Also called European Euonymus or burning bush. The Winged Euonymus is also sometimes called burning bush to add to my confusion. This is from Humber Bay.
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Sow Thistle
I’m used to seeing field sow thistles as summer wildflowers. They grow tall and spindly and look kind of like dandelions on steroids. I wasn’t sure what this was when I saw it – low to the ground, with gorgeous magenta foliage. Fortunately, we were on one of Miles Hearn’s excellent nature walks, and Miles assured me this was a sow thistle.
Northern Mockingbird
Hooded Mergansers at Humber Bay
2 Cardinals
I snapped these at Humber Bay East today.
500
Today The Agency Podcast achieved a milestone (a modest one, perhaps but a milestone none-the-less), its 500th download. We have a long way to go before our little podcast will be anything near popular, but there is a regular group of listeners who keep on… Read More
Thrashers, Threshers & Heists
Thrashers, Threshers & Heists, the new episode of The Agency podcast is now available on Apple Podcasts/iTunes, Google Play, Tune-in and Podbean. This episode comes to you from Toronto and a chicken coop in Iowa, with special guest Steve Warbasse. Thank you for your emails!… Read More
Girl to City by Amy Rigby
Girl to City is a recently published memoir of singer-songwriter Amy Rigby. I discovered the existence of this book more or less by accident. One day when I was surfing the YouTube, I got stuck on watching performances by Amy Rigby, including several with Wreckless… Read More
Sparrow Housing Renovations
Work is finally underway on some critical house sparrow nesting boxes – after the local Backyard Sparrow Association called in the nesting inspector and threatened to start tweeting on the subject. Representatives would not confirm that a petition has been sent directly to the mayor’s… Read More
Garlic
This year we had a very successful garlic crop – in our front yard. Last summer, I visited my friend East Texas Red near Perth Ontario, where we went to the Perth Garlic Festival. There I bought a few different varieties for planting. I talked… Read More
27th Street 