At exactly 10am, as 17 of us were about to depart for this morning’s walk at the Scarborough Bluffs, a Red-tailed Hawk landed a few metres from us and we all had a good look before it flew off to a more distant perch.




Other birds:







The Amur Cork Tree from Asia is often planted as an ornamental species. This is not the tree which produces cork for wine bottles. That, in fact, is a species of oak. The Amur Cork does have many juicy dark-coloured berries which are a big favourite for birds.





Other botany:











Today’s group:

MAILBOX
Here’s some fall Goldenrod – flowering on November 13!

NATURE POETRY
The hollow winds begin to blow,
The clouds look black, the glass is low;
The soot falls down, the spaniels sleep,
And spiders from their cobwebs peep. – Dr. Edward Jenner (1749–1823)
Miles Hearn
Thank you for the beautiful photos of the red tail hawk. I’ve only seen them in flight and at a distance.
I always thought that cork trees only grew in semi tropical areas.