Archive for May, 2009

Geocaching here we come!

For a long time we have been aware of the geocaching phenomenon and have debated about taking it up as a hobby. Well now we are.

We finally ordered and received our new geocaching GPS unit and even have a book – Complete idiots Guide to Geocaching – so there is no stopping us now. As we tend to go on drives to no where in particular during the summer we thought we may as well go geocaching as we travel. For anyone not aware of geocaching it is like a high tech treasure hunt which is now really popular all over the world. So now we will drive aimlessly with a purpose!

We are just getting used to the GPS unit and looking into the etiquette of it all and we will get started. We have to buy some bits and pieces to leave in the caches etc, so we will soon be on our way. I will no doubt bore you all with tales of what we find as we go along!

Talking of tales or tails – most of the squirrels in our garden seem to be pregnant – well the females at any rate. The males just have smiles on their faces! None seem to be nesting in our bird boxes yet as they did last year, but no doubt we will soon be seeing tiny squirrels in the garden.

The killdeer look to be having another set of chicks as only one is patrolling the front garden – the other is presumably on the nest. We have observed them having gratuitous sex in the garden – for all to see – they have no shame! So hopefully all the x-rated stuff will produce some more babies who will hopefully fare better than the first batch.

A walk along the waterfront

As today was a holiday in Canada we decided to take a walk along the waterfront in Belleville. Although it was bright and sunny it was on the cool side with the temps only reaching 12C, but it was still lovely.

Here is a pic of the bridge which goes from Belleville to Prince Edward County.

And some more of the waterfront area.

Last night I happened to be looking out of the window into the garden when I spotted the male grosbeak and his wife. Then I noticed another male and then another on the feeder. This is the first time we have spotted more than one male at the same time. So now we know we have at least three males and two females although I suspect we have three pairs. They all seemed to get on okay with each other, no bickering etc.

In this pic you will see two males in the tree and one on the feeder with one female also in the tree.

Here are the two males and one female.

And the third male on the feeder.

They all have slightly different red chest markings.