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Monthly Archives: May 2008
A Backyard Visitor, Kanata, Ontario
A Backyard Visitor, Kanata, Ontario I was doing some yard work when this large dragonfly came into the backyard and visited for awhile. Anything that eats mosquitoes is welcome so, aside from taking its picture, I left this one to … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged backyard insects, dragonfly, Kanata, Ontario
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Cooper Marsh
Cooper Marsh Conservation Area (Location) Visited Cooper Marsh with my birder friend, Gerhard. We were hoping to see some of the wading birds and warblers but were either too early or too late in the season for them. As usual, … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Cooper Marsh, Ontario
Tagged baltimore oriole, Baltimore Oriole in flight, Binoculars, birder, birding, Blue violet, boardwalk, boardwalks, Capella gallinago, chokecherry, Chokecherry blossoms, Chrysemys picta marginata, common dandelion, common snipe, Cranesbill, Dendroica petechia, Dryad's Saddle, Hairy woodpecker, Hawthorne, Hawthorne blossoms, Icterus galbula, man in hat, marsh, Melospiza georgiana, Midland Painted Turtle, Orange bird, Oriole, Painted Turtle, Picoides villosus, poison ivy, polypore, Raisin Region Conservation Authority, Raisin River Conservation Authority, Rhus radicans, Rhus toxicodendron, small pond, snipe, spring flowers, swamp, swamp sparrow, Tachycineta bicolor, Toxicodendron radicans, Tree Swallow, Visitor Centre, wading birds, wetter areas, wood violet, Woodland Violet, Yellow warbler
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Friends of the Jock River Outing, Jock River, Richmond, Ontario
Friends of the Jock River Outing, Jock River, Richmond, Ontario With life jackets all in place our little group headed up the mighty Jock River . It is really a rather subdued river once the Spring snow melt has passed … Continue reading
Mud Lake, Nepean, Ontario
Mud Lake, Nepean, Ontario Some Spring days, Mud Lake is a great spot to find migrating warblers. Other days the pickings can be slim. This day was a bit on the slow side but a few warblers did kindly oblige … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Home and About, Mud Lake, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged ©rjhay, Dendroica coronata, Mud Lake, Myrtle Warbler, Nepean, Northern Parula, Northern Parula Warbler, Ontario, Ottawa, Parula americana, Parula Warbler, Red Squirrel, Ron Hay, warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler
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