June 2022

A relatively quiet month that seemed to slip by quickly. Many of the nature trails in the area were closed as the extensive tree damage clean up continued. Early summer flowers blossomed and a few newborns were introduced. (We don't include the myriad of Canada Geese goslings.😊)

A formal garden in the (near) west end of the city was just finishing up its spring display, but there was still many flowers in blossom.

poppy

lupine

iris

peony bud

peony blossoms

peony blossom

Gatineau Park had some early summer wildflowers some of which were attracting insects. One lake had dozens of tadpoles along the shoreline, some well along their way to becoming frogs. The pine trees were giving off pollen fog in the breeze, some of which landed on benches and showed where people had sat.

Yellow swallowtail on hawkweed

Female green sweat bee on fleabane

Fleabane blossoms

Fox and cubs

Maiden hair fern

Tadpole/pollywog with developing legs

Pine tree pollen containers

Pollen covered bench with evidence of people having sat on it

Click here for a 30 second video of the butterfly fluttering between blossoms

I was pleased/amazed with how well these waterfall images turned out.

The one on the left might be a little too silky, but it was 13 seconds handheld!!!!! The one on the right was 1/25 of a second.

The skunks seem to still be around Petrie Island (I used to see them some 20 years ago). They help clean up the garbage. Andy Haydon Park had lots of red-winged blackbirds and one egret.

(They also have a myriad of Canada geese, but we won't talk about them.)

With our extended annual pass to Parc Omega having come to an end, we'll be leaving the Parc to others for a while.

But Mud lake will still be a destination.

The area on the Mud Lake "ridge" where I find the beautiful frost on very cold days in the winter has turned into a wonderful garden of stone crop and daisies.