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A Trip to the Cottage

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 Spring Floral Search Early Saxifrage ( Saxifraga virginiensis ) Alleyn-et-Cawood, Québec, Canada. Spring in Quebec offered a few flowers for viewing I am sure that next week will prove more fruitful as I return to exploring the Ottawa Region. On the high rock top the Early Saxifrage was in bloom assisted with a trickle of water to moisten its growth. Photographing proved difficult on the steep rocks and yes I did fall and twisted my ankle. But I did manage to successfully photograph the delicate little flower. The Trilliums could be seen making their presence in the underbrush displaying their bulbs just waiting for enough sunlight to explode into bloom.  Red Trillium ( Trillium erectum ) Alleyn-et-Cawood, Québec, Canada. Flowers that were in full bloom turned out to be the Eastern Skunk Cabbage , with their shell like forms dotted a wetland plain with the odd shaped flowers. Skunk Cabbage has the most unique flowers on the block they come steaming out of the ground in Mar...

Photography IV

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 Photography Site : Continued 2018 was a good year for Monarch s & I came across them pretty much anywhere I went and it was a great blessing to see these beauties fluttering about in the wild.  Monarch Butterfly ( Danaus plexippus ) Jack Pine Trail, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Taken on July 20, 2018. Conservation Status: imperiled (S2N,S4B) in Ontario, CA (NatureServe). I am hoping 2021 will be a Monarch year. Little man Black Squirrel posing for the camera nicely.  Eastern Gray Squirrel Black Phase ( Sciurus carolinensis ) Britannia Conservation Area, Mud Lake, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Taken on December 9, 2017. Mud Lake is the best place to go if you want some beautiful Squirrel captures they are most friendly here on the trails.