Wet Weather At The Vermilon River.

 Leading into Canada Day, we've just had five days of rain which curtailed a great deal of hiking. But the forest is alive in wildflower blooms, and redolent with the smell of wild rose. This is an especially long post so use the slide show, although there is some copy beside some of the photos. A post to: ID Rather Be Birding, Our World Tuesday, WBW.

Cloud growing

 Blue Flags grow in the wetlands in large numbers.

 This Catbird was busy mimicking a Red-winged Blackbird, only giving himself away by his distinctive mewling sound at the end of his song.

Full Cheeks.

Female Redstart

Geese in Flight

Eastern Kingbird

Lunch?

Male Redstart

Mallard in Flight

Male Mallard

The dynamic yellow of Birdsfoot Trefoil

Thrush

Cranberries

Cedar Waxwing

Wild Rose

Red Clover

Blue Flags

Catbird

Dragonfly

Dogbane

Female Redstart

Flycatcher

Geese

Honey Suckle

Eastern Kingbird

Male Redstart

Red Clover

Skipper

Thrush

Turkey Vulture

Reluctant Waxwing

Wild Rose

Blue flags

Eastern Kingbird

Turkey Vulture

Catbird

Eastern Kingbird

Close up

Turkey Vulture

Kingbird

Catbird

Kingbird

Turkey Vulture

Ripening Blueberries

Butterfly

Choke Cherries

Birdsfoot Trefoil

Nature's Garden

Damoiselle Fly

Dogbane

Dragonfly

Female Redstart

Flycatcher

A parent's lesson

Reluctant moth

I see you!!

Chestnut-sided Warbler singing

Male Wood Duck

Same

Raven

About to leave

Robin

Skipper

Tansy

Thrush

Close up

Unknown

Water bugs

White and Yellow.

Daisy

Yarrow

Yellow Lilies

Devil's Paintbrush

The Blue Flower is Viper's Bugloss