The "big" eye-catcher of the month was a garter snake at Petrie Island at the end of the month. The temperatures were -1° to -2°, not a temperature for a cold-blooded snake to be out in.
At Fletcher Garden, a barred owl, 20-30 feet away just above my head, certainly caught my eye. He stayed there for a few minutes, then played hide and seek, and disappeared
A foggy morning with temperatures just below zero, produced some nice frost on leaves and a spider web
The cardinals still hang back when offered seeds, but will come out once you place some on the ground for them. The robins, many of which over-winter at Mud Lake, were enjoying the virginia creeper berries
A dames rocket in bloom in November certainly caught the eye. As did the Queen Anne's lace "cocoon" with coloured "petals".
We don't often get a chance to photograph a moose without a fence in the way, but one of the moose, that normally hangs back in the woods at Parc Omega, was out and far enough back that the fence was not an issue. The male bighorn sheep gave us a good look at his horns.
The beavers at Petrie Island have been busy sculpting some trees into grotesque shapes. This is but one example of many. Most of the trees survive to grow again in spring, some don't.
Some of the brries still in sight at Petrie - carrion flower and bittersweet
And a real eye-catcher. The new street garbage/recycling "bins" on the downtown streets of Toronto.
