2013/06/01

Good start to June - flowers, insects, and birds.

Came to school today to do some work.  Along the way, I saw this single yellow iris among the grasses next to the Otonabee River.  Strange place for a garden plant to be.

Yellow Iris
Very pretty nonetheless.

Canada Anemone (Anemone canadensis)
A simpler flower, but also pretty - Canada Anemone (Anemone canadensis).

Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis) female

Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis) female
Spotted several of these orange damselflies flying around.  I believe they are Eastern Forktail (Ischnura verticalis) immature females, because according to BugGuide - "Immature female thorax bright orange with black dorsal and shoulder stripes; abdomen orange at base and black above, with no blue or orange at tip; orange eyespots"

Glass Barrier
Lots of mayflies around - mostly dead by now.

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Spotted this Syrphid fly Taxomerus geminatus.  It was identified based on this key (Margin of abdomen interrupted yellow and black; scutellum black with yellow margin, found in Ontario).

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Seen many Eastern Kingbirds now, but this is my first photo of them this year.

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Found this Tiger Moth (Apantesis sp.) dead on the ground.  It could either be a Harnessed Tiger Moth (A. phalerata) or Nais Tiger Moth (A. nais).

Yellow Lily
Planted yellow lilies.

On a side note, I will be assisting with a field course here at Trent on Ontario wildflowers in the coming weeks.  Tomorrow, I will be heading over to Carden Plains to check out some alvar flowers and scout sites for the course, as well as attending the Carden Nature Festival.  I am super excited because I am not been there since 2010.  So excited about it!

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