We spent a few days in Algonquin Park in hopes of seeing a few winter birds like we did last year. Alas, this year there were only a few of the regulars hanging around. Not evening a single Evening Grosbeak showed up. The American Goldfinches were plentiful though; even more than the Chickadees! I was able to get these two shots of their winter colors. The one image clearly shows the patterns on the back wings. It was fun to practice with these birds for Wing Wednesday.
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We spent a few days in Algonquin Park in hopes of seeing a few winter birds like we did last year. Alas, this year there were only a few of the regulars hanging around. Not evening a single Evening Grosbeak showed up. The American Goldfinches were plentiful though; even more than the Chickadees! I was able to get these two shots of their winter colors. The one image clearly shows the patterns on the back wings. It was fun to practice with these birds for Wing Wednesday.
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14th January 2025
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The River Gods are Angry - today the Coiltie is in spate (again) following a rapid thaw of a rather good quantity of snow. I checked on the state of the abyss earlier on and it seemed to be holding, but the angle of the lower slope seems too steep to be stable (to my only partially educated eye) and the upper part I am damn sure is highly unstable as it is vertical or overhanging in parts! The whole thing has no structural strenth being, basically, mud so any changes in saturation or further undercutting could cause further collapse!
Certainly adds to the excitement levels in January!
I stopped for this one on the way back from the council tip as our bins haven't been collected since Christmas and the refuse mountain was getting a little bit much!
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I went today to the Bahnpark to do some work on our locomotives.
It was pretty cold with -3 degrees Celsius.
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