tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61256359570375562652024-03-10T04:52:43.536-04:00A ScatteringA Scatteringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03071957279379194840noreply@blogger.comBlogger1045125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125635957037556265.post-3610031907830915562018-05-07T16:23:00.001-04:002018-05-07T16:23:47.591-04:00They're back!I've been very remiss with posting to my blog but I can tell you that the London Osprey nest and Clarke and Fanshawe Roads is occupied again this year. We choose to still call the residents Lois and Clarke even though we don't know if it's still the original pair.<br />
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And there's another nest north of Woodstock on Highway 59! This pair is Harold and Maude. This is Harold posing in this photo.</div>
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<br />A Scatteringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03071957279379194840noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125635957037556265.post-37671688889298997362017-08-21T14:39:00.000-04:002017-08-21T14:39:35.366-04:00Solar Eclipse Woodstock ON Canada - The view from here<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A view of the Solar Eclipse at 2:07 p.m. local time through a bizarre rose coloured double-paned window we have in our office building here in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada. Very cool!A Scatteringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03071957279379194840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125635957037556265.post-34366700842800001552016-08-12T21:36:00.000-04:002016-08-12T21:36:28.293-04:00Serenity on the pond<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Part one of a great birding day - we drove past the osprey nest site in London and lo and behold, both Lois and Clarke were close by. Lois is in the first photo next to the nest - I was able to confirm ID by her numbered leg band. Clarke was a short distance south on Clarke Road on the top of a hydro tower. This is gives us hope that they will be back to the nest next spring even though they didn't raise any chicks this year.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The last time we saw this pair was on May 21st so we'd pretty much given up hope of seeing them again this year. This was a nice surprise.</span></div>
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A Scatteringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03071957279379194840noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125635957037556265.post-84404349381886415202016-06-14T15:43:00.002-04:002016-08-03T08:31:38.662-04:00Osprey nest<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">We're disappointed to find that after an on-time return to the nest at Clarke and Fanshawe Roads in London, our Osprey friends have gone AWOL. We're guessing that their eggs weren't viable for some reason and they abandoned the nest for this year. The other possibility is that one of the pair was killed and the other wasn't able to continue incubating the eggs. We'll eagerly await spring next year to see if one or both of them return to this site.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span>A Scatteringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03071957279379194840noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125635957037556265.post-60303546446732590352016-05-23T19:43:00.000-04:002016-08-31T10:40:39.349-04:00Recent sightings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A Scatteringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03071957279379194840noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125635957037556265.post-7096890566290790532016-04-22T11:26:00.001-04:002016-04-22T11:26:26.670-04:00Skywatch FridayThis was the view from my office window here in Woodstock, Ontario one afternoon this week. It reminds me of wave patterns left on the sand as the water ebbs out. Happy <a href="http://skyley.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">Skywatch Friday </span></a>everyone!<div>
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A Scatteringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03071957279379194840noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125635957037556265.post-47275543142611919612016-04-17T14:25:00.000-04:002016-04-17T14:25:38.599-04:00April 17, 2016 Osprey nest visit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />A Scatteringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03071957279379194840noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125635957037556265.post-8507697564492759472016-04-16T17:26:00.000-04:002016-04-16T17:26:47.281-04:00Osprey nest 2016 - they're back again<br />
Lois and Clarke, the ospreys, have arrived back at their nest at the corners of Clarke and Fanshawe Roads in London, right on time! Here's papa checking out the view over the neighbourhood.<br />
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<br />A Scatteringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03071957279379194840noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125635957037556265.post-7463452199340672862015-11-01T19:32:00.002-05:002015-11-01T19:33:21.748-05:00The Fine Art of Cory TrepanierWe gave ourselves a treat for Halloween, we took a trip to <a href="http://www.trepanieroriginals.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Cory Trepanier's Studio</span></a> in the Caledon area, north of Toronto. Please visit Cory's website for more information about his stunning landscape work, particularly in the Canadian Arctic.<br />
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We've seen three of Cory's four documentaries and decided it was time to see his work up close. What a wonderful visit - thank you Cory and Janet for being so generous with your time.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As luck should have it, I follow the nf.birds@googlegroups and easily found the name of a person to contact for help with the banding information. I emailed Rob Bierregaard (check out his website <a href="http://robbierregaard.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: lime;">here</span></a>) and he advised me on how to report the banding via the <span style="background-color: black; color: white;">North American Bird Banding Program under the general direction of the U.S. Geological Survey and the Canadian Wildlife Service. When I filed the report I was advised that it could take upwards of 4-6 weeks before I'd hear anything. That was quite an overestimation as I received the certificate via email last night!</span></span></div>
