Author: New Admin
-
Ross Park & More – April 6 to 11, 2025
April’s weather continues to be erratic. A sunny day on Sunday followed last week’s heavy rain and flooding. Despite the “red sun at night” on Sunday, the gathering clouds brought snow on Monday that stayed on the ground through Tuesday’s cold temperatures. From an overnight low of -10C on Tuesday night, the temperature is expected…
-
A Neighbourhood Walk
We’ve resolved that whenever there is sun, we will drop everything and go outside. Tuesday was such a day, especially since the weather forecast held dire warnings about heavy rainfall the next day. As it turned out, Wednesday brought snow, freezing rain, and then heavy downpours accompanied by thunder and lightening. Ice coated trees and…
-
Winter Birds – 2
Our few warm days with sun have been replaced by cold gloomy weather and a precipitation that is a mix of rain and snow. The saying about March coming in like a lamb, but going out like a lion may hold true this year (as opposed to coming in like a lion and out like…
-
March 15th to 19th, 2025
We’ve had every kind of weather this week including sun, rain, temperatures of up to 18C and snow. Spring arrived this week with the vernal/spring equinox when the hours of daylight and darkness are equal. Daylight hours will continue to increase until the summer soltice on June 21. One sunny day took us along the…
-
March 9, 11 & 12, 2025
Bonus Content from March 14 Taken from our balcony in downtown London at 2:34 am. On the star map for 2:25 am, it looks like Virgo has just batted the moon like a volleyball. My timing was accidental. Total eclipse was only 10 minutes away. We have continued to have exceptionally warm temperatures for early…
-
Winter Beauty and Winter Birds
We know winter can be beautiful and hold charms of its own. Still, our recent winter has been one of extremes. This week, we have had a winter thaw with temperatures reaching a spring-like 8C yesterday followed by heavy rain, high winds and a precipitous drop in temperature that prompted warnings of a flash freeze.…
-
Greenway and Gamboa
Greenway Park – February 22, 2025 Last weekend when the weather was bright and not too cold, we spent time at Greenway Park. The Thames is deep enough there to attact diving ducks from farther north that are in search of open water. The ducks typically feed on small fish, aquatic insects, crustaceans (especially crayfish),…
-
Boat Tour on the Chagras River & Gatun Lake
After back-to-back snow storms, we are now under a cold weather advisory for the next few days. Wind chill overnight was in the -30C range and is currently -21C. Plates of ice are floating down the Thames adding to the accumulating ice at the forks and narrowing the river channel. Panama Boat Tour It is…
-
Canopy Tower Outings
As we put this together, there is a snowfall warning in effect. Snow fell overnight and and is expected to continue into Friday with an accumulation of about 15 cm (6 inches). Last Friday, we thought we might find some wintering ducks and gulls in the open water of Lake Erie. We headed to Port…
-
Canopy Lodge to Canopy Tower
Our weather continues to be variable, but largely inhospitable for walking far or seeing many birds. More Panama! February 14 was a short day for us, but one with the sighting of a remarkable bird, the Montezuma Oropendola. This bird is described by eBird as a “spectacular, very large ‘blackbird’ of tropical lowlands.” It is…
