More Wildlife Of The Vermilon River

 A lot to cover in this post. So its a long one. The last post was about Manitoulin Island, a place as opposed to wildlife,not that it isn't filled with wildlife.
 Boomer's death left a huge gap in my life; hence the new camera and the accessories to shoot video, and the video online seminars. I even walk a little dog who otherwise would get no exercise. I've re- found my interest in cooking and baking, although I leave that mostly for the winter.
But we've got a little group that wants to travel around the north by bus or whatever. So Friday, we're off for a cruise of Lake Nippising, the fourth largest Lake in Ontario. I just want to set everybody straight. Ontario, is an enormous, and diverse place geographically.Northern Ontario even has a time change, and is larger than the combined states of California, Texas, and Alaska. I don't make these comparisons to brag,merely to give you an indication of where I am, and when I say its a big lake, it is a big Lake. I'm not being negative to the other provinces because the same could be said of them all.  So I'll be posting more travel adventures. I'll just link this page to my second page for my adventure post.

Red Berries

It has been cool, and then, hot and humid so lots of the warm sunshine flowers are back while at the same time, the forest is showing some fall colour.

Goose in Flight

On the left, Blue Vervian, but I'm trying to figure out if this is purple loosestrife, the invasive plant. We combat it here by using insect predators.

In the last wildlife post Ken pointed out that the raptor shots were a falcon, but maybe a Peregrine instead of a Northern Harrier. All the ID shots in the beginning are courtesy of Cornell. Opposite is a Peregrine.

Female Harrier Courtesy of Cornell

Male Harrier Courtesy of Cornell 

Merlin Courtesy of Cornell

Merlin Courtesy of Cornell

Sharp-shined Hawk

My Merlin In Flight: Note the pointed wings

I think the clincher is the pointed wings but note the similarity to the Female Harrier. Opposite Back View.

The shots from here on are a new series when the pair revisited the other day to put on an air show.

Goose in flight

Canada Goose

This whole sequence is a young Blue Jay learning how to scold me. So give him some latitude.

Male Redstart with lunch

Male Redstart

Same

Aphrodite Fritillary

White Admiral

This one is a surprise as this butterfly is the state butterfly of Maryland, a Baltimore Checkerspot.

Fritillary

White Admiral

Baltimore Checkerspot

Same

Same

Same

Cavorting sparrow

White-throated Sparrow

Same Sparrow afrer settling down

Goldenrod

Gull in Flight

Same

White-throated Sparrow

No sooner had the Merlins left then this male Northern Flicker came along.

Thistle

These guys are literally erupting form the trails.

Pearly White, apparently great for making dried flowers

Wild Aster

Another form

Goldenrod

New England Aster-short and mauve.

A bit of fall

Goldenrod

Turning Pin Cherry Tree

 Red Squirrel in the Black Spruce. A post to: Id Rather Be Birdin,Our World Tuesday, and WBW.

More Red

Female Common Yellow-throat?