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Note that, while the sighting was at the corner of Clarke and Fanshawe Roads in London, Ontario the GPS coordinates identify the location as ENE of Fanshawe, Ontario.A Scatteringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03071957279379194840noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125635957037556265.post-75534607330249998432015-08-03T19:05:00.002-04:002015-08-03T19:06:27.612-04:00All about the birdsA nice surprise - a Cedar Waxwing at the edge of the Zehr's grocery store parking lot.<br />
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<br />A Scatteringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03071957279379194840noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125635957037556265.post-9014489821162267052015-07-07T08:28:00.001-04:002015-07-07T08:28:42.944-04:00Ta-da!Ta-da! That's pretty much how I felt when we caught our first glimpse of a chick in the Osprey nest on Friday. So far we've only seen one so maybe this will be a spoiled only-chick. Time will tell.<br />
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We checked in again on Sunday and spotted Clarke (the papa) getting ready to chow down on lunch.</div>
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<br />A Scatteringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03071957279379194840noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125635957037556265.post-2167409813226382962015-06-18T19:54:00.001-04:002015-06-19T10:41:06.318-04:00Supper hour in the Park<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Geoff and I went to the Park this evening to see if we could locate where the Swan family has relocated, but to no avail. I have it on good authority that the parents have moved the cygnets upstream, where they will likely have a quieter life while the little ones are growing. Hopefully they're doing well.</div>
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We did find a nice surprise though. There are at least 8 <a href="http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barn_Swallow/lifehistory" target="_blank"><span style="color: cyan;">Barn Swallow</span></a> nests under the Parkinson Road bridge at the south end of the park, it was like a performance of Cirque du Soleil under there! Here are two adults and 3 chicks tucked away in one of the nests up under the bridge. Looks like the chicks are squawking for their supper.</div>
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<br />A Scatteringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03071957279379194840noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125635957037556265.post-47684768203833870902015-06-09T20:32:00.001-04:002015-06-09T20:33:24.943-04:00They're out and about!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The cygnets at Southside Park made their debut today. Grey balls of fluff and preciousness.</div>
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<br />A Scatteringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03071957279379194840noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125635957037556265.post-14523954414554555712015-06-07T08:45:00.000-04:002015-06-07T08:45:10.373-04:00Peace in the Park<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Did you know there are fossils to be found in Southside Park?</div>
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Early Saturday morning the male swan was keeping watch over his mate and the nest from the pond.</div>
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The Toulouse Geese playing mirror images :-)</div>
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<br />A Scatteringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03071957279379194840noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125635957037556265.post-66269256541244224272015-06-07T08:20:00.000-04:002015-06-07T08:23:29.881-04:00Osprey update - penthouse view<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Yesterday we stopped by to check on the nest and caught a glimpse of Lois in her penthouse nest (that's her head in the red oval). As is the pattern with nesting ospreys, they've added more branches to the nest this year - making it even more difficult to see them. It's likely their clutch of eggs will hatch in the next week or so but it will be well into July before we'll be able to see them from our vantage point on the ground. No sign of Clarke while we were there.</div>
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<br />A Scatteringhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03071957279379194840noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6125635957037556265.post-68441736263599527072015-05-31T21:10:00.000-04:002015-06-01T10:40:01.363-04:00In the company of friends by the seaThis past Thursday, May 28th, was my friend Marilyn's 60th birthday so I traveled to Beresford, New Brunswick to join in the celebration. The birthday cake was a delicious Cherry Cake made by Marilyn's sister Roseanne.<br />
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American Goldfinches at Marilyn and Paul's feeder - two males and one female.</div>
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A male Rose-breasted Grosbeak.</div>
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Marilyn and Paul also have two hummingbird feeders and this male Ruby-throated Hummingbird was a frequent visitor.</div>
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A warm windy day at Beresford Beach.</div>
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Rhododendrons and bee outside Danny's Restaurant and Conference Centre.</div>
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Foggy evening looking north at the beach.</div>
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Thanks for everything, Marilyn and Paul!</div>
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