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This blog is a way of sharing some of the things we see and are working on at the Fletcher Wildlife Garden (FWG). Contributions of photos taken at the FWG and information about them are welcome. Please send them to fletcher@ofnc. Be sure to provide the full name of the photographer and permission to use the photo on our blog.
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There were scores of flies on tree sap, most of them were Muscids of some sort. A few Colletes bees were noted briefly, and the Andrenids were around in even greater numbers. A Ctenucha caterpillar was in the Old Field, and near the Centre a great, fat, queen bumblebee was zooming around looking for a place to start her colony, no doubt.
This afternoon, wood frogs were calling from the pond, not many, and not vigorously, but calling nonetheless. These are the frogs that sound like quacking ducks! I'm attaching a photo I took today at another location, as I wasn't able to get one at FWG. Around the Ottawa area, chorus frogs (sound like someone running a thumb over a comb), spring peepers (as the name suggests, the make a "peeping" sound), wood frogs, and the occasional, and very early, leopard frog (sounds like someone snoring), can all be heard. I first heard chorus frogs two weeks ago in the west end of Ottawa. They were calling from a pond still largely covered in ice.
This morning at about 7 a.m., I noticed a couple of black ducks stomping around the site where the big party was a few weekends ago. They looked like they might have just pulled an all-nighter there :-)
All sorts of things to see and to look forward to! The nomada bees should be out any day, and of course, butterflies! I've seen lots of mourning cloaks, compton tortoiseshells, and eastern commas, but none thus far at FWG, though I know they must be there.
On Saturday afternoon, I saw about 100 tree swallows near Carleton Place and later, a few near Barrhaven, so I dropped by the FWG hoping to see some there, but without success, so I was happy to hear of Diane's observations for today, Monday. (Christine)
A few days ago, out near Kanata, I saw a huge flock of red-winged blackbirds, with about 40 females in the group. The females should be arriving any day at FWG and once they do, the males will get even more serious about defending territory and nesting will follow shortly after.(Christine)
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