GREAT EGRET, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

CEDAR WAXWING, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

VIRGINIA RAIL, CRANBERRY MARSH, LYNDE SHORES CONSERVATION AREA, WHITBY, ON

   Even though this photo was taken at a great distance and then enlarged, thus being grainy and the colors not showing very good, we can still ID this bird as a Virginia Rail as follows:

• Long, slender, curved bill.
• Generally rufous color, except for the head and lower belly.
• Short, upturned tail.
• Habitat: marsh ( Cranberry Marsh).
• Gray face.
• Black & white stripes at lower belly.

   The Virginia Rail is a new species to our Life List, which now stands at 308.

DRAGONFLY, NEAR WOLF HOWL POND, ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK, ON

ATLANTIS FRITILLARY BUTTERFLY, NEAR WOLF HOWL POND, ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK, ON

VIEWS OF WOLF HOWL POND, ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK, ON

REFLECTION OF A TURTLE, WOLF HOWL POND, ALGONQUIN PROVINCIAL PARK