A Few Things Without Wings:

"Stay still so I can wash behind your ears!" 

A Mama Raccoon was busy bathing her kits Friday evening in a Canatara Tree.

 They were a very curious pair!

My favourite wildflower changes, depending upon what's blooming.

  Right now, Wild Columbine is at the top of the list!

Many pollinators are happy with the flowers and blossoms.

Well camouflaged toads needed to hop out of harms way on the trail.

Back to Things With Wings!

Entrance to The Pinery was free again this weekend and the gates were 
 open so we were able to drive around the whole park! Along the Riverside Trail, 
I found an exoskeleton of a Dragonfly Nymph on a twig.

Perhaps this Common Whitetail (female) emerged from that exoskeleton!

I haven't seen any action at the chickadee nest I watched being excavated last month. A different nest cavity has had a lot of activity. The parents have been flying in and out, taking food to the young inside. A few days ago, I watched the parents dive bomb a nearby chipmunk. Like squirrels, chipmunks will also eat bird eggs.

A text alert from a friend (to remain unnamed) on a sail boat caused us to rush to Canatara Beach on a Wild Pelican chase. Instead of finding Pelicans, we were greeted by 9 Mute Swans! LOL! In his defense, their boat was a long way off shore and he wanted us to know before any passing motor boats might scare the birds away!