My fiance and I spent some time in Cape Breton before heading to the Annapolis Valley, where the highlight of our visit was a boat trip to the Bird Islands. Two days on this lovely island were not enough!
Bras d'Or Lake
Love those Nova Scotia lupins!
Gazebo at the Silver Dart Lodge
View of Bras d'Or Lake from the Silver Dart Lodge
Great Cormorants
When Gulls, Dolphins and Fish Converge
Great Blacked-Back Gulls and Dolphin
Dolphins Breaking the water
Black-legged Kittiwakes
Razorbill and Rock Formation
"Bird Islands" IBA
Great Cormorant at nest
Gray Seal breaking the water
Black Guillemots
Razorbills
Herring Gulls (Adult and chick)
Herring Gull chicks
Bald Eagle
Juvenile Bald Eagle
Black-legged Kittiwake preening
Razorbills
Razorbills
Great Cormorant
Atlantic Puffins
Atlantic Puffins
Atlantic Puffin
Aphrodite Fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite)
Black-and-white Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Waved Sphinx (Ceratomia undulosa) Hodges #7787
Rosy Maple Moth (Dryocampa rubicunda) Hodges #7715