WEATHER FIRSTS

FIRST FROST

First frost on the wild Raspberry, September 20, 2014

First frost on the Goldenrod, September 20, 2014.

First frost on the Fireweed, Sept. 20, 2014.

FIRST SNOW

First snow on the Wild Raspberry, October 18, 2014.

First snow on the Goldenrod, October 18, 2014.

First snow on the Fireweed, October 18, 2014.

A CLEAR DAY AT RED ROCK MARINA

September 30, 2014

Looking upriver toward the town of Nipigon.

Cliffs across the Bay. Nipigon River.

The Quebec Lodge is over there.

St. Hilary Church steeple is visible central to the photo.
 The community of Red Rock dwells behind those trees.

Near the entrance to the Marina.
 Part of the projects that the  Nipigon Bay Remedial Action Plan
 has been involved in over the years.

The boat slips, Red Rock Marina.

Snow Goose
taking advantage of the lush lawn grass at the Red Rock Marina,
September 30, 2014.

PORTRAITS: THE TRIBES OF AUGUST

COMPOSITE FAMILY

THOROUGHWORT TRIBE

JOE-PYE-WEED
AUGUST 17, 2014

COMPOSITE FAMILY

ASTER TRIBE

DAISY FLEABANE
AUGUST 17, 2014

ASTER
AUGUST 17, 2014

ASTER
AUGUST 17, 2014

GOLDENROD
AUGUST 17, 2014

GOLDENROD
AUGUST 17, 2014

GOLDENROD
AUGUST 17, 2014

GOLDENROD
AUGUST 17, 2014

ASTER
AUGUST 17, 2014

COMPOSITE FAMILY
MAYWEED TRIBE

YARROW
AUGUST 17, 2014

ALL PHOTOS TAKEN WITH THE SAME COLOUR BACKGROUND MAT-BOARD.
No flower was harmed in taking these photos.

SANDHILL CRANE

AUGUST 12, 2014 UNDER THE POWER LINE:

An afternoon stroll. Nipigon.

Grus Canadensis

Wingspread to 7 feet.
Size : 40 - 48 inches.
Collins writes, " Large birds like these cranes were easy targets before protection.
 The Sandhill Crane has never recovered its earlier numbers,
 and never will,
so long as we keep on draining our marshes."

SALT-AND-PEPPER LOOPER MOTH

Found on the window sill August 3, 2014

Salt-And-Pepper Looper Moth
Syngrapha rectangular

Food in our area: Firs, Spruces, pines and other conifers.
Wing-span: 3 - 3.5 cm
Active: at any time of the day or night.
Dark gray with sharp silver and light gray markings.

AFTER THE DAM BREAKS

The dam is on the left, topped by vegetation.
"Four-wheeler" and moose tracks in the mud.

You can see it is quite a large "clearing" of drowned trees
that will now become a meadow.
July 23, 2014
Driftstone Lake Road area.

READY FOR WHAT?

Proof that they all didn't "Cut and Run".

Driftstone Lake Road
July 23, 2014



Free to grow poplar. Driftstone Lake road, July 23, 2014.

A few more windy days and this stand's usefulness will be a moot question.
Driftstone Lake road, July 23, 2014.