Black-eyed Susan

 Black-eyed Susan, original

ALERT!: More experiments with PhotoShop Elements!

 Black-eyed Susan watercolor in PhotoShop Elements

 Black-eyed Susan cropped

Black-eyed Susan, cropped & poster edges on PhotoShop Elements

I am linking to NF Digital Art Meme  HERE.

Wilson's Snipe

 Wilson's Snipe (Gallinago delicata)

Wilson's Snipes are secretive by nature and usually appear only at dawn or dusk. But in late June on the Carden Alvar (north of Kirkland, Ontario), snipes are commonly seen on fence posts during the day. A well-known birder in the area told me that the snipes are monitoring their young down below. Once the babies fledge, the father takes the two oldest and the mother the two youngest. So this snipe could be either a male or female. (I don't know how to distinguish one from the other.)

Delivering orders to his/her young

The young were probably foraging for insects and earthworms in the grass below the fence post.

I am connecting to Stewart M's Wild Bird Wednesday HERE