Poised to pounce on an unsuspecting seed.

 

It was a sweltering hot day and I thought this little fella had croaked from heat exhaustion. He was lying motionless with his eyes closed on the lawn but when I approached, his eyes popped open and he flew off. I guess I disturbed his tanning session.

 

Rock steady up front, all jittery in the back.

 

Sometimes we don't appreciate the beauty of creatures we see every day. For me, the Mourning Dove is one of them.

 

A gull glides through the glow.

Coote's Paradise

A few final views of the comet Neowise. Night sky photography is definitely not my forte (obv) but it sure was fun heading out to find places to view it.

Fiery Coote's Paradise evening.

Hey, what's up?

Reminds me of my cool buddy in Grade 7 who always had a blade of grass dangling from his mouth.

Chipmunk posing on a birdhouse.

Bumblebee on approach.

Sweet summer sipper

Common Whitetail Dragonfly (male) that was obsessed with this garden ornament. He would flit about the backyard wildly for a few minutes but always return here for a rest.

Swan Anger or Swanger, for short.

Young Wood Duck siblings looking after each other, grooming-wise.

Canvasback duck.

Bleeding Hearts in the backyard.

Columbine on a moody morning in May.

Lily

When a pike decides your fish is his fish.

Storm clouds roiling past.

Twelve-spotted Skimmer

Comet Neowise

Flamborough, ON.  July 20, 2020.

Black Swallowtail.

Bumblebee on Bee Balm

Sphinx moth.

Tilly Hats were a necessity when spending ten hours a day in a boat in the hot, sunny conditions of last week. Plus many litres of water and 50 SPF.

Home for the week was the cabin second on the left.

O'Sullivan's Rainbow camp.

Didn't rough it in the food department on the fishing trip.

In eight days, we had about one hour of cloudiness. Here's what it looked like.