Mallard/Canard-colvert
This pretty duck is making use of our turtle raft in the big Amphibian Pond. She was photographed by Suzanne Labbé.
Monarch butterfly /Monarque
Joe-pye weed is very attractive to insects, and monarch butterflies are especially prone to nectaring on it. Here, this gorgeous male monarch (you can tell it is a male by the scent 'patches' on the wings, the two little black spots) was photographed on the plant, by Suzanne.
Bumble bee/Bourdon-fébrile
Joe-pye weed is a magnet for insects, including bumble bees, honey bees and butterflies (as the previous photo shows).
Red-legged grasshopper/Malanople-a-pattes-rouges
This pretty little grasshopper, was caught on camera by Suzanne, as it rested on the sedum in the BYG.
Japanese beetle/Scarabee-japonais
Although not universally liked, these beetles are remarkably handsome, and if they were very uncommon, or better behaved, we would appreciate their metallic beauty. Suzanne photographed this handsome creature at the garden.
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Sunflowers in the Butterfly Meadow
A shot of the rain dewed sunflowers that tower over the meadow. In drier weather, and a bit earlier in the season, these flowers attract quite a variety of insects.
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Red squirrel
This little red was nipping off the flowerheads of some of the black-eyed susans and then rushing into the fork of this tree to eat them.
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Red squirrel
The same squirrel heading on back down the tree to gather more flowerheads.
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Red squirrel
A very wet squirrel, looking quite bedraggled with his wet tail creating a spiky hairdo effect!
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Heading down the trail
This is the Bill Holland trail from the parking lot to the Interpretation Centre, through a forest of sumacs. The ravine is on the right side of the photo.
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The pond in the Backyard Garden
This is where one of the resident green frogs was heading away from. The little pond looks quite lush and richly vegetated, particularly in the rain which makes everything look more "tropical"!
18-SEP-2012
Green frog (Rana clamitans)
A very large and quite dark, green frog, heading away from the BYG pond, across the lawn.
