25 January 2013
Allison
Every year we promise ourselves we'll get all sorts of housekeeping done over the winter.... But, this year we are actually doing it. We met for the first time this Friday morning. Here's Allison getting our resource library in order.
25 January 2013
Erma
Erma and Al were on hand as well - Erma cleaning and helping in the library here, Al reorganizing the tool cabinet in our back room.
25 January 2013
Sandy and Abby
Abby coloured a hawk outline - blue - and Sandy filed things - in the cabinet, but some in the circular file. Malcolm lowered that high shelf you can see in the background to make room for our recycled display boxes.
25 January 2013
Red fox
The highlight of the morning came when Marilyn looked out the window and shouted, Look, a fox!
25 January 2013
Red fox
He/she made a thorough search of the area around the feeder, possibly looking for slow squirrels.
25 January 2013
Red fox
After finding no squirrels in the area, the fox walked down the path to the Arboretum.
25 January 2013
Red fox
About half an hour later, he/she was back having a second look around our backyard garden.
25 January 2013
Red fox
Still no lunch, so off he/she went into the ravine, where he/she can move along unseen. We often see fox tracks across the pond at the top of the ravine in winter, but it's a real treat to see the fox in person.
17-JAN-2013
Filling the feeders
Volunteer Lesley Barrenger has taken over filling the two feeders at the FWG this year: the official OFNC feeder on the south side of the ash woodlot and the one in our backyard garden. Thanks very much for doing this important job, Lesley! (photo by Helena Garcia)
15-JAN-2013
White-throated sparrow
This is probably the same sparrow that was seen by Sandy and Barry over the last few months.
15-JAN-2013
Downy woodpecker and white-throated sparrow
The woodpecker, along with many other birds, really relishes this suet. Thanks to Gord Belyea, the birds are enjoying real suet this year, straight from the butcher shop. The little white-throated sparrow, on the other hand, is happy with the sunflower seeds.
15-JAN-2013
Stashed walnut
Another source of food for squirrels, particularly red squirrels, is the walnut. Often big caches are stored, which get buried by snow. Here, you can see that a squirrel has uncovered this nut (there were others nearby)and has been gnawing away on it.
