Dispatch from Petrie Island #174, Early November, 2026

An early walk on a chilly, foggy but turned sunny morning. 

The rising sun chased away the heavy fog very quickly.

The bright sun enunciated the red colour on two maple trees.

While a few ducks are always swimming on the far side of Turtle Pond in the early morning, once the sun is up more ducks come of out of their “hiding” places on the near side and bask in the sun. They must have learned that from the turtles😊.

The cool night produced ice in amongst the vegetation. A female mallard had some difficulty traversing it to open water

The fresh bittersweet berries were standing out in the bight sun. They certainly climbed a long way up in the trees.

The sun had not reached some areas in the sand which were topped with frost. From a distance it looked like dust, but up close it was vertical shards of frost. (Click on the right hand photo to see the frost shards)

The beaver still are coming ashore along the river and heading onto the islands. In the left hand photo it looks although it had a stick in its mouth as there is a line in the sand that matches the “waddle”. The trail in the right hand photo shows a lot of texture.

Dew covered leaves and milkweed glistened in the sun.

A great blue heron was fishing in the west bay along Tweddle Road as we were heading home.