This morning was my 77th and final walk of the autumn, and the first which was done entirely in fairly heavy rain.







Despite the wet conditions, a good-sized group came out:

For 34 years Birds Canada has organized a “FeederWatch” community which has recorded the birds at feeders from November through April throughout Canada.

#3 on last winter’s Ontario list is the Blue Jay:


The Blue Jay is common on winter lists in all regions of Canada except for British Columbia where it is replaced by the Stellers’s Jay.

The Blue Jay is #4 on the Atlantic Canada list, #5 on the Quebec list and #3 on the Prairies list.
Other birds:

Species list: mallard, red-breasted merganser, hooded merganser, red-tailed hawk, ring-billed gull, downy woodpecker, hairy woodpecker, blue jay, black-capped chickadee, cedar waxwing, American robin, house sparrow, northern cardinal. (13 species)
Some botany:















NATURE POETRY
There is a time for everything. Look,
just this morning a vulture
nodded his red, grizzled head at me,
and I looked at him, admiring
the sickle of his beak.
Then the wind kicked up, and,
after arranging that good suit of feathers
he up and took off. – Ross Gay
Miles Hearn
Final???
Awwww!
Wow, people showed up in that rain! My dog refused to go any further than around the corner (he won’t do his business anywhere but outside)!