Small Yellow Lady’s Slipper has red petals behind the flower, Large Yellow Lady’s Slipper has green petals, can you see the difference? I think these are both red hmmmm….
Wet lands, shaded, mossy rich bogs, and you will find these late June along the sides of the trails. Always spectacular and a nice find.
The Blue flag grows in wet areas of woods and meadows and along shorelines of lakes, rivers and ponds — to the delight of cottagers and canoeists. This beautiful flower was growing in the sand dunes of Sauble Beach.
A male and female … on another mosquito ridden path, pass me the bug spray, I would rather die a slow death of Deet poisoning than be carried away by mosquitos! We need more warblers, many more. These sing a loud and cheerful song, easy for me to hear, except they sound a lot like my phone. 
Stoping for a walk at a small beach on the Bruce Peninsula west shore, these beautiful roses were growing in the sand adding so much class where ever they grow. Simple and uncomplicated, perfect for the beach.
One of my favourite flowers, I always think I am going to grow some on my wild lawn, but then I can’t bare to disturb the ones that I find.
The critical pieces of information needed to make your observation valuable are band combination, sighting location, and date. We recommend the use of a spotting scope when reading colorbands from any distance farther than a few yards. When looking through a spotting scope use one eye and then the other; each eye perceives color slightly differently. As a bird moves and turns it often becomes easier to recognize individual colors. As a result, it is not uncommon for even the most experienced band readers to observe for more than 10 minutes before they are confident in a combination. As a result of time, UV radiation and salt water, colorbands often fade and do not appear exactly as one would expect (see below).
Although good observations may be made during any time of day, the best light for identifying colorbands is early morning or evening when there are fewer direct shadows on the bands and legs of the bird. Make an effort to ensure that the sun is behind you and not backlighting (behind) the bird and shining directly into your eyes.
Report a colorband combination by recording the combination seen from top to bottom on the left leg and then recording the combination seen on the right leg in the same manner. Colorblind individuals may have difficulty identifying some of band colors but should keep track of the relative lightness and darkness of each band observed. If possible, all observers should work in pairs and compare results.
The colors of bands listed above are used on Great Lakes Piping Plovers. If you see colors that do not match the options above or extended bands (“flags”), do not try to “make” them fit. Other populations of Piping Plovers are marked using flags and different band colors. Report what you see and your observations will be passed on to Piping Plover recovery coordinators and researchers. Second only to the bands, the location and date of the sighting are very important (see the Color Band Sighting Report Form [PDF]).
Walking along the trails of the Bruce Peninsula getting eaten alive by mosquitos, perfect place for Warblers. the little fellow was quite accommodating and posed on several branches to have his photo taken. 
Your right, I can’t own Bluebirds… but I can put a Bluebird house outside my bathroom window where I enjoy watching this little family from the day they arrive. I’m waiting for fledglings to appear any day now, mom and dad are busy feeding the chicks. They love the big old Northern Spy apple tree to perch in before entering their house. They flitter through the air and hard to catch in flight, I didn’t get a decent shot so had some fun putting together a montage so you can see how they wobble through the air.
Bowles Hill Road … today I texted my friend and avid Long Boarder, Barry in Calgary “so Barry if a group of six were at the top of Bowles Hill attempting to ride the hill on a skate board, should I stick around to call the Ambulance” he politely texted back “it would be like telling you there is a ski lift at the bottom of the ski hill and not to hit it” fair enough, I went an found a nice warbler to photograph instead of bodies. The hill is about 550 feet with a switch back and a T intersection at the bottom. I didn’t hear any ambulance sirens. New pavement, a long boarders paradise.
I had seen this little fellow several times, always too far away, finally he came closer in the fading light.
Walking on the Bruce Peninsula, you never know what your going to find, it’s always an adventure.
Saw this little fellow up on the Bruce Peninsula…
