Mailbox garden
Grey clouds dominate East Gwillimbury's skies in November but this mailbox is sure to brighten a delivery person's day.
Only a few seeds left
Blue jays and chickadees have been feasting on sunflower seeds.
White-throated Sparrow
Ground-feeding White-throated Sparrows enjoy eating treats living on the forest floor, such as beetles, millipedes, spiders and snails. During the winter months, though, they will eat millet and black-oil sunflower seeds at feeders. November is an in-between time when they eat animal matter as well as seeds.
Golden tamaracks
Soon the tamaracks will drop their needles and the trees will look dead like other deciduous trees. Come spring and they'll grow new green needles.
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The name "tamarack" gets used a lot here in the States for businesses, housing developments, etc. No doubt inspired by the tree.
ReplyDeleteIt is that time of year when the outdoor colours turn blah. You still have manage to find some that are still hanging on.
ReplyDeleteLove the wonderful light in all the shots.
ReplyDeleteEarly November.
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New friends.
Like the cycle of the Tamarack...shed the old, generate new!!...:)JP
ReplyDeletethat is one cute mail box and those grasses amaze me growing up there, one of the few plants that grow here and in the cold ...i love grasses. the sunflower photo is a work of art.. and food of course
ReplyDeleteLove the colors, soon it is all going to be white!
ReplyDeleteNothing beats fall colors. And I think your last shot proves that a lot!!
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Fantastic shot of the seed. So expressiv!
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JetteMajken
Wonderful...
ReplyDeletethe tamaracks sure are pretty! i love the ornamental grasses, too.
ReplyDeleteGreat shots. I have only seen the tamarack when it's green, so that was great.
ReplyDeleteLove this tamarack image. November on fire.
ReplyDeleteLove the golden tamaracks! We have the same trees here in the Pacific NW but we call them larches.
ReplyDeleteThe tamaracks look amazing!
ReplyDeleteThe tamaracks are gorgeous! Beautiful images!
ReplyDeleteVery autumnal scenes!
ReplyDeleteThese tamaracks are beautiful!! I wonder if we have them, but I did not know what their name is? Are they a kind of pine? You took an old dead sunflower and made it into art!
ReplyDeleteI love the look of spent sunflowers. Lovely pic.
ReplyDeleteIt was only when moving up north last year that I learned that the meany "discoloured" trees which I thought would be evergreens were larch or tamarack. And that they weren't dying after all. There seemed to be a lot more last year than this season.
I do love the tamaracks! Such a gorgeous color! Cute mailbox! You do get such great captures -- every day and I do so enjoy your posts every day as well!! Have a great new week!!
ReplyDeleteIt's good that there are still some trees around with colour on these grey days. We still have a lot of trees with leaves.
ReplyDeleteEarly November looks so pretty!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful scenes. The Tamaracks are gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteIt is November isn't it. Nice shots. MB
ReplyDeleteBeautiful fall colors..the plants around the mailbox are gorgeous!
ReplyDeletePretty fall pictures. The tamaracks are about the only colour in the woods now except for the odd oak.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing the treaeures of a northern November
ReplyDeleteALOHA from Honolulu
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Love the photo of the sunflower.
ReplyDeleteThe tamaracks are so pretty in transition. Lovely Autumn pictures every one.
ReplyDeleteso very beautiful. Loved that cool mailbox :)
ReplyDeleteSoon these lovely autumn scenes will be gone. We had our first snowfall last night. Grrrr!
ReplyDeleteI like all the signs of the changing season. The mailbox got a smile out of me.
ReplyDeleteDarla
wow- the photograph of the sunflower is incredible!!!
ReplyDeletenot sure if there are any tamaracks where I live.. I will have to check it out!
It's so important to enjoy the colours now!
ReplyDeleteThe Mailbox garden is lovely!
ReplyDeleteLove the colors and you took great photos.
november is a beautiful time of the year.
ReplyDeleteLovely pictures! I adore that mailbox.
ReplyDeleteEG, your sunflower image is spectacular. Love it!
ReplyDeletelove your photos especially the mailbox garden
ReplyDeleteYep, I can tell it is Fall up there where you are.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures ! All of them !
ReplyDeleteYou have captured the shades of November perfectly...such a beautiful post :)
ReplyDeleteYou have captured the shades of November perfectly...such a beautiful post :)
ReplyDeleteI was worried about the tamarack tree that I can see from my window, and then very relieved when it grew new needles in the spring!
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