Algonquin Provincial Park!

Staying in Bancroft allowed us to access the trails at the east end of Algonquin Park. The first mammal that we encountered was a beautiful Red Fox. We noticed it in the ditch as we drove along highway 60. We pulled over to the road shoulder where we ended up with a good photo opportunity.

The Spruce Bog Trail was first on our walking agenda. While walking through a wooded area at the beginning of the trail, we found a young Red Squirrel, "hiding' on the ground.

Wetland at Spruce Bog Trail

Green Frog

Swamp Laurel

Swamp Sparrow

Powdered Geometer Moth

Video: We watched a "living" pogo stick bounce about 100 times as she laid eggs in the water at the Spruce Bog Trail - possibly a Twin-spotted Spiketail.

The Beaver Pond Trail was our next stop.

The trail location was the perfect spot to find a Beaverpond Clubtail!

It was also a good spot to find a Beaver Lodge!

Calico Pennant

Dragonfly and exoskeleton

Common Shiners, near a bridge on Opeongo Road

A couple of kayakers paddling the wetland along Opeongo Road.

Woodpeckers will often drum on metal in the spring when trying to attract a mate. This Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was making a lot of racket on a road sign along Opeongo Road. June 9th seemed a little late to still be trying to track down a mate, but it has been a cool spring.

The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker moved over to a fallen log to continue his drumming.

The Algonquin Museum and interpretive trail brings to life the story of logging from the early timber days to modern forestry management. The water provided good habitat for dragonflies, many of which we saw along the route.

Chalk-fronted Corporals - perhaps the most common species that we saw.

Dragonfly eating a fly!

My hat became the stopping grounds for a pair of Crimson-winged Whiteface Dragonflies in the mating wheel!!