Greg Shchepanek

 Thousand Islands National Park It is really fortunate that Canada's National Parks admissions are free this summer and you just have to pay for parking. Conservation Areas usually have no parking fees and the admissions are always free. So my father and I took a little trip down to the Thousand Islands to visit the national park but unfortunately no nature discoveries or photos were found but it was a decent hike along the St. Lawrence. After the park visit we went to Lyn Valley Conservation Area in search for orchids that we had seen there before, Ladies Tresses and Green Bog Orchid but they were nowhere to be seen in the overgrowth along the old quarry just outside of the conservation area. But we did discover some interesting captures that we have yet to see this summer.  Silver-spotted Skipper ( Epargyreus clarus ) at the Lyn Valley Conservation Area, Ontario, Canada. Greater Bladderwort ( Utricularia macrorhiza ) at the Lyn Valley Conservation Area. I do love the carni...

  Featuring Ramsar Sites Mary's Point & Shepody Bay A Sandy Salt Marsh . Canada's 3rd Ramsar site designated— Mary's Point , New Brunswick, Canada. Ramsar site no. 236 . Shepody Bay International Shorebird Reserve . Canada's first Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve — Shepody Bay National Wildlife Area , Mary's Point , New Brunswick, Canada. Ramsar site no. 236. Shepody Bay is a tidal embayment of saltmarsh, eroding coastline with sand & gravel beaches & extensive intertidal mudflats. The mudflats support internationally important numbers of the crustacean Corophium volutator, the principle food source for millions of fall migrating shorebirds. 400,000 Calidris pusilla may be present at one time in late summer. More than two million pass through in August, as do large numbers of other shorebirds. A shorebird research station is available. Flower Pot Rocks . The Rocks Provincial Park, Shepody Bay National Wildlife Area , New Brunswick, Canada. Ramsar s...

 Can you Hear me Now ! My first photo to go viral was this  Black-tailed Jackrabbit ( Lepus californicus ) Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada, United States. Ramsar site no. 347. This was my most favourite Ramsar Convention Wetland of International Importance ... and it was so close to Vegas Baby !!