All frozen and grey today. #pondlife #stormpond #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca #NokiidaaTrail #laketolaketrail

A Skull in the woods and snow and needles. #skull #animalskull #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca #Rabbit #Waabooz #Easterncottontail

A cut chubby Eastern Grey Squirrel from my walk today. #squirrel #easterngreysquirrel #Misajidamoo #rodent #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca

They cleared a lot of invasive trees by the dog park. #trees #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca

An American Goldfinch. #birds #americangoldfinch #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca

An American Red Squirrel working on a Black Walnut in a tree. Trying to put on the weight before winter. So far most Squirrels are looking portly at this point. #americanredsquirrel #redsquirel #ajidamoo #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca

I went from end to end of the Arboretum today before the snow tomorrow. #auroraarboretum #turtleisland

An Eastern Grey Squirrel. #easterngreysquirrel #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca#squirrel

They were doing invasive tree control this week. #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca

A metal fence post sticks up from the stump of a Buckthorn tree on an old fence line when this land was Farmland. #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca #fenceline #farmfence #fencepost #meadowarea #shrubarea

Ducks foraging for food. #drake #drakemallard #mallard #duck #mallardduck #ducks #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca #swanpond

Some neat clouds from my walk yesterday. #stormclouds #clouds #auroraarboretum #auroraontario #turtleisland #nokiidaatrail

The Trumpeter Swans were back. I was very happy to see them again. #trumpeterswans #swan #trumpeterswan #birds #cygnet #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca

A Tree Sparrow from my walk today. #treesparrow #birds #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca

Common Snowberries with some frost on this frosty morning. #CommonSnowberry #snowberry #frost #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca

High Bush Cranberries with added frost. #frost #berry #berries #highbushcranberries #cranberries #cranberry #wildfoods #wildfood #berry #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca

A Muskrat from my walk this morning. #muskrat #musk #rat #rodent #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca

A Mallard Duck on the East Holland River this morning. #duck #birds #drake #mallardduck #greenhead #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca #easthollandriver #MicicaqueanCreek #Micicaquean

American Red Squirrel resting a bit. #americanredsquirrel #redsquirrel #squirrel #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca

An Eastern Grey Squirrel from my walk yesterday. #easterngreysquirrel #squirrel #auroraarboretum #auroraontario

It was very grey today but then for a bit the clouds parted. #pond #pondlife #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca

It's been a long week but I got out in the snow and had a nice chilly wintery walk. #mallard #mallardduck #duck #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca #birds

An American Red Squirrel in a Cedar tree fattening up for winter. #americansquirrel #squirrel #rodent #bluesky #cedartree #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca

Some Turkey Tails in the morning sun. #turkeytails #mushroom #fungus #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca

American Sycamore leaf. #fallleaves #leaf #maricansycamore #sycamore #trees #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca

A wonderful collection of Lichens on a dead tree branch that fell down to earth. #lichen #lichens #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca #treebranch

Some old Barbed Wire on an old fence. #barbedwire #fencing #rust #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca #themeadow #meadow

An American Red Squirrel with a Black Walnut in a big old Maple tree. #redsquirrel #americanredsquirrel #oldtree #treelife #squirrel #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca #tree

A Common Grackle from my walk Saturday. #birds #commongrackle #grackle #immature #auroraontario #turtleisland

A Kingfisher from my walk on Saturday. It was strange, this Kingfisher didn't fly away the minute I pointed my camera at it. So starnge. #birds #kingfisher #auroraontario #turtleisland #nature

Fall Colours #fall #redleaves #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca

A Beaver Dam from my walk this morning. #beaverdam #dam #beaver #pond #beaverpond #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca #easthollandriver #MicicaqueanCreek #Micicaquean

It was frosty and cold this morning. #mapleleaf #frost #frostyleaf #frostymapleleaf #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca

Eastern Grey Squirrel enjoying the Fall bounty. #easterngreysquirrel #squirrel #rodent #fallbounty #stockingupforfall #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca

A Downey Woodpecker from my walk this morning. It was chilly. a little bit of a shock after taking a few days off. #downeywoodpecker #birds #woodpecker #auroraontario #turtleisland

A Herb Robert flower from my walk yesterday. #flower #bloomscrolling #fallflower #forestflower #kerwintrail #Newmarketontario #turtleisland

A black Eastern Grey Squirrel fuels up for winter. #easterngreysquirrel #squirrel #rodent #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca

A pair of Mallard Ducks swimming by in one of the Storm Ponds. #ducks #mallardducks #mallards #birds #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca

Very nice this morning, went on a Bird Walk with Kristen Martyn from Wild Birds Unlimited Newmarket and Barrie. And Saw this Coopers Hawk. #coopershawk #hawk #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca

An Eastern Grey Squirrel from my walk today. It was a Bird Walk today, but I can't help myself if I see a Squirrel. #easterngreysquirrel #greysquirrel #squirrel #squirrelinatree #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca

A Chickadee from my last walk. It was really enjoying the Goldenrod seeds. #chickadee #birds #nativebirds #birdsofturtleisland #Birdsofcanada #auroraontario

Autumn Blaze Maple Tree. #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca #treefacts #trees #fallcolours

A House Sparrow eating Goldenrod seeds. Yum Yum. #birds #housesparrow #sparrow #invasivebird #nativeflowers #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #auroraontario

One of the nearby wetlands is all dried up this year with the weather. Quite striking. I haven't been walking for that many years, but I have never seen it dry. #droughtconditions #drought #wetlanddry #wetland #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca

An American Red Squirrel from my walk today. #americanredsquirrel #redsquirrel #squirrel #rodent #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca

The Swans were not there and I was very perturbed. #pond #pondlife #auroraarboretum #turtleisland

The Swans this morning with some Fall colours. #swans #trumpeterswans #cygnets #pondlife #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca

Red Sunset Clump Maple showing some impressive Fall colours. #redsunsetclumpmaple #maple #fall #fallcolours #sunset #tree #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca

Two of the Trumpeter swan cygnets today. #swans #cygnets #trumpeterswancygnets #birds #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca

Fall Colours #fallcolours #fall #wildlifeinaurora #turtleisland #spottedinthearb #auroraontario #auroraarboretum #auroraca