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A short walk in Ottawa’s Greenbelt
A short walk in Ottawa’s Greenbelt My purpose for being out the trail today was to try out Graeme’s Nikon D70s which he had internally modified a few years ago to use as a dedicated IR camera. I was also … Continue reading
2012 – Tulips at Dow’s Lake, Ottawa
2012 – Tulips at Dow’s Lake, Ottawa May 11, 2012 – Since returning from our Pennsylvania trip I have been sorting through Pennsylvania images and looking out the window at generally overcast skies and rainy weather so hadn’t got down … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged Apple Blossoms, apple trees, blossoms, Canada Goose gosling, Cars in parking lot, dwarf Iris, Euphorbia, experimental farm, flower beds, full bloom, irises, magnolias, National Capital Commission, neighborhood houses, ottawa ontario, overcast skies, Perestroyka tulip, rock gardens, Statue Man with two hats, tulip beds, tulip festival, tulips, walkways
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Butterflies – Little Pine State Park, Pennsylvania
Butterflies – Little Pine State Park, Pennsylvania Question Mark butterfly (Polygonia interrogationis)May 5, 2012 – On our earlier walk along the Lake Shore Trail, I had seen plenty of butterflies but only a few had been kind enough to alight … Continue reading
Posted in Pennsylvania, USA
Tagged American Painted Lady (Vanessa virginiensis), bees and butterflies, blossoms, bushes, Butterflies, campsite, Common Sootywing (Pholisora catullus), fish, fishermen, fishing license, grass, hats, lake shore trail, Littel Pine State Park, Little Pine Creek Dam, little pine dam, Little Pine State Park, Polypore on tree, Question Mark Butterfly, Question Mark Butterfly Polygonia interrogationis, rainbow trout, Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta), rock pile, rocks, Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus), steep embankment, steep hillside, Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus), Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor, trout, trout fishing
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Magnolias and more.
Today was the official first day of the Canadian Tulip Festival. Someone forgot to tell the tulips:-). Those tulips that might have been opened in the morning when the sun was shining, were closed in the afternoon as the clouds … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, Ontario, Ottawa
Tagged Agricultural Exxperimental Farm, agriculture, arboretum, blossom, blossoms, bud stage, Canada, canadian tulip festival, Commissioner’s Park, Dow's Lake, Dow's Lake Pavilion, experimental farm, flowers, followers, forsythia, magnolia, magnolias, Ontario, Ottawa, ottawa tulip festival, ottawa tulips, parking lot, Primrose, Primula, Rock Garden, scilla, Spring, spring flowering bulbs, sunlight, tulip beds, tulips, yellow flowering bush, yellow flowers
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Green Lakes State Park, New York State
After my visit to the Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, I headed east to Green Lakes State Park. It looked like I might even get a bit of blue sky. After speaking to park staff they suggested that I drive … Continue reading
Posted in New York State, USA
Tagged Adder's tongue, ail des bois, ail sauvage, Allium tricoccum, American trout-lily, arolina Spring Beauty Claytonia caroliana, bloodroot, Bloodroot Sanguinaria canadensis, blooms, blossoms, Carolina Spring Beauty, Claytonia caroliniana, clearings, Coltsfoot, Coltsfoot Tussilago farfara, Dog's tooth violet, Erythronium americanum, fungus, green lakes state park, New York State, Odocoileus virginianus, open areas, park staff, perennial, plateau, polypore, ramp, ramson, Rosamond Gifford Zoo, Sanguinaria canadensis, Serpent's Tongue, spring onion, spring time, Syracuse, trail markers, trout lily, Trout Lily Erythronium americanum, Tussilago farfara, White-Tailed Deer, White-tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus, wild garlic, wild leek, Wild leek Allium tricoccum, willows, Yellow Adder's-tongue, Yellow fawn-lily, Yellow Snowdrop
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Tennessee Aquarium – Chattanooga, Tennessee (Part 1)
The Tennessee Aquarium located in Chattanooga, Tennessee is housed in two buildings located beside each other on the riverbank of the Tennessee River. One of the buildings is for predominately saltwater exhibits (the “Ocean Journey”), and the other is for … Continue reading
Posted in Aquariums, Tennessee, USA
Tagged admission ticket, Black Stingray, blossoms, blue springs state park, Butterfly Exhibit, Chattannooga, chattanooga tennessee, flowers, freshwater river, freshwater stingray, high humidity, home rivers, hyacinth macaw, indoor exhibits, jungle environment, marine science centre, native butterflies, ocean journey, orchids, polarizing filter, ponce inlet, Potamotrygon henlei, public aquarium, Rhinobates productus, river journey, Shovel-nosed Guitarfish, stingray, Tennessee, tennessee aquarium, Tennessee River, Tocantins River basin
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Bright Angel Trail, South Rim, Grand Canyon, Arizona
Bright Angel Trail, South Rim, Grand Canyon, Arizona The Bright Angel Trail begins on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon at an elevation of 6860′ and descends to the Colorado River in the Canyon bottom. I only had time … Continue reading
Posted in Arizona, USA
Tagged Arizona, ©rjhay, blossoms, Bright Angel Trail, cactus, Grand Canyon, Grand Canyon South Rim, Indian Garden, Indian Painf Brush, mule, Ron Hay, South Rim
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MacGregor Point Provincial Park
MacGregor Point Provincial Park The night had arrived with a meteor like sunset through a thin slit in the clouds. It didn’t rain overnight though and there were no threatened storms or high winds so sleeping in the tent was … Continue reading
Posted in Canada Explorer, MacGregor Point Provincial Park, Ontario
Tagged Ardea alba, Betony, blossoms, Blue Jay, blue violets, butterfly, camping, Canada Goose, celastrina ladon, cherry blossoms, clouds, Colaptes auratus, creatures, Cyanocitta cristata, cypripedeum acaule. moccasin flower, Cypripedium pubescens, dragonfly, dwarf lake, Dwarf Lake Iris, egret, flowers and insects, Forget-Me-Not, fresh air, Gaywings, golings, grass, gravel, Great Egret, great white egret, iris lacustris, lake iris, line ups, MacGregor Point Provincial Park, Marsh Marigold, Moccasin Flower, Myosotis, northern flicker, Ontario, Polygala paucifolia, Provincial Park, provincial parks, Prunus pumila, Rabbit, red-breasted nuthatch, Robin, Sand Cherry, sanity, Sitta canadensis, Spring Azure, Star Flower, sunset, tent, Trientalis borealis, Turdus migratorius, violets, White egret, Yellow Lady Slipper, Yellow Moccasin Flower, yellow-shafted flicker
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