What is Project 366? Read more here. Last week weekend the time changed back to winter time. As a result darkness falls even earlier now, making it difficult to do any nature walks in the afternoons during the week. This picture was taken at around 3:30 in the afternoon with the sun already starting to…
What is Project 366? Read more here. In a naked tree right by the Whitemud Creek, along a sinuous bend in the creek, an abandoned bird’s nest is clinging perilously to a branch that seems to be far to narrow for it to balance on it. It must have been a prime real estate location…
What is Project 366? Read more here. Snow usually is seen as something that covers things up. It covers up my driveway every time it snows, and then I have to spend time and energy removing it. In the forest, however, snow reveals who has been there and where they went. The Whitemud Ravine is,…
What is Project 366? Read more here. A phase transition is the transformation of a thermodynamic system from one phase or state of matter to another one by heat transfer. The term is most commonly used to describe transitions between solid, liquid and gaseous states of matter, and, in rare cases, plasma. The only type…
What is Project 366? Read more here. At this time of the year there seems to only be one single thing on the mind of the Black-capped Chickadees…, food. They seem to spend all their time looking for food and feeding and clearly view us humans as a source of food. A 1992 study estimated…
What is Project 366? Read more here. Sometimes you come across odd, unexpected and out of place things in the forest. Like for example a fir tree with holiday decorations in the middle of the forest. Whoever put up the decorations, did they do it for others to find it and be confused? It is…
What is Project 366? Read more here. I heard a rumor on the CBC radio morning show that there were ice pancakes in the North Saskatchewan River. Well, there is nothing else to do other than hurrying down to the river to check it out for myself. With the current frigid temperatures it will likely…
What is Project 366? Read more here. When I started this project – 228 days ago on March 29 – the world was in a deep freeze and the creek was encased in thick ice. Ice thick enough to walk, bike and ski on. Well, the creek is frozen again. The ice is still thin…
What is Project 366? Read more here. So winter is definitely here. The snow arrived over the weekend and the temperature has dropped drastically. This morning as we were heading to the Whitemud Creek the mercury was at -24C. It was a beautiful clear morning, the sun was beaming from a clear blue sky and,…
What is Project 366? Read more here! A ghillie suit a type of camouflage clothing designed to resemble the background environment such as foliage, snow or sand enabling the wearer to “disappear” into the background. Whoever build this nest achieved the same effect as a ghillie suit. The untidy straws of grass protesting around the best…