Lake Erie: March 20, 2010

Port Stanley: East side – 9:45 AM. Morning visitors: Vultures wait for the sun to warm them.

 

Port Stanley: East side – 9:45 AM.

Lake Erie: March 19, 2010

Port Stanley: East side – 9:30 AM. Early (ish) morning mist.

 

Port Stanley: East side – 9:30 AM.

Port Stanley: East side – 5:45 PM. Lazy afternoon waves. 

Lake Erie: March 18, 2010

Port Stanley: East side – 10:15 AM. Just starting to stir.

 

Port Stanley: East side – 4:45 PM. As the day wore on the waves grew stronger.

 

Port Bruce: 3:30 PM.

Port Bruce: 3:30 PM.

Lake Erie: March 17, 2010

Port Stanley: Harbour – 10:00 AM. Another morning of sunshine and calm.

  

Port Stanley: East side – 4:45 PM. Mud from the cliff bleeds into the Lake.

 

Port Stanley: East side – 4:45 PM.

Lake Erie: March 16, 2010

Port Stanley: East side – 5:15 PM. A beautiful spring day - sunny but still with a bit of a bite to the breeze.

                           

Port Stanley: East side – 5:15 PM. Water plant close-up.

Port Stanley: Harbour – 5:30 PM.

Lake Erie: March 15, 2010

Port Stanley: Harbour – 9:30 AM. A gray start to the day.

 

Port Stanley: East side – 4:45 PM. The day finally gave over to hazy sunshine.

Port Stanley: East side – 4:45 PM. A pair of Canada geese scout the shoreline for a nest site. They usually pick a spot way too high on the cliff top. That's just my opinion of course. The babies have to jump for it when they hatch and tumble down to the water. They don't weigh anything - just a bit of fluff after all, so I guess it doesn't hurt them. Much.

Lake Erie: March 14, 2010

Port Stanley: East side – 11:45 AM. A restless Lake brooding under a fine mist much of the day.

 

Port Stanley: Harbour – 11:45 AM.

Port Stanley: East side – 4:45 PM. The last of the ice bank is nearly gone. Another day of persistant waves will pretty much finish it.