August's Photographic Update

Sorry for not posting anything since my return from Windy Pine.  I have been working on my project either from home or school, plus I do not have a student bus pass so my destinations are limited to places I can walk and/or bike to.  I still went out a few times, and here are photos from most of those outings.

August 6 - Went for a walk to Sawmill Creek Constructed Wetland, and I was surprised at how much vegetation have grown compared to the first time I was there.

There weren't many bird species that I saw - mostly just Mallards (and one heron in this image).



Cattails


A Twelve-spotted Skimmer (Libellula pulchella)

Spent a few minutes photographing this young groundhog munching away at the grass.

August 8 - Went for a short bike ride along the Rideau River Eastern Pathway and went as far as Bank Street Bridge.

O-Train Bridge at Carleton University


Mallards and bridge

August 10 - Biked along Rideau Canal to read my book outside for a couple of hours.

Along the canal pathway.


The largest supermoon in 2014.

August 18 - Biked to Fletcher Wildlife Garden to do some photography.

Map of the garden


Hotels for bees!


Bumble bee and beetle


Colourful garden


Mating Japanese bettles (Popillia japonica) on Spotted Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis)


American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) pulling seed fluff from thistle plants.

Bottle Gentians (Gentiana andrewsii)


Obedient Plant (Physostegia virginiana), also known as False Dragonhead.

Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)


Bumble bee on Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)

M. fistulosa

Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)

Poor photo of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris).

August 23 - Went for another walk to Sawmill Creek.

A caterpillar of the Virginian Tiger Moth (Spilosoma virginica).

Common Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia)

There are three bird species in the above image, can you spot them?


Bumble bee on Sneezeweed (Helenium autumnale)

Bumble bee on Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota).


Megachilid bee on Bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculata).

T. tyrannus

August 24 - Biked to Fletcher Wildlife Garden again, but it was during the afternoon so I didn't see many wildlife at all.

Man photographing a boat lifted by a lock.

Hog's Back Falls

August 30 - Went for another bike ride to Fletcher Garden after working from home in the morning.

Leaves on trees slowly changing their colours.

G. andrewsii

Something coming out of a flower.

A bumble bee backing its way out.


Obedient Plant (P. virginiana)

Pretty colours in the Butterfly Meadow.

Bumble bee on Sneezeweed (H. autumnale)

Another one

Monarch (Danaus plexippus)


A very large Bebb's Oak (Quercus x Bebbiana) in the Arboretum - probably the most impressive tree I've seen so far in Ottawa.

Sign on the tree.

Back to school in two days.  Looking forward to it.