Curious little roadside Reddy.

 

Immature Bald Eagle, cranky-looking beyond its years. We trolled by within a few metres, again with only a 18-200mm lens on board, but we clearly weren't perceived as a threat.

 

Common Loon. I didn't take my telephoto lens on my fishing trip but it was cool that a pair of loons were quite comfortable with our boat gliding pretty close to them while they preened and flapped.

 

Gone fishing...Looking forward to a week with no internet, no cell service just lots of views like this, tons of laughs with my buddies and countless hours spent on a beautiful lake surrounded by nature's glory. Have a great week. #osullivansrainbow #osullivanlake #nakina

 

A Wood Duck letting a Muskrat know that he (the muskrat) was a little too close to her brood.

 

The Mallards resting in my mother-in-law's backyard after a refreshing dip in a neighbour's pool.

 

American Redstart (likely an immature male). One pose all quiet, the other in full song.

 

A Wood Duck and a handsome one at that.

 

Droopy-nosed Eastern Chipmunk who's either nibbling on a seed or praying there won't be a fourth wave.

 

A Blue Jay enjoying a nice, refreshing sip of bath water. Actually, it's not as gross as it sounds because we refresh the birdbath water quite frequently - sometimes several times a day. Still, who knows what the guy before you did or left behind in there? Maybe it is as gross as it sounds.

 

Not sure how that raccoon died beside the lake but you can always count on the Turkey Vultures to tidy things up. #carrionmywaywardson

 

Female Baltimore Oriole posing prettily at our all-you-can-eat grape jelly bar.

 

This morning's annular solar eclipse.

 

Carolina Wren.

 

Here's a sequence of an American Robin feeding its chick in our backyard. It starts off with a huge (like gagging) glob of caterpillars that she puts in the young one's mouth then quickly pulls it out with some of the caterpillars gone. This is repeated two more times until finally that writhing mass of protein is completely deposited in the baby's gullet. No wonder those little robins get big so quickly.

 

Alder Flycatcher - It really is a tough call when trying to differentiate between Alder and Least Flycatchers. One visual difference is that Least Flycatchers have a more pronounced eye ring than the Alders.

 

Indigo Bunting - We were hiking along the bottom of the Niagara Escarpment and could hear Indigo Buntings singing high in the canopy, well hidden from view. We made our way to the top of the escarpment which was at the same level as the top of the trees and were rewarded with some nice views of these beautiful birds.

 

Red-eyed Vireo hanging out in the deep, dark woods.

 

It was quite kind of this Wood Duck to cruise over and show me a feather he found.

 

A Song Sparrow doing an excellent job of living up to its name. The male Song Sparrow uses its song, not only to attract a mate, but to also defend his territory.

 

While meandering through a meadow filled with Dame's Rocket, a White-tailed Deer pauses to savour every delicious mouthful of a wild rose. . While it's pretty, Dame's Rocket is a highly invasive plant that resembles Phlox. The main distinguishing feature is Dame's Rocket has four petals while Phlox has five.

 

American Goldfinch.

The backyard

 

Osprey with a mucked up goldfish. Sometimes the downward force of the Osprey's attack drives its prey into this pond's soft floor - hence the muddy fish.