Summer's End

 It turns out our friendly neighbourhood herring gull has a mate and a baby. The baby put in a first appearance a couple of days ago. It's more or less the same size as its parent, has speckledy plumage and goes "peep. peep. peep". We know they're related because the adult gull allows it to eat alongside it.

Where's the nest? I think its on the flat roof of the dormer window in the attic- a site that one could only overlook with a drone. I've seen the baby poking its beak over the edge 

I guess they'll be taking off soon, heading out to sea or- in the case of the baby- some inland nursery like the lake in Princes Park....

Summer is coming to an end. The light- when the sun is shining- has a richer, fuller, deeper quality than the light of high summer. It rained in the night and now a grey mist is hiding the hills....