Recent Outing

Northern Map Turtles

I found some Northern Map Turtles recently on one of my outings.  They were out on the rocks sunning themselves.  

The Northern Map Turtle was already assessed as a species of special concern when the Endangered Species Act took effect in 2008 and was re-assessed as special concern in 2013. 

Northern Map Turtle

Northern Map Turtle

Pleasant Day in Hyde Park

I went to the Hyde Park Drainage Pond this morning to look for butterflies...a nice pleasant day 20c, sunny. 
At the pond, this Mallard had a number of ducklings swimming with her.  There seems to be about 12-14 of them.

I saw 2 Cabbage Whites and about a dozen Northern Crescents flying around.  That's all the butterflies I saw.

Northern Crescent

Spotted Sandpiper

Wild Geranium

Northern Flicker

I watched a little rabbit munching away on grass.

Some Weekend Sightings

It's getting more difficult to get photos of birds so I'm taking more of flowers, dragonflies and butterflies.  I've seen many butterflies but they are not landing for me to take photos. 

 I'm seeing more dragonflies and a few damselflies (bluets).

Meadow Anemone

Killdeer

Robin's-Plantain

Clover

Bird's Foot Trefoil

Clover

Tufted Vetch

This dragonfly was flying around so I tried to get a photo of it.....it's a large  dragonfly.  This is the best photo I can get.