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WE never managed to get to visit the park on Ile Bizard this spring and so missed all the “good” birds that were reported from there so decided to take a walk there this non-labouring Labour Day holiday. This is a really wonderful park run by the Montreal city authorities with extensive marsh and forest habitats [...] The gardening conditions this year continue to be very favourable towards the maintenance of plenty of flowers despite it being high summer. Finally the humidity has gone but a pleasant mid-20s temperature is keeping everythng looking good … though the glorious lily displays are aided, made possible even, by J’s daily forays to squish lily-beetles. Before the [...] After a couple of years of dithering we have bought ourselves a pair of kayaks to complement the canoe we already enjoy … somewhat lighter and easier to load onto the car. Today was their first outing … conditions on the lake were less than ideal with a strong wind and good waves but we had [...] Finally a bit of sunshine and we took some exercise by walking down to the riverside … the only birds were a large group of wheeling Purple Martins and the regulation Gulls but anyone interested in where The Sparroworkers live might find the following pictures interesting. Not bad environment for “suburbia”. The views are of Lac St [...] |
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