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What’s in Your Backyard ?

// July 21st, 2010 // No Comments » // Birds of Manitoba, Dragonflies-Butterflies-Moths, Insects, Wildflowers

Welcome back to my website & thanks for visiting !

You don’t have to take a trip to see nature because it is always around us even in our own backyards.  You can plant certain flowers that will attract butterflies ( Monarchs like the milkweed plant ), others will attract hummingbirds and so on.  Today a few photos from my backyard as I was  outside enjoying the sun and puttering in the garden for a few hours.

Above:  Butterfly gathering nectar from a Joe Pye plant      Below:  A House Wren chattering on the garden fence.

Below:  A few photos of bees gathering pollen

Below:  Not sure if this is a wasp or bee but if was flying around with a large piece of plant leaf and then landed.  A leaf-cutter of sorts.

Below:  This is a domestic garden plant that was tagged “Love in the Mist” when I bought one a few years back.  It seeds itself every year and produces these beautiful delicate flowers in blue and purple tones.

Enjoy!

~Sharon

Belted Kingfisher

// July 14th, 2010 // No Comments » // Birds of Manitoba, Whiteshell Provincial Park

** New Photos Gallery has been updated . . .

These diving birds need clear water and can be found around smaller ponds as well as large bodies of water.  They are able to hover in the air  before splashing down into the water to catch a fish.  A very attractive bird I think.

Enjoy!

~Sharon

Great Blue Heron

// June 29th, 2010 // No Comments » // Birds of Manitoba, Whiteshell Provincial Park

These are truly beautiful birds found at marshes in Manitoba.  They will eat fish, frogs and insects which they catch with their long spear-like beak.  In flight, they tuck their head back towards the body and fly with their feet extended – easy to identify on a fly by. These photos were taken in the Whiteshell Provincial Park.

Enjoy!

Sharon