Friday, August 02, 2024

Hamilton Waterfront - Sit Spot #1441 - August 2, 2024




 Hamilton Waterfront Sit Spot


Friday, August 2, 2024  2:35 p.m.

Sit 1441   :   Hamilton Waterfront Trail   :   Cloudy

+26° (+35°) SE 2-3                               74% humidity


Mute Swans,

(Train),

(Bicycles passing),

Gull species calling and flying by,

Cormorants,

(Walkers),


Extras:

(11:15 p.m.) -| 

12:25 a.m.    -| Crickets calling,

2:00 a.m.      -| Cloudy skies,

3:05 a.m.      -|


6:13 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

Carolina Wren,


Morning Activities -

At RBG,

   Watched a group tour of Herbarium and Rose Garden

      set up for a University of. Guelph students,


Afternoon Activities -

5 km Hamilton Waterfront Trail walk,

   No mosquitoes there


Flowers along the trail:

    American Germander,

    Bergamot 

    Birdsfoot Trefoil,

    Black-eyed  Susan 

    Black Medic,

    Bouncing Bet,

    Brown Knapweed,

    Bull Thistle,

    Butter-and-eggs

    Canada Thistle,

    Catnip,

    Chickory,

    Common Burdock 

    Common Cinquefoil 

    Common Fleabane,

    Common Mullein,

    Crown Vetch,

    Daisy Fleabane,

    Dames Rocket,

    Evening Primrose,

    Field Sow-thistle 

    Fragrant Waterlilly 

    Harebell (gdn) 

    Hedge Bindweed  

    Hemp Dogbane,

    Horseweed,

    Hounds Tongue,

    Lanceleaved Goldenrod,

    Late Goldenrod,

    Narrow-leaved Wallrocket,

    Nodding Smartweed,

    Purple Loosestrife,

    Queen Anne's Lace 

    Red Osier Dogwood,

    Rugosa Rose,

    Saint Johnswort 

    Silverweed

    Small-flowered Galinsoga,  

    Spiny-leaved Sow-thistle,

    Spotted Spurge,

    Spotted Touch-me-not 

    Sticky Groundsel, 

    Swallowwort,

    Swamp Dodder,

    Tall Coneflower,

    Tansy,

    Teasel 

    Viper's Bugloss,

    Virginia Stickseed,

    Wallrocket,

    White Clover,

    White Sweet clover 

    Yarrow,

    Wild Lettuce,


Picked up water from Ancaster well,

   Still open even though supposed to be closed

      for a month now for road repairs,

.5 kmTrail walk with Marigold at home,

   (Cut short due to heat and mosquitoes)


Seen or Heard from Kitchen -

Blue Jay,

Cardinal,

Chickadees,

Crows,

Goldfinches,

Grackles,

Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 

Chipping Sparrow,

Downy Woodpecker,

Carolina Wren,

Grey Squirrel,

Red Squirrel.




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