Showing posts with label chalk-fronted corporal dragonfly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chalk-fronted corporal dragonfly. Show all posts

Sunday, 28 June 2020

The Sanctuary -ein Spaziergang mit Freunden

Liebe Angela, Lieber Peter,
Yes, if it weren't for Covid19 we would probably have walked together, an den Freitag, around the source/Quelle of Bass lake, its outlet, the North River which actuall flows North some distance before finally turning West into Matchedash Bay and Georgian Bay. So. since you cannot be here personally - social distancing in the extreme!
Please join us as we share what we saw sequentially/chronologically - it was a very good day.



The sanctuary is called the Langman Sanctuary


It is about 300 - 400m across the North/bottom of map, and the total circumference will be approx 1.5km. We'll start at the bottom right and go counterclockwise around the marsh on trail #1.

We'll start with the Summer Triangle



And what a pair of Trumpeters sound like when they are in Spring Fever - as opposed to Cabin fever

Our route is dangerous, there be Dragons  - Chalk-fronted Corporal Dragonfly (Family Libellulidae)


And on a warm day what might be better than vanilla ice cream?
Showy Lady Slippers


also known as the moccasin flower  - a beautiful sad haunting story


And Wood Lilies






Now for the shutter bugs, composition is not everything - luck is  and it favours those who are outside looking for a shot. The butterfly is a Northern Crescent

I think I'll pause this walk on the East side near Line #14 with another "orange subject,
a Baltimore Oriole



There is a bench here where we can rest  - and I can go ahead and see if I can identify a few more birds and plants,

And drink lots of water!

WOB

Wednesday, 24 June 2015

Dragons and heros


There might be some aurora tonight but the baseball field is still flood lit and the moon is up. So I am going to post 2 topics from this afternoon's kayak outing toward the narrows . I was diverted by the hero, a heron.
But first the dragons, difficult to shoot from a boat.






And now to the heron.
I have never seen a heron dive head-first off a dock into the water and catch a fish.



try to imagine the splash - and then flutter back with a fish!



We'll look at flowers, osprey and kingfishers together tomorrow

wob