June 2016
A Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) flying into the sunset over Little Lake
A Green Sweat Bee (Agapostemon texanus) visiting a Rose
An osprey (Pandion haliaetus) hanging out on the electrical transformers
A Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) out on Georgian Bay
An Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) perched on a fence post!
Intermittent rains in the south-east as seen from the top of Armour Hill
A Common Grackle at the top of a dead old tree
A Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) above the Otonabee River
Some Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) ducklings down at Little Lake
Some Bladder Campions (Silene vulgaris) at the base of the Maple Tree
A Spider on the underside of a Manitoba Maple leaf
A Mayfly insect that was on the screen door
A young Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis) along the trail
An Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) above the train bridge
Some Cow Vetch (Vicia cracca) downtown
A mother Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) who was protective of her goslings
Red Ants gathered together en-masse between the pavement slabs
A Tiny Jumping Spider (Salticidae sp) on the railing of the porch
A Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor) along the streambank
Birdsfoot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) that was growing in the garden
A Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) in an abandoned lot
Vipers Bugloss (Echium vulgare) in an abandoned lot
Dames Violets (Hesperis matronalis) from down near the river
A Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) in an industrial sites
A Beaver (Castor canadensis) swimming along the Indian River
Some checkerbloom (Sidalcea sp.) flowers on a sunny day
A Nodding Thistle (Carduus nutans) on the verge of blooming
A Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) down by the pond
A Striped Cucumber Beetle (Acalymma vittatum) on a cucumber plant
The flower of a Guyanese Tiger Tooth pepper