May 2016

A Norfolk Island Pine (Araucaria heterophylla) named Lloyd

Clouds reflecting the sunset over Little Lake

A Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) along the Otonabee River

A White Ash (Fraxinus americana) budding in Beavermead Park

A Raccoon (Procyon lotor) walking along the ditch next to the train tracks

A Broad-Winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus) having just taken off from a tree

A big Beaver Dam near Eels Creek

Small falls near Eels Creek

A Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) perched up in a tree

A different view of Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)

Reflection of Armour Hill in the canal just after sunset

Supertramp the feral cat who is the top cat around!

A Male American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla) singing along the train tracks

An Eastern Tent Caterpillar Moth

An Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) flying overhead

Apple Blossoms (Malus sp.) downtown

House Finches (Haemorhous mexicanus) by the train tracks

A Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) family swimming along the Otonabee River


A Bee buzzing around the Ornamental Crabapple (Malus sp.) trees

Dandelions (Taraxacum sp) in various stages of flowering

A small black and red spider hiding out on the stem of a Manitoba Maple

Cattails in swampy area just before the sun set

Sunset over Little Lake with a Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) in the suns reflection

A Bumblebee about to collect nectar from a flower

A little Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) while he was collecting twigs and leaves to build a nest in the crook of a big Maple

An that American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) that took off

A Beaver (castor canadensis) in a stream by the train tracks

A young Northern Water snake (Nerodia sipedon) hiding in the bushes

Some Canada Goose Goslings (Branta canadensis) and their mother eating grass down by the lake

Two Eastern Kingbirds (Tyrannus tyrannus) chasing away an American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)