2010/06/12

More photos from May and June

Today is the second day of my days-off. Yesterday I went to nearby towns in Fenelon Falls and Beaverton, I quite like Beaverton, especially a cool little shop called "Shirley's Country Clutter" where I found two door hangers with Loggerhead Shrikes on them and I also saw a Blue Jay nestling in the back of the store too.

Anyways, here're more photos from my days-off in May, as well as some photos in the field. A couple weeks ago, our field was covered with beautiful wildflowers, definitely a great place to be.

From my last days-off (May 24 & May 25)

Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)

Leaves and Blue Sky

Unidentified Spider

Unidentified Insect

Common Loon (Gavia immer)

Common Loon (Gavia immer)

Unidentified Dragonfly larvae

Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)

Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)

Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)

Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)

Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)

Black Swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes)

Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)

Unknown Insects

Gathering

Unidentified Skipper

Northern Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon)

Northern Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon)

Unidentified Dragonflies

Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta)

Finding an endangered turtle on our "driveway"

Blanding's Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)

Blanding's Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)

Blanding's Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio canadensis)

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio canadensis)

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio canadensis)

Other butterflies

Unidentified Skipper

Viceroy (Limenitis archippus)

Unidentified Skipper on Clover

Inornate Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia inornata)

Little Wood Satyr (Megisto cymela)

White Admiral (Limenitis arthemis)

Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)

Little Wood Satyr (Megisto cymela)

A cool-looking (but unidentified) Shield Bug

Unknown cool-looking Shield Bug

Dragonflies...which I am not good at identifying at all!

Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa)

Unidentified Dragonfly

Wildflowers on our field site

Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium angustifolium)

Indian Paintbrush (Castilleja coccinea)

Orange Hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum)

Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)

Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)

Yellow Hawkweed (Hieracium pratense)

Bee and Ragwort

Yellow Goatsbeard (Tragopogon dubius)

Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)

Oxeye Daisies (Leucanthemum vulgare)

Yellow Hawkweed (Hieracium pratense)

Orange Hawkweed (Hieracium aurantiacum)

Yellow Hawkweed (Hieracium pratense)

Birds on our field site

Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)

Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)

Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)

Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)

Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)

Loggerhead Shrike (Lanius ludovicianus)

Some of the sights from our field site

Spider Web

Misty Sunrise

Misty Sunrise

Glowing Sunset

Sunny day

Now I am off to watch some World Cup with my colleagues!
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2 comments:

Susannah Anderson said...

Great photos, as usual!

Do you know what kind of snake that was?

PSYL said...

Thanks. That was a Northern Water Snake, I think.

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