After a few days break up in the Okanagan where it was sunny and warm enough to sit outside and enjoy it…
we’re back to this…gray skies and showers…
it is greener I think, and the temperature is a few degrees higher than it was, but still not up to normal for this time of year. Today’s walk didn’t offer much in the way of birds…the Ruby Crowned Kinglets remain abundant…
Red-wing Blackbirds were quite active today…as were Rufous Hummingbirds, the males doing their display dives to impress the females…but what I really want to show today is the disparity in the water levels between this year and in the past…
here is the log bay today….water levels incredibly low…
here is the log bay on April 26, 2009…
looking out across the flats from the trail today…
from the same spot in 2009 (I wasn’t here for 2010)…
the bay by the viewing platform today…virtually no water in it at all…
the same bay on April 26, 2009 – almost full to the brim! It is going to be very interesting to see how it all plays out this year, although as I already mentioned I won’t be here to see it unless something happens really fast…4 weeks from today I should be meeting up with traveling companions at a provincial park north of Grande Prairie in Alberta!
One last note on today…weeks ago I posted a picture of the Black Twin Berry shrubs in bud…
I’ve been waiting and waiting for the buds to actually open…it has taken a while! Each of these yellow tubular flowers will produce one black berry.
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