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We desperately needed rain, but it had not materialized. There had been endless days of sun and summer temperatures without too much humidity and with cooler temperatures at night. It was best to make the most of such weather while we could! We did a circuit of the Coves. Although we only had 12 species […]

We took ourselves to see Annie! Yes, it lived up to its rave reviews. It was a perfect summer day – warm temperatures with a breeze and little humidity. We had time for a stoll through the Festival Theatre grounds and the Arthur Meighen perennial garden. Of course, we had to take a few photos… […]

The intense heat has finally receded. We are enjoying much cooler temperatures during the day and overnight, and we have had some much-needed rain. Chimney Swifts Over the past week or so, we have been preoccupied with our duties as the coordinators of Nature London’s Chimney Swift Monitoring Program. This has involved a number of […]

August 14th promised to be another sweltering day. We decided on a morning walk before the worst of the heat. Ospreys and other birds We wanted to check if there was still a young Osprey on the nest at Greenway. We found one young bird calling urgently to be fed. The eyes of immature Ospreys […]

The long-range forecasters were right when they predicted a hotter than normal summer for us. We are enduring another heat warning. Daytime highs of 32 to 35 degrees Celsius are predicted, with humidex values of 37 to 42 and overnight lows of 20 to 23 degrees Celsius. This is a good time to revisit the […]