After we got back on the road, JB noticed a lone goose up on a beaver or muskrat house. Lousy light conditions, but you get the picture!
canada goose from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
Wednesday, March 20
We saw more critters in our yard than on the road.
Hooper was watched by the deer! The cats sit on the fence and watch for the mice that appear under the fence rails, where the snow has melted in the heat from the sun.
Hooper 3 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
It was warm Wednesday. We'd gone into the city for Lunch in Nepean with Aunt B. When we arrived home, we went walkies. The snow is pretty deep in Ottawa. Here, we have much less snow cover.
Deep in the forest, you can see how the snow melts around the base of the trees. This is good for the birds that will migrate back to our neck of the woods.
The brown creeper, for example, can be spotted in early spring. This one is from 4 years ago.
Brown creeper from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
I toddled down to the frozen frog pond.
Soon it will look like this! OK, soonish...
The frog pond!
There is so much water you cannot see the dock! I built it in 2015. [Dock on the frog pond]
The sun warms the the trees and melts the snow around the tree where the bugs nest over winter.
JB went out for a walk, too.
Annabelle came outside on the deck with me. Can you see her outside the Muskoka Room?
9 comments:
Hari OM
Some wonderful yard shots today. I wonder if that goose was enjoying a little bit of extra warmth - or finding some tasty morsels among the litter? YAM xx
I thought you might go out and buy that quad bike! Love all the photos and your story today. Down here, darker mornings, life continues, New Zealanders stand together, united against one man who will not have his name spoken.
aww...frozen cold.... we are 70 F or 22 C degree in American deep south states today.
Your yard so natural and beautiful....
have a great day
may spring find you soon, J!
The snow will melt quickly now.
Hooper must think they're really big mice.
Well there's synchronicity for you. I just a few minutes ago for the first time read on another blog about that melting at the base of trees.
The first time Stick Tail experienced snow he didn't like it much, kept shaking his feet to get it off. Except at the cabin he was Mom's indoor cat, but he loved to walk the cabin deck and go underneath. That used to scare her a lot. - Margy
It looks like holes have been especially made for the trees where the snow has melted around the base.
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