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Over the past week or two, it seems that someone’s been busy decorating trees throughout the gardens. Yesterday, I found this pine cone lodged in the branches of a small apple tree. That little yellow dot off to the left is an apple that is lodged in a lilac bush. Here’s another […]
The I and the Bird #37 bird blog carnival is now up at Five Wells. Do make time to check it out!
On Saturday, in addition to measuring our first big tree, we hiked about 5 or 6 kilometers through Murphy’s Point Provincial Park. We found the Sylvan Trail sign-in box occupied by a mass of Harmonia axyridis lady beetles (click on above photo for larger view). For the past few weeks, we’ve been finding […]
Recently, the focus of our weekend hikes has changed to keep step with the seasons. We don’t see many insects now, the birds are less in number, and most plants have died back or dried to their leafless winter state. At this time of the year we turn our attention to those things […]
This is the fourth and (maybe) final post in a series on the Coast Redwood forests that we visited in September and October. Click on these links to view parts one, two, and three.
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As evidenced by the above sign, these Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) are big trees in almost every respect. With […]