Hummingbird returns on usual date...

Photos by BarrytheBirder

First 'hummer' appears on May 10 ~ again!

Spring's first returning Ruby-throated Hummingbird showed up in the garden yesterday, on May 10; the same date it's usually showed up almost every year for the last 10 years or so.   Nature's creatures are amazing, aren't they?

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Barry Wallace

Outside Nobleton Public Library...

Photo by Barry Wallace

RAZZLE DAZZLE

It's taken over two years, but I've finally decided that my favourite of the almost 30 'Horses of the Headwaters', symbols of the equestrian events in the 2015 Pan Am Games, is RAZZLE DAZZLE, which stands in front of the library, on Hwy. 27 in Nobleton.   I've seen several of the actual horse statues in King, Caledon, Dufferin and Erin, of in photos, many times, and RAZZLE DAZZLE is definitely the one I'd like to be seen sitting upon.   Its name comes from the camouflaging technique which uses bold, geometric shapes. and was painted by Michaela Macleod, Scott Barker and Nicholas Croft.   Maybe one dark night, after midnight, and despite the labelled warning, I'll drive by and leap into RAZZLE DAZZLE's saddle for a couple of seconds.   Then again, I'm not sure my arthritic legs will let me leap that high.

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Barry Wallace     

Pottageville Park

Photo by Barry Wallace

WINDMILL

This working retro replica is to be found beside the pavilion in the Pottageville Park, at the south end of the village, on the north side of the 18th Sidreoad.
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Barry Wallace

Spring migrants right on time...

 Photos by Barry Wallace

Oriole and white-crowned Sparrow arrive

A male Northern (Baltimore) Oriole and two White-crowned Sparrows showed up in the garden, here on Forde Crescent, on May 5th, as they usually do each year.  The White-crowned Sparrows are usually followed by the White-throated Sparrows, that are then followed by the Rudy-throated Hummingbirds, which always show up between May 3rd and 10th.   Their timing is a bit spooky when one considers the distances covered and the variable weather conditions.    Please comment if you wish.

BarrytheBirder

Visiting Black Forest...

 Photos by Barry Wallace

Linda's green thumb prompted a visit to Black Forest Garden Centre, on Keele Street, on the weekend.   Patriarch of Black Forest, Gerhard Kohnen, showed he knows as much about charming his customers as he does about growing plants, and once again regaled my wife, Linda, with his tall tales.

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Barry Wallace

Cocession 8 ~ King Township

 Photos by Barry Wallace

Multitude of mossy maples

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Barry Wallace

Nobleton Streetscaping Project begun ~ caution advised.

 Photos by Barry Wallace

Pedestrians and motorists are advised that the King Road and Hwy. 27 intersection streetscaping development began on April 16th and extra caution is recommended when walking or driving through the crossroads.   Speed limits on sections of Hwy. 27 are slated to be lowered permanently also in the near future. 

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Barry Wallace