Month: October 2023

Brilliant colour.

It’s good to have a last burst of brilliant colour as we enter the seasons of muted colour.

Burst of brilliance.

A thin layer of fog just above the ground transformed the suns’ appearance into a burst of brilliance.

Brilliant.

The Silver Maple at the edge of the yard shed this brilliant leaf.

Autumn is here.

Almost crystalline.

One aspect of the beauty of African violet flowers is that they are almost crystalline, hewn from stone.

Way station.

Turkey Vultures are migrating, heading south for the winter. A short time ago we marvelled at the dozens of them soaring, gliding into trees, going to roost for the night at this way station. These are only a few of the 50+ that we had the pleasure to see.

Late season bounty.

Todays’ late season bounty, before the late afternoon rain arrived.

Trio.

I counted 42 Turkey Vultures on the move the other day. Despite my mad snapping away trying to capture such large numbers, after reviewing my images the best I did was to capture this trio.

Cute.

I found this cute little frog on a windowsill about 3 feet off the floor inside my workplace this morning. My co-worker and me speculated on how it came to be there and did not arrive at a satisfactory conclusion.

A little research revealed that it’s likely a Gray Treefrog. After a while I took it outside into (what to this human seems to be) a better place for a tree frog.

Trying to protect birds.

I’ve had a problem with songbirds, especially American Goldfinches, flying into my living room windows – the fixed portion and the casement windows on each side of it. Thankfully I’ve never seen one killed.

I bought a kit with a roll of clear tape which has small dots embedded every 2”. You install a length of tape the length (or width) of your window, use the supplied mini squeegee to press it down, peel off the clear tape and the dots are left behind on the glass. Move over 2”, install another length, repeat until the entire window has dots spaced 2” apart. The dots are a visual cue that this is a solid that you can’t fly through.

This is a huge, huge problem, particularly during migration seasons, in cities with reflectorized windows on mid- and high-rise buildings. Fatal Light Awareness Program (FLAP Canada).

https://flap.org

Before. To a bird this casement window looks like open air.


 And after.

I do hope this helps.