First Baltimore Oriole arrives on May 10th

 Photos by BarrytheBirder

Female oriole tries out new feeder

The first Baltimore Oriole (a male) of this year arrived in the backyard, on Wednesday of this week, and he was joined by a female the next day.   On Friday, I took some pictures of the female Baltimore Oriole trying out a new feeder.   She seemed to be satisfied, as she made several visits throughout the day.   The feeder has a reservoir for nectar, of course, but also allows for a half orange to be placed on top, kept in place by the rod which suspends the feeder from the pole hook above.   First the female oriole inspected the new feeder (above), then tried pecking the orange (below) and then reached down and sipped nectar from the reservoir below (bottom).   It seems we're off to a good start this spring. 

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Barry Wallace

Kettle Creek Golf Course ~ Jane Street

Photo by Barry Wallace

A few wet spots remain...

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When soggy weather spoils a spring day...

Photo by Barry Wallace

 Forsythia can save that day in May.

Martin Street ~ King City

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Fiddleheads...

Photo by Barry Wallace

Our patch of ferns are off to a nice start, despite the cold spring we have had so far.   We love our ferns.   They make a great display of green fronds that last all summer.   We do not eat the young fiddlehead fronds (picture above).   Some fern fiddleheads are edible, when cooked, and others are not. I don't know if ours are or are not.   Our cat loves to hide under the mature ferns.

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ORTA's Ed Miller side-trail...north of King City

 Photos by Barry Wallace

 A few streams cross the trail, including the pretty trickle above.

I believe that the large boulder, in the photo above, predates the big tree on the left, which grew from a sapling, getting bigger over many decades and ultimately pushing the boulder up and out of its way.

The photo at right shows an old and dead cedar tree which at some point in its past had two new cedar saplings grow up very close, on both sides of its trunk.   The old cedar became ensconced between the young trees, as they grew, and now they have become an inseparable tree-triptych.

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More of museum's new Wedgwood collection

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Kathleen Fry, King Township's Museum Curator is pictured here holding one of the pieces of Wedgwood China that is part of a new exhibit of the Wedgwood China Collection which has been recently donated by Keith McLeod to the King Heritage and Cultural Centre.   Many pieces from the 400-piece collection are now on display as part of a tribute to Canada's 150th birthday.

Numerous information presentations have been created to tell the Wedgwood story and feature the types of Wedgwood pieces in the new collection (see photo at bottom of the Redware China).

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Holland Marsh ~ after the rain

Photos by Barry Wallace

Woodchoppers Lane

Rupke Road

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