises),

(Jet  - SKV flight 7646…),

Rain drops on tarp,

Extras:

Along the trails  -

Rooster crowing,

Chickadees,

Crows,

Donkey braying,

Mourning Doves flying,

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder - 

Blue Jays,

Cardinals,

Chickadees,

Flicker,

Goldfinches,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Red-bellied Woodpecker,

Black Squirrels,

Grey Squirrels,

Red Squirrel.

Sunrise - Snow - Sit Spot #691 - December 19, 2020

Sunrise Squirrels,

Yes, I only saw one when I took the photo.

Snow,snow,snow

and

then it all melted.

December 19, 2020 4:30 p.m.

Sit 691  : Brush Pile W : Cloudy with snow 

+2° (0°) SE 7-11 kph 80% humidity 

(Jet  - Delta Airlines flight 392…),

(Traffic noises),

Snow/rain on tarp,

Extras:

Along the Trails - 

Chickadees,

Donkey braying,

Rooster crowing,

Crows,

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder - 

Blue Jays,

Goldfinches,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Black Squirrels.

Today was my run day so

I did not see or hear as much

around home.

Photo Site #5 - Front "Forest" Trail

Road - Sit Spot #690 - December 18, 2020

A Road Called Powerline

for obvious reasons.

It is a 2.5 km walk from our house

so

with the walk to and from, plus another 

half km along Powerline, I got in a 6 km walk.

December 18, 2020 10:05 a.m.

Sit 690  : Brush Pile W  : Sunny 

-6° (-8°)  NE 4-6 kph  62% humidity 

Crows,

(Jet  - GoJet Airlines Flight 4610…),

(Traffic noises),

Extras:

Along the trails  -

Chickadees,

Donkey braying,

Rooster crowing,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Crows,

Blue Jays,

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder - 

Blue Jays,

Cardinals,

Chickadees,

Crow,

Mourning Doves,

Goldfinches,

Juncos,

Black Squirrels,

Grey Squirrels,

Red Squirrel.

Photo Site #6 - Close-up of East Willow

West Meadow Viewpoint - Sit Spot #689 - December 17, 2020

Photo Site #4 - West Meadow Viewpoint

Today & 6 Months Ago

December 17, 2020 9:45 a.m.

Sit 689  : Brush Pile W : Cloudy 

-6° (-11°) NE 11-17 kph  86% humidity 

Blue Jays,

Crows,

(Train),

Extras:

Along the trails  -

Swish of soft snow underfoot,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Donkey,

Rooster,

Crows,

Chickadees,

Pileated Woodpecker,

Blue Jays,

Goldfinches,

Mourning Doves,

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder - 

Blue Jays,

Cardinals,

Chickadees,

Goldfinches,

Juncos,

White-breasted Nuthatches,

Black Squirrels.

Photo Spot #9 -

Looking out from the West Brush Pile 

Warm Tanzania Memories - Sit Spot #688 - December 16, 2020

On the road to Kilimanjaro.

Part of the lower trail on the way up Kilimanjaro.

Trying to use the memory 

of heat in Tanzania 

in October of 1992 

to keep me warm 

on this cold December 

of 2020 in Ontario.

December 16, 2020 10:15 a.m.

Sit 688  : Brush Pile W  : Cloudy 

-5° (-13°) E 28-39 kph 68% humidity 

Wind in trees,

(Traffic noises),

Tree limbs creaking in wind,

Crows,

Extras:

Along the trails  -

Donkey braying,

Rooster crowing,

Leaves rustling underfoot,

Frozen dirt crunching underfoot,

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder - 

Chickadees,

Goldfinches,

Red-bellied Woodpecker,

Black Squirrels.

Photo Site #4 - North Ridge Trail