We continue to be in the grip of brutally cold weather with no relief in sight. It’s too cold to spend a lot of time outside, so we will continue to revisit 2025.
On the bird front, we have seen Bald Eagles soaring high above the river and Hooded and Common Mergansers diving below the river surface. On our way through downtown London one day, a flock of pigeons flew in front the car, chased by an adult Cooper’s Hawk. The hawk duely perched in a sidewalk tree, perhaps planning its next attack.
Weather Forecasts
The view from here features frost-covered windows:
May brings so many changes that we are dedicating this whole post to it.
May 1st to 15th
The canopy begins to turn spring green.
In early May, we headed to Rondeau Provincial Park.
The migrating warblers were plentiful and rarely stopped moving. Other migrants were filling up for their northerly flights. Birds that remain in the area were claiming territory and building nests.
A highlight was an extended encounter with the resident Prothonotary Warbler.
Spring wildflowers at every turn…
Other creatures emerging
May 15th to May 30th
Closer to home, spring was also unfolding, the canopy becoming greener each day.
Birds in their finest plumage were pairing up and settling in for the breeding season.
American Robins were already well into the breeding cycle.
So many spring blossoms made an appearance…
Happily, Wandering Bee flower farm returned to the Saturday market with beautiful bouquets from their fields and hoop house.
Three Dog Night
Three Dog Night is an American rock band. They formed in 1967 with a lineup consisting of vocalists Danny Hutton, Cory Wells, and Chuck Negron. This lineup was soon augmented by Jimmy Greenspoon (keyboards), Joe Schermie (bass), Michael Allsup (guitar), and Floyd Sneed (drums). The band registered 21 Billboard Top 40 hits (with three hitting number one) between 1969 and 1975. Because Three Dog Night recorded many songs written by outside songwriters, they helped introduce mainstream audiences to writers such as Paul Williams (“An Old Fashioned Love Song”) and Hoyt Axton (“Joy to the World”).
I had not heard any of these songs, except for “Joy to the World” in a long time. I saw the band at Ontario Place in the late 80s and thought they were terriffic.
