🔥🚒The fires continue out west.
Manitoba has declared a state of emergency. The same isn't true for Saskatchewan to its west, there are calls of racism from the tribes profoundly affected. THAT province has a white premier.
There have been 17,000 evacuations, with military flights to move them out. Manitoba has a population of about 1.5 million people. Wise people are listening to evacuation calls. The media showed someone NOT bemoaning the potential loss of his truck and home, but this wise young man said that it is only things, and he's glad he has the opportunity to flee rather than losing his life. Wab Kinew, the trilingual premier of Manitoba (English, French, Ojibwe), is an amazing man. He has asked the federal government for assistance. He is on line supporting his constituents.
The bigger the circle, the bigger the fire. The smoke has been an issue, as well, drifting east towards other provinces.
🕷We finally had a break in the rain Wednesday. I managed some outside work, even picking up a tick. It was crawling on my shoulder. I was about to catch it and kill it (futile, I know!), but it dropped off me beside the goldfish pond.
I did some research. I have noticed that this happens in the forest, not so much in our grassy areas, but where there are saplings, and wee new trees my height.
Ticks are QUESTING – by Bruce Smith, Otty Lake, xxx Former Professor at Ithaca College, Dept. of Biology:
“What is your quest?” – I couldn’t resist a quote from the movie ‘Monty Python and the Holy Grail’, but ticks have a behaviour called ‘questing’ where they climb up on a plant and extend their legs, waiting for a host. If they make contact with a potential host, or pick up a cue from a possible host (e.g., warmth, carbon dioxide, odours) then they will drop and try to grab onto anything they can – hopefully a host.
PREGNANT DOE
I was watching her, but Fred had just moved her kits to this part of the yard, and scared the doe with her high whistle! She was staring down at burrow #4 under the fence. I was walking nearby, and Fred squealed at me.
I found an April 12th, 2025, photo of Fred's burrow #4. You can see the fence, and the house behind. This is all covered in bracken, and other foliage. It's quite safe, I hope.
This is a young buck on the dock for some reason!
COYOTE
The coyote visited the frog pond trailcam, peed, and made eye contact with the camera! Such attitude!
They have beautiful colours.
PHOEBE
Phoebe's eggs hatched May 27th. I predicted May 28th. Not far off. I'm giving them some quiet time.
#75
We haven't seen #75 in several days. I think he's moved on! We have stopped feeding him, as it is encouraging other wildlife. I noticed a pair of crows landing in his tree Wed., May 28th 7 am.
May 28th I noticed the fireflies are out and about.
I managed a video June, 2014:
Firefly from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
The birds, butterflies, and bees are out!
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We made it up to 29℃ twice this past week. It was lovely, with cooler temperatures overnight.
Fred got into some bad trouble. I am not amused. More on that later.
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Insects of all kinds have some interesting skills (including finding our blood!) Bye bye #75. Hope you see him again sometime. I woke an hour earlier today, and enjoyed seeing different birds investigating the area squirrels usually inhabit all day...a cardinal and blue jay caught my attention.
Love the buck on the dock! What the heck was he doing out there? It was just a matter of time before Fred got into trouble.
I have changed my idea about the bird I thought was a phoebe in my yard, back to identifying it as a flycatcher. If you get any good close-ups of your phoebe, please post them!
You have a busy place.
I hope Fred & family are okay.
I hope the fires will be put out. Dreadful for all those affected. Wab Kinew sounds like he is standing up for his constituents. Good on him! All the wildlife around you continues to enthrall me. Thanks so much for sharing them.
We've been hearing a lot about the fires. I didn't realize about the differences in the two provinces. That's tragic.
Hello,
I hope the area having the wildfires has some much needed rain.
Great captures of the deer, coyote and the Phoebes.
Take care, enjoy your day!
I hope the rain helped dampen the fires? A pregnant doe, how exciting.
I was reading about the fires yesterday. So many of them. That's really sad.
I do hope that Fred's bad trouble didn't put her or the Fredettes at risk. Or you two either.
I do love your critters.
We experience fires too often. They scare me.
The little buck on the dock is interesting. I have seen deer cross the bridges on city trails here.
Terrible fires out west
Even here, far from you, we have warnings about air quality because of smoke from the fires around you. I hope that the authorities will do the right thing for everyone, and that firefighting will be successful.
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