Paradise Grove and surrounding trails of Niagara-on-the-Lake.
Looking back at my notes, I checked the Karner Blue site several times that summer. On July 22, I noted none but I had this one as late as July 28. My slide indicates that this one was photographed on this late date.
The one in the back was bobbing its head up and down and chattering away. Courtship display?
This is a first in my experience: a weasel stopping for a snack at a suet feeder!
Melanistic
Female Hooded Merganser catching and eating a Bluegill. I would have thought this fish was too large for her to swallow, but after working on it for a minute or two, she managed to get it down.
Is it a fish? Is it a slug? Is it a fishy anemone? I do not have a clue what this is!
It is about 30mm long and there were a few of them in the sand - outgoing tide nearly on the turn. Most were buried and only the "fan fin" was showing.
Resting on the wet sand, when the sand collapsed it arched it's face upwards (2nd and third photos) and seem to spawn capsule from somewhere - there are 2 floating in the 4th pic.
Totally hypnotic, by the time my sister-in-law and I carried on the brother had walked 2kms away from us!
The Piebald individual!
You know you’ve found a large moth when…
To the best of my ability to measure this critter, the wingspan (with a bit of the tip of the right FW missing) is about 27.8 cm, so it would probably be about 28.5 cm (11.2 in) if it were intact. The species is said to have the largest wingspan of any Lepidopteran in the world.
The moth was initially discovered on the sheet by Mary Kay Sexton. I had overlooked it.
To read more of the story, see:
https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/gcwarbler/13211-mothing-in-panama
[See also: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/218581553]
Clearly some kind of nymph though I'm not sure what of. Raises those appendages at the back when approached, though not sure about the tapping on the ground thing.
American Mink with a freshly caught Round Goby
Feeding young.