Red pepper seeds coming up: A female Northern Harrier hawk, hunting low over our back field (luckily the chickens were smart enough to hide in the coop): Whiskey quality-testing some new quilting fabric:
Archive for the ‘wildlife’ Category
Photo Post: End of March
Posted in garden, photo post, wheel of the year, wildlife on Monday, March 28, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Photo post: Morning walk
Posted in Carter, Green witch, pagan, wildlife on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Carter and I go out for a walk every morning around 8am. Sometimes I take one of my field guides, to identify wildflowers or trees. Sometimes I take a bag to gather herbs. Sometimes I take my camera:
Carter vs. Chrysemys picta
Posted in Carter, wildlife on Thursday, June 25, 2009 | 2 Comments »
On yesterday’s walk, down by one of the smaller ponds in Mike’s back field, Carter suddenly got very, very interested in something in the grass. I looked, but didn’t see anything at first glance. Carter’s body language made it clear that there was something there – something he wasn’t too sure about. “Probably a big [...]
Wildlife
Posted in administrivia, wildlife on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The “Wildlife” sighting log (see the tab at the top of the page) has been updated to include a ruby-throated hummingbird and a muskrat.
Wildlife log page
Posted in administrivia, wildlife on Friday, April 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I saw a wild turkey in the back yard, and a great blue heron flying across the road from Mike’s big pond, so I decided to add a Wildlife sighting log page to this blog. You can check it out by clicking the tab marked “Wildlife” at the top of this page.
Beavers
Posted in wildlife, tagged beaver dam, beaver lodge, beavers on Friday, March 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Carter and I were out walking in the back fields a couple of weeks ago (this was before he broke his leg, and before the last of the snow melted), when we happened upon what looked, at first glance, to be a big pile of brush. Upon closer inspection, however, it became very obvious that [...]
Baptism by fire
Posted in dear diary, wildlife, tagged deer, driving on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I mentioned a few posts back that I recently got my Ontario Driving Learner’s Permit (also known as a class G1 license), which means I’m allowed to drive with a qualified driver in the passenger seat, so long as it’s not on a highway/freeway/motorway or between the hours of 12 midnight and 5am. So I’ve been [...]
Notes
Posted in dear diary, wildlife, tagged deer sighting, driving license on Friday, November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We spent all day today dealing with various vehicle-related issues and government bureaucracies, and have many new bits of paper and metal to show for it: t! has his Ontario driver’s license. The car has a safety certificate, an emissions test certificate, its Ontario registration and license plates, and new snow tires. I have an [...]
More wildlife
Posted in wildlife, tagged chipmunk, chukar, partridge, photo, wildlife on Tuesday, September 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today I spotted this wandering around the backyard: It’s most likely a Chukar Partridge. Thanks very much to Fearsclave for the ID on this non-native species, as my Audubon bird book was most unhelpful. This is one of our pair of resident chipmunks, standing near a drainpipe and scolding the partridge loudly: I guess now [...]
Wildlife
Posted in wildlife, tagged orb-weaver spider, photo, spider, wildlife on Friday, September 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I need a bird book – there are so many birds out here that I don’t recognize, but my favourite so far are the pair of blue jays that swoop from the tree tops to the lawn. Then there’s the pair of chipmunks that live somewhere in the western treeline, and run back and forth [...]
