Mid February/ Nature Notes

As the days grow longer,  I have heard the local chickadees sing more often!

The sun rose this morning over East Gwillimbury at 7:17 and will set at 5:50. That's ten-and-a-half hours of daylight! Whoohoo! And we are gaining nearly three minutes of daylight every day.

Largest square: black capped chickadee. Moving clockwise: bluebird house on fencepost; three goldenrod galls and grapevine stems next to fence; fluffy cattails; snow on shelf fungus;  and spruce tips in snow, broken off in wind and ice.

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Frozen Harbour/ Watery Wednesday

Colourful storage sheds at Rochester, New York, U.S.A.

As you can see, the harbour at Rochester, NY. is frozen and covered with snow. (At least it was at the end of January when I was there,)

All is quiet at the docks! The colourful sheds are for storing boat gear, each shed a different colour, I'm guessing to help boaters find their own docks.

More colourful sheds

To take these photos, I was standing in the parking lot on the other side of the rive.

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