It's almost summer-like here in Ottawa.
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Showing posts with label canoe. Show all posts
2016/05/23
Blossoms in Ottawa
In one week, I will be leaving Ottawa and driving to Colorado for my third (and probably final) field season. To get my body in shape, I have been walking quite regularly in the last few days. Plus it gives me a chance to enjoy the blossoms along the canal.
It's almost summer-like here in Ottawa.
It's almost summer-like here in Ottawa.
2014/05/11
Canadian Tulip Festival - Blast of colours!
One of the things I have been looking forward to since I moved to Ottawa is the Canadian Tulip Festival. It is apparently the largest tulip festival in the world and symbolizes the friendship between Netherlands and Canada (especially since WWII). Tulips are also Ottawa's official flower, so it makes sense for National Capital Commission (NCC) to put a lot of effort into this festival. There are 30 flower beds at Commissioners Park, which consists of 60 different varieties of tulips and almost 300,000 plants in total! For more information, please visit the main website - http://tulipfestival.ca/site/home/en.
One of the main information boards about the establishment of the festival.
2013/10/05
Aquatic plants in Pigeon Lake
This afternoon I had the fortunate opportunity to learn about identification of aquatic plants in Pigeon Lake from one of Trent's graduate students and a contributor of the guide "Aquatic Plants Guide: Aquatic plants in the Kawartha Lakes - their growth, importance and management".
An overcast day.
2013/10/03
Wolf Lake, Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park
A couple of friends and I went for a nice canoe paddle at Wolf Lake in Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park today. Our original destination was to portage to the adjacent Crab Lake, but we couldn't find the route so we ended up just paddling around the lake.
We launched our canoe at this spot.
We launched our canoe at this spot.
2013/07/01
Field course in Algonquin - Part 1
We arrived at Algonquin two weeks ago (on the 16th) to begin the second half of the field course. The second half was geared towards students utilizing their learned knowledge and field equipment to conduct a 2-day experiment and presenting their findings at the end of the field course. We stayed at the Wildlife Research Station during all this time. It is a very nice location because it is next to Lake Sasajewun.
Going out for a paddle on Lake Sasajewun after our first dinner.
2012/03/31
Going to school again on a Saturday
Biked to school again on a nice sunny Saturday.
A warm day compared to the past week.
People were out canoeing! Beautiful sceneries.
Like the last time, I went behind the building to photograph things (before I spend the rest of the afternoon indoors doing statistics). There were many sparrows (Savannah, I think) singing and hiding in the dense grasses when I walked by.
Looking out to the field.
Goldenrod gall. From this fly?
Found a tiny leafhopper while searching for pollinators on the flowers.
Since last Sunday, the weather has been very cool and almost very winter-like. I tried looking for the bees again on Monday but the flowers were closed when I got there. When I got there again today, the only pollinator I saw was this fly dunking its head deep into flower for nectar. I brought my Raynox-250 for these close-up photos.
Since there was nothing else visiting the flowers, I turned my attention to the dew found on some leaves.
You can see the sun, the clouds, and half of me in the droplet!
On the way back to the building to do some work, I came across this Milkweed Bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus) trying to hide from me.
Biking home. The weather has been like this recently - sunny in the morning then overcast in the afternoon. Weird spring weather here in Ontario, I'd say.
A warm day compared to the past week.
People were out canoeing! Beautiful sceneries.
Like the last time, I went behind the building to photograph things (before I spend the rest of the afternoon indoors doing statistics). There were many sparrows (Savannah, I think) singing and hiding in the dense grasses when I walked by.
Looking out to the field.
Goldenrod gall. From this fly?
Found a tiny leafhopper while searching for pollinators on the flowers.
Since last Sunday, the weather has been very cool and almost very winter-like. I tried looking for the bees again on Monday but the flowers were closed when I got there. When I got there again today, the only pollinator I saw was this fly dunking its head deep into flower for nectar. I brought my Raynox-250 for these close-up photos.
Since there was nothing else visiting the flowers, I turned my attention to the dew found on some leaves.
You can see the sun, the clouds, and half of me in the droplet!
On the way back to the building to do some work, I came across this Milkweed Bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus) trying to hide from me.
Biking home. The weather has been like this recently - sunny in the morning then overcast in the afternoon. Weird spring weather here in Ontario, I'd say.
2011/05/22
Quick post from Edmonton
Hello from Edmonton. I arrived at Edmonton about a hour ago and now waiting for another graduate student from Trent to arrive. We are planning to go to Elk Island National Park and then we will travel to Inuvik, NWT tomorrow morning.
Now, here are the photos from yesterday where I went to do a Grassland Bird Survey (GBS) with my supervisor's husband in the morning (woke up around 5:20am), then came back to their home and got ready to go to their cottage. Overall, it was a fulfilling but tiring day, considering I woke up early than usual and kayaked and canoed (not activities I do everyday).
In the morning.
Now, here are the photos from yesterday where I went to do a Grassland Bird Survey (GBS) with my supervisor's husband in the morning (woke up around 5:20am), then came back to their home and got ready to go to their cottage. Overall, it was a fulfilling but tiring day, considering I woke up early than usual and kayaked and canoed (not activities I do everyday).
In the morning.
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