Rondeau Ric

What wind Originally uploaded by ricmcarthur This tufted titmouse seems to be coping with the high winds. Hope everyone had an enjoyable Christmas.

The Neighboroughs Originally uploaded by ricmcarthur Another cottage at Rondeau. They keep thier feeders going in the winter. I like the chalet bird house.

Village saved... Originally uploaded by ricmcarthur Murphy the Magnificent Mouse saved the day. Calico Casey had dozed off and Catzilla struck. Murphy mangled Catzilla and sent her high tailing. All is peaceful for another year.

CATZILLA ATTACKS Originally uploaded by ricmcarthur Showing signs of the battle with Calico Casey, Catzilla rampages through the heart of the village. Reinforcements have been called in.

Calico Casey hired by villagers. Originally uploaded by ricmcarthur Catzilla has defenitely be seen and the villagers have arranged for Calico Casy to patrol the outskirts of the village. Will this help, or will Callico Casey be found napping on the job?

Skiers Found! Originally uploaded by ricmcarthur The missing skiers were found at the bottom of the ski hill. They report that a large black fur covered animal chased them down the hill. Officials believe Catzilla has returned.

Skiers missing Originally uploaded by ricmcarthur Citizens fear Catzilla may have returned. Further up dates as they occur.

I bring you FIRE! Originally uploaded by ricmcarthur As part of a phragmities eradication project, the biomass was burned off after the reed was killed. Phragmities is a highly invasive plant that takes over marshes. Cutting or digging it up encourages it to spread. I got 800 shots of the burn. I promise I will only post a few.

The length of Rondeau Originally uploaded by ricmcarthur Rondeau is a sand spit sticking about 10 miles out into Lake Erie. This is a view looking north to the narrow end of the Park. You can see the sloughs that built the Park. Basically sand bars grew big enough to become dry land, grasses started then bushes then trees.. Lake Erie to the right the bay and marsh to the left.

The length of Rondeau Originally uploaded by ricmcarthur Rondeau is a sand spit sticking about 10 miles out into Lake Erie. This is a view looking north to the narrow end of the Park. You can see the sloughs that built the Park. Basically sand bars grew big enough to become dry land, grasses started then bushes then trees.. Lake Erie to the right the bay and marsh to the left.

i went flying yesteday Originally uploaded by ricmcarthur There was an areial survey of Rondeau Provincial Park yesterday to check on the extent of phragmities growth. It is an exotic that doesn't belong here and it pushes out the cat tails. This is looking east over Erieau to Rondeau. Lake Erie is on the right. I had the opportunity to go along and took about 3200 photos. I will be posting more later.

Colour spill aisle 9 Originally uploaded by ricmcarthur I'd really like to trake a big bag of leaves to a paint store and spread them out in an aisle for this shot.

Many times when I am troubled or confused, I find comfort in sitting in my back yard and having a vodka and cranberry along with a quiet conversation with Jesus. This happened to me again after a particularly difficult day. I said "Jesus, why do I work so hard?"And I heard the reply: "Men find many ways to demonstrate the love they have for their family. You work hard to have a peaceful, beautiful place for your friends and family to gather." I said: "I thought that money was the root of all evil."And the reply was: "No, the LOVE of money is the root of all evil. Money is a tool; it can be used for good or bad".I was starting to feel better, but I still had that one burning question, so I asked it. "Jesus," I said, "what is the meaning of life? Why am I here?" He replied: "That is a question many men ask. The answer is in your heart and is different for everyone. I would love to chat with you some more, Senor, but for n...

ET phone home Originally uploaded by ricmcarthur Maggie, the warbling cat climbed into the sleeve of Anne's house coat. She's not a kitten anymore and became stuck at the end. She was really irritated that she couldn't swat Cassey who was laughing at her. Cats CAN laugh. Reminded me of ET, phone home.

Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair, Originally uploaded by ricmcarthur I know I have a wierd mind but when I saw this I thought of the fairy tale. The stark tree with the vine streaming down (up?). seemed to be golden hair, and my hare brin was off and running.

Hey Ralph, you got peanuts over there? Originally uploaded by ricmcarthur A group of evening grossbeaks came through our yard last weekend. It was a fist time yard bird. The light was poor but they are so colourful I decided to post the photo anyway.

Dressed for Halloween Originally uploaded by ricmcarthur This red winged black bird dressed up as a Rose breasted Gross beak for Halloween. He wanted me to check his make up. Pretty good job ,eh?

Some days you have a good selection of birds, other times they are awesome. The day started with a beautiful sunrise over Lake Erie while I was having my coffee. There was a report on he internet of a white faced ibis near Point Pelee on the weekend. As we live about 45 miles away and it was a geougeousl fall day we decide to head off and see what we could find. Driving along the road that hugs the north coast of Lake Erie , Anne spotted what she thought was a bald eagle. After pulling over and taking a look we realized it was a golden eagle, this was only the second time we had seen one. It stayed fairly low so we had excellent looks at the bird. A bald eagle appeared and started harassing the golden; they were flipping on their backs and presenting their talons. This is something we had only seen on TV before. After a few minutes a second bald eagle showed up. At one point we had 2 bald and a golden in the same field of view. We continued down to Hillma...

TRAP SHOOTING HALL OF FAME Originally uploaded by ricmcarthur I understand that Dick Cheney was a charter member. I didn't know his hunting friends name was Trap

The wind was up an the wind surfers and para surfers were out in big numbers at Rondeau Provincial Park. The were flying across the bay at incredible speeds and doing high jumps. This is Oct 21st people, isn't it a bit chilly?