Greg Shchepanek

 Golden Trumpets Fungi Spruce stump was cover in Golden Trumpets  ( Xeromphalina campanella ) Alleyn-et-Cawood, Québec, Canada. Largest colony I have ever come across out there in the wild. Almost eighty per cent of the stump is coated with the beautiful trumpets. This was one of my favourite spottings to come across for a fungi. So many mushrooms and just one stump. 

  Surprising Macro Photography for an October Day Eastern Garter Snake ( Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis ) Prescott-Russell Recreational Trail, Ontario, Canada. Every year I go with a friend on a long hike along the Prescott-Russell Recreational Trail to Orleans. Most of the time there is very little to see as it is always in late Autumn that we go on our stroll along the boundaries of the Mer Bleue Conservation Area . Came across this adorable Garter Snake who was a great poser for the camera. Macro subjects were found on the edge of the path & birds fluttered in the trees, flora & fauna was there to be discovered. I guess you just have to take a closer look to find the little things of this nature world. Clouded Sulphurs ( Colias philodice ) fluttered in the breeze of the day. Common Milkweed ( Asclepias syriaca ) seeds popped from their pods & waved in the wind on the Prescott-Russell Recreational Trail, Ontario, Canada. Mealy Pixie-cup ( Cladonia cholorophaea ) li...

This Week was Forest Week   Northern Leopard Frogs ( Lithobates pipiens ) abound at the Marlborough Forest, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Found well out of their water habitats & in the woods. The Marlborough Forest , Ottawa's largest conservation area just southwest of the city, wasn't very fruitful in the flora & fauna department. But did provide an excellent hike around the Roger Stevens Pond in the morning this week. I would venture to the Larose Forest in the afternoon & find more divers delights amongst the tall trees of the protect woodlands just outside of Limoges, Ontario. It was so very nice to get back to the forest for I had not been there for sometime. It was even proven that I had been negligent of my visits since my companion & I got lost on our way to the big forest. But eventually we found our way there & commenced on an adventure of rediscovering the prehistoric looking woodlands just outside the city boundaries of Ottawa district. First fo...