August was an active month. My heavy shutter finger produced far too many duplicates, near dups and deletes, but also some memorable, eye-catching images.
While not eye-catching in terms of "WOW!" the selection of berries/fruit being produced at this time of year is certainly an interest catcher. Scroll over photos for ID
From the Mer Bleue Boardwalk
Possumhaw (I think)
Choke cherry (AKA Aronia berries)
False Solomon seal
From Mud Lake
Buckthorn
Buckthorn
From Fletcher Wildlife Garden
Magnolia
Elderberry
Siberian Crabapple
From Colonnade Ponds
Highbush Cranberries
Highbush Cranberries
From a berry farm near VanKleek Hill
Kiwi
Red grapes
Blue grapes
Apples
Pears
Blackberry
Purple raspberry
Black paspberry
Plum
Plum
Chokecherry (Aronia)
Mud Lake produced photo-ops for two eye-catchers: water snakes and stretching green herons
A few of the eye-catching birds
Fletcher Birds
Coopers hawk
female ruby throated humming bird
Granby Zoo Birds
Andean Condor
Sand bathing ostriches
Catching looks
Black Bear, Parc Omega
Leopard, Granby Zoo
Gorilla, Granby Zoo
Aside from the mother bear trying to corral her cubs to come home at Parc Omega, my top pick for eye-catcher of the month was "Look Ma No Hands!! A ruffed black and white lemeur at Granby
A two day event at the RA Centre featured bouncy castles, from up on Bronson and from Brewer Park, they were eye filling (through the forest fire smoke)
This month's PhotoStories, scroll down home page for individual links