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Dwarf Lake Iris (Iris lacustris) Bruce Peninsula National Park of Canada • Lake Huron, Ontario, Canada. Conservation Status: vulnerable (N3) in Canada (NatureServe). Sony DSC-RX100M2 • Sony 28-100mm F1.8-4.9 • ƒ/2.8 10.4 mm 1/100 160 Flash (off, did not fire)

Tea pot, Natural Health Tea, and spoon. Ready for tea. Canon EOS M100 • EF-M28mm f/3.5 MACRO IS STM • ƒ/3.5 28.0 mm 1/250 1000 Flash (off, did not fire)

Finally picked a Dandelion to photograph at home. Canon EOS M100 • EF-M28mm f/3.5 MACRO IS STM • ƒ/4.0 28.0 mm 1/60 250 Flash (off, did not fire)

Perplexing Bumble Bee (Bombus perplexus) Urban Garden, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Panasonic DMC-ZS30 • ƒ/3.3 4.3 mm 1/250 100 Flash (off, did not fire)

First time I have seen this and photographed, two Bumblebees (Bombus) mating at Alleyn-et-Cawood, Québec, Canada. Panasonic DMC-ZS30 • ƒ/3.3 4.3 mm 1/320 100 Flash (off, did not fire)

Today is #InternationalBeeDay 🐝🌻 Brown-belted Bumble Bee (Bombus griseocollis) Alleyn-et-Cawood, Quebec, Canada. Panasonic DMC-ZS20 • ƒ/3.3 4.3 mm 1/100 160 Flash (off, did not fire)

Today is #InternationalBeeDay 🐝🌻 Brown-belted Bumble Bee (Bombus griseocollis) Larose Forest, Limoges, Ontario, Canada. Panasonic DMC-ZS20 • ƒ/4.0 4.3 mm 1/500 100 Flash (off, did not fire)

One of the rarest to find in flower is the Checkered Rattlesnake Plantain Orchid (Goodyera tesselata) Pukaskwa National Park of Canada • Ontario, Canada. Found this one in the Boreal Forest in Central Ontario close to Lake Superior. Sony DSC-RX100M2 • ƒ/2.8 10.4 mm 1/60 160 Flash (off, did not...

Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) Point Pelee National Park of Canada • Lake Erie, Ontario, Canada. Ramsar site no. 368. Nikon Coolpix S9900 • ƒ/6.3 67.8 mm 1/100 125 Flash (off, did not fire)

Ram's Head Lady's Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium arietinum) Marlborough Forest, Ontario, Canada. Conservation Status: vulnerable (N3N4) in Canada (NatureServe). Panasonic DMC-ZS30 • ƒ/3.3 4.3 mm 1/60 125 Flash (off, did not fire)

Bare-bellied Falsehorn (Temnostoma barberi) Perth Wildlife Reserve, Ontario, Canada. Panasonic DMC-ZS30 • ƒ/3.3 4.3 mm 1/200 100 Flash (off, did not fire)

Yellow-legged Flower Fly (Syrphus rectus) High Falls Conservation Area, Casselman, Ontario, Canada. Panasonic DMC-ZS30 • ƒ/3.3 4.3 mm 1/60 100 Flash (auto, did not fire)

Twoleaf Miterwort (Mitella diphylla) Nopiming Game Sanctuary, Arnprior, Ontario, Canada. Panasonic DMC