Author: New Admin

  • A brief visit to Kilally Meadows followed by Canopy Lodge Revisited 2

    A brief visit to Kilally Meadows followed by Canopy Lodge Revisited 2

    Until late this week, we continued to have exceptionally cold weather, windy, overcast weather. Thursday, the sun was shining and the emperature rose to just below freezing. It was inviting us to go out! We spent a pleasant hour walking the trails at Kilally Meadows Environmentally Significant Area. There were few birds in evidence in…

  • Canopy Lodge Revisited

    Canopy Lodge Revisited

    We are under an extreme cold warning from Environment Canada. Wind chill has been in the minus 20s for most of the week. There are frost feathers on our windows again. Before the serious cold set in, Susan was on a walk when she witnessed high drama in the trees along the river. A Bald…

  • Panama City Revisited

    We are in the depths of winter with continuing snow and frigid weather. Our windows have been feathered with frost. We crave some colour and reminders of warmer climes. Here are some photos from our time in Panama City in February 2019 before we headed to our birding excursions at the Canopy Family lodges. Our…

  • January, 2025

    January, 2025

    Late December brought heavy rain and warmer temperatures. The snow melt and rainfall swelled the Thames. On a mild December day, we traveled the path along the Thames at Greenway Park. There we found a few wintering ducks on the far side of the fast-flowing river – Common Mergansers, Hooded Mergansers and a few Green-winged…

  • Thames River between Storybook and Greenway

    Birds on the Thames River Between Storybook Gardens and Greenway Park If you already know and love seeing “feeder birds”, you may enjoy seeing some less common birds on the water. Fortunately, the Thames River attracts a few additional bird species each winter. These birds share the river with our year-round bird birds. London is…

  • Changing Weather, Changing Views

    Changing Weather, Changing Views

    Our December snow stayed for a while before being washed away by mild temperatures and rain this week. A flock of Ring-billed Gulls arrived a while ago with the colder weather. They seem to have taken up residence here. This week there were about 100 circling over the river. We didn’t have time to catch…

  • Wintery Weather – December 6, 2024

    Wintery Weather – December 6, 2024

    Late November brought dwindling colour to the landscape. November 23, 2024 There were just a few remnants of colour. Then came the first snow of the season on November 29th and 30th. It was just a dusting, but enough to remove the remaining leaves from the trees. November 30 December 1 Since December 2nd, there…

  • Waning Colours – November 22, 2024

    Waning Colours – November 22, 2024

    The view from our balcony is becoming increasingly grey as the trees lose their leaves. October 31, 2024 November 6, 2024 November 12, 2024 Sunsets have been less colourful, but still dramatic. Although it looks more and more like November, the weather has been exceptionally warm with intermittent clouds and rain. We’ve had frequent mist…

  • More Fall Colours

    Our mild fall weather continued over the past two weeks with intermittent days of rain, wind, cooler temperatures and overnight frost. The hours of daylight are diminishing more rapidly as we approach the winter solstice. The canopy has gradually lost its colour as the leaves fade and fall from the trees. In early November, there…

  • Fall Colours

    Fall Colours

    When we are “confined to barracks” in the coming days, we will have time to enjoy the skies and changing colours from our balcony. The October morning skies are often clear. Temperatures overnight are approaching 0C. Clouds often roll in during the day providing colour at sunset. Colours changing along the Avon River in Stratford,…