I suspect I”ve seen a few Song Sparrows though given Sparrows size and the fact they are usually in flight when I see them are far up a tree sorting them out is a big (but welcome)challenge.
I had such a hard time sorting out all the different types of gulls up in Arctic Bay but at least here i know that when I do see one it is almost certainly (unless something really weird happens) going to be a Herring Gull of which I’ve seen plenty.
I’m surprised at how slow that tree is in budding. The trees here are way ahead here.
You should have lots of different sparrows moving through by now Darcy. They can be tricky to sort out at times. I’d think you’d have Ring-billed Gulls up there as well.
Melodie
I’m going to assume that that picture was taken in Roblin? I’m surprised that there would be such a difference between Ft. McMurray and Roblin. At first when Darcy made that comment, I thought he was talking as if he lived in southern Ontario. (Our trees have budded in early April, and have bloomed since).
So if there was a comparison between southern Ontario, and Roblin I’d understand, but not Ft. McMurray and Roblin, lol. But I guess this year has been so strange anyway, no use in trying to understand weather patterns.
I was shocked and appalled to see that there was snow out in Manitoba that week you were away with your family. But then just the next week after that it was crappy here too! I was thinking: What happened to our heat wave nice weather? (I don’t think it’s coming back, but I guess I should be happy enough that the weather is returning to at least normals for this time of year…Gotta move to the tropics here…lol).
Wow, sorry for the spammy comment! Again, I love your blog!
The photo was taken in Roblin Melodie. The climate zones dip down as they move east through the prairies Melodie. I don’t imagine that there is that much difference between Fort Mac and Roblin, climate wise. In general when we were in Roblin the trees were just starting to leaf out. Some spots were farther along than others.
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I suspect I”ve seen a few Song Sparrows though given Sparrows size and the fact they are usually in flight when I see them are far up a tree sorting them out is a big (but welcome)challenge.
I had such a hard time sorting out all the different types of gulls up in Arctic Bay but at least here i know that when I do see one it is almost certainly (unless something really weird happens) going to be a Herring Gull of which I’ve seen plenty.
I’m surprised at how slow that tree is in budding. The trees here are way ahead here.
You should have lots of different sparrows moving through by now Darcy. They can be tricky to sort out at times. I’d think you’d have Ring-billed Gulls up there as well.
I’m going to assume that that picture was taken in Roblin? I’m surprised that there would be such a difference between Ft. McMurray and Roblin. At first when Darcy made that comment, I thought he was talking as if he lived in southern Ontario. (Our trees have budded in early April, and have bloomed since).
So if there was a comparison between southern Ontario, and Roblin I’d understand, but not Ft. McMurray and Roblin, lol. But I guess this year has been so strange anyway, no use in trying to understand weather patterns.
I was shocked and appalled to see that there was snow out in Manitoba that week you were away with your family. But then just the next week after that it was crappy here too! I was thinking: What happened to our heat wave nice weather? (I don’t think it’s coming back, but I guess I should be happy enough that the weather is returning to at least normals for this time of year…Gotta move to the tropics here…lol).
Wow, sorry for the spammy comment! Again, I love your blog!
The photo was taken in Roblin Melodie. The climate zones dip down as they move east through the prairies Melodie. I don’t imagine that there is that much difference between Fort Mac and Roblin, climate wise. In general when we were in Roblin the trees were just starting to leaf out. Some spots were farther along than others.