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The cycle of rain and snow continues, accompanied by shifts between freezing temperatures and balmy days in the mid-teens Celcius. Lake Margaret, March 29, 2026 Lake Margaret is a privately-owned lake in St Thomas that is adjacent to Pinafore Park and the Lake Margaret Estates housing development. The lake was created when a former gravel […]

This week… … we’ve had some snow and quite a lot of rain. We’ve been keeping a close watch for the return of the Ospreys. For some time, we’ve seen only a pair of Red-tailed Hawks that perch from time to time on the old nest or one of the stadium lights. Yesterday, we were […]

Spring is very slowly unfolding. The daytime temperature generally remains in the single digits with below freezing temperatures at night. It snows from time to time, but the snow disappears quickly. No doubt, there will be more snow… Depite the weather, we are witnessing the arrival of more and more early spring migrants. These past […]

In the past week, our temperatures have remained well above freezing, sometimes moving into double digits. Rain arrived, the snow melted, and the river overflowed its banks. Monday’s forecast was for sunny skies and a temperature reaching the mid teens by the afternoon. Our friends offered to take us on a grand tour of the […]

March has brought clear, cold nights and warmer daytime temperatures that melt the snow. Sunset on February 27th and the moon setting on March 2nd. It is an in-between time when the birds that have spent the winter depart and the early migrants may or may not have arrived. We had not seen diving ducks […]