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Chris gave me this Advent Calendar, each day there is a small skein of wool. Some of it I will rug hook with but there's lots so.....
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I bought this little Manatee, in Florida, for Cigi, for Christmas
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but he's cold up here in Canada so I knitted him a blanket and crocheted him a head band to keep his ears warm (do Manatee even have ears?)
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After opening our Christmas stockings (courtesy of Christine), Rick and I decided to go for a walk before getting started on Christmas dinner (and afterwards we would just be in a turkey coma).
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We drove to Port Rowan and found that te Sandhill Cranes were scattered through out the area.
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Normally they are massed in the corn fields to the west of the village,
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but this year small flocks were feeding in many fields around the community and along Front Rd.
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Some were flapping their wings and jumping.
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It was a dull, grey day so not the greatest for photography but the new camera didn't do a bad job
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Cranes dance for three primary reasons: 1. To find a mate; 2. To strengthen the bond between a mated pair; and 3. To express aggression or territoriality.
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We walked around the Port Rowan wetlands
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hearing the cranes
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in the fields around us
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and overhead.
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There are a lot of numbered Tree Swallow boxes in the area
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and we read about the research being done on the relationship between climate change and nesting practices.
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We usually see Swans when we come to take photos of the Cranes and realized we hadn't seen any this time.
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So we drove back out along Front Rd and didn't see any. Drove out on to the causeway to Long Point and didn't see any. It wasn't until we walked the trail at Bird Studies that we found some.
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Out in the Bay
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around the patches of open water.
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It was hard to tell, at this distance, if they were Tundra or Trumpeter Swans, as both have black legs and beaks. I suspect the two large dark birds at the waters edge are Bald Eagles, but, again, hard to identify at that distance.
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Both our walks were just long enough to get cold and I think the camera was getting cold too as it was taking longer to focus. We hopped back in the car and home for a round of family phone calls and to cook Christmas dinner.
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