Pinery Provincial Park: Bugs, bark, and pretty things

I love Pinery Provincial Park. The rest of my family does too. It is a fantastic place to visit, any time of year. There are too many reasons to say why but check it out on the web (see links below). This is a short post to showcase some images. There are some wee beasties, pretty delicate little flowers, bark, and other stuff.

 

The last bird shots were not in best conditions and are cropped but I thought I’d include them. I only had one day on the trails this visit. The weather was too good to leave the beach.

Lenses used were the DA 55-300mm and the marvelous DA 35mm ltd macro.

In another post I’ll showcase a glorious sunset and the morning after.

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Cicada

me again

I spy with my bug eye….

Nature is wonder artist.

Great blue heron.

Green fly.

Helianthus decapetalus, I think.

Very nice of this insect to pose.

Perfect pose.

Heal-All or Selfheal – Prunella vulgaris, perhaps?

The sun shone a nice spotlight on this fallen tree.

Someone’s been eating this mushroom.

Spotted Knapweed – Centaurea maculosa, I think. And all following photos of similar image.

Hold still…let me take a photo.

Oh, this is your better side?

Probably poisonous. And spikey too!

Hah! your green colouring did not fool me.

I saw a heron here the other day.

Tree

Silhouette against a bright blue sky.

Cool effect daddy-o.

Son of a birch.

View from tent.

Fun with shifting colours during processing.

Female cardinal.

Woodpecker

Painted turtle.

 

 

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