Leave It To Muskrat

Petite female Northern Cardinal on the rocks.

Chipmunk on a skinny stump.

Wood Duck and one fifth of her brood.

Sitting pretty and looking proud about flying up to the top of the tree. (Baltimore Oriole)

The wispy white head feathers on a freshly fledged Baltimore Oriole.

Fresh out of the nest but wise enough to shelter under a leaf on a drizzly day. (Baltimore Oriole)

It's tiring being a fledgling. (Baltimore Oriole)

 

Whenever the female Baltimore Oriole offered food to its babies, it would repeately place the food in the young one's mouth and immediately remove it. This would happen several times before she finally stuck the meal down the hatch for good.

Baltimore Oriole fledgling on fence gets fed.

The backyard Baltimore Orioles fledged on Monday and spent Tuesday getting fed like this little fella. Today they must be off doing flying lessons because they are no longer sitting around waiting for food to be delivered by their mother(s).

Koda Bear

When the dog days of summer hit they hit hard for someone with this much fur.

Had a blast hanging out with this sweetheart for the past couple of weeks.

 

Lilac

Bachelor Button

Tulip after a morning shower

Once she gets things set up...look out.

She's a maniac, maaaniac.

Great Blue Heron posing on a perch

Hey, what's up?

Gulls on guard

Great Blue Heron heading downstream.

Immature bald eagle appears to be doing ok despite a ragged wing.

The Ruby-throated Hummingbird that refuses to show his ruby throat when the camera is turned on.

This sequence follows a Great Blue Heron stealthily approaching its fishing spot, waiting patiently for its prey to appear, spearing a nice specimen, maneuvering the fish into the head-first swallow postiion, and, finally gulping it down.

Hendrie Valley, Aldershot, ON.  May 30, 2020.