This small snapper was laying her eggs at the edge of the road a few feet from the lake.
Using her hind legs she dug and carefully lifted out the stones and earth.



Many eggs were layed then covered up and she returned to the lake to laze away the summer.
Her work is done.



Meanwhile a short distance away a larger snapper had made her nest in a heavily gravelled parking lot.



She gently covered her eggs.

Ottawa west