I will catch up with my Strattera progress updates, suffice to say, I have had my dose upped, and it makes me feel quite woozy... but it is going well.
In the meantime, please see some more of my nature adventures!
Last week I made a quick drive at lunch time to Whitchurch Conservation Park to take a few photos.
I was trying to find out what kind of bird this one was, and I came across this amazing resource online, a listing of all Ontario birds, along with small thumbnails of each one. This is an Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea). It often migrates by night, using the stars to navigate. Read more about Indigo Buntings on Wikipedia.
Butterfly with an eye on its wing.
Honey bee feasting on nectar from the flower pod on top of a second year growth of the biennial Mullein plant. Biennial plants will form the rosette flower the first year, and the stem emerges on the second year. With Mullein, you can eat the root in the first year, but it loses starches and gets quite fibrous in the second year.
Lily pads in the pond scattered across the surface.
It appears that the tadpoles from my last visit have turned into little green frogs. This fellow and all of his friends were no more than an inch long. Bait sized...
The pond is quite shallow and the bottom is densely covered in weeds - perfect hiding places for small fishies and beasties. As I watched the banks, I was half-hoping to see a bear or some deer arrive for a drink or a swim about. Then I thought about what might happen if I saw a black bear. I figured I'd switch my camera onto the movie mode, and take some nice images of the bear, and then quickly recite my last will and testament. I know - that's dramatic. I know - just stand up, appear as a biped, shout, don't stare in its eyes, look 'in charge' and if push comes to shove, use my knife and fight for my life. Karate, or plain knuckle punching, eye-gouging, stab fighting. I have watched a few videos on Philipino knife fighting techniques. I hope they work on bears who try to eat me.
One of many fish filling the pond - this one was bigger than most, but still only about 2 inches long. I'm hoping someone can help me identify this little fellow.
Grassy verge overlooking the pond, just outside of the woods. No-one was there. I fell asleep for an hour under my blanket.
Dragonfly eating from the tiny white flowers of a Narrow Leaf Plantain.
The same Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea) kept hopping from branch to branch, apparently trying to impress a female Indigo Bunting with brown plumage. He sure had it going on.
Mayweed, or Stinking Chamomile (Anthemis cotula) flowers covered the clearing by the pond.
Clouds in the sky
Bright yellow flowers, identification pending, in amongst white Mayweed, or Stinking Chamomile (Anthemis cotula) flowers.
Dragonfly sitting on the stalk of a Narrow Leaf Plantain
White flowered Yarrow.
Horse Tail.
Wild Mint.
Some kind of moth having some nectar from a Mayweed, or Stinking Chamomile (Anthemis cotula) flower.
Some kind of moth climbing about on a plant.
Cheers,
Mungo
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