Quirky Old Guy/Wild Birds

Great blue heron

 Doesn't this heron look like a crusty old curmudgeon?  Don't be thinking he can't hear you!

Listening to every sound

He heard us and flew off in a huff.

I am joining Stewart M's Wild Bird Wednesday HERE

Mid-August/Nature Notes

Mid-August ALREADY!

Everything looks brighter and cleaner this week now that we've gotten rain here in Central Ontario. Queen Anne's lace is fading and some varieties of goldenrod are beginning to bloom, so I know autumn is on it's way. But it's not here YET.

Largest square: wasp on swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata); golden rod (Solidago ssp.) not sure which one; chicory (Cichorium intybus) still blooming like troopers; spotted knapweed (Centaurea maculosa); common tansy (Tanecetum vulgare)) and nodding thistle (Carduus nutans)

Please note: I include botanical names because so many common names change from region to region but botanical names remain the same.

Please visit Michelle at Rambling Woods for more
NATURE NOTES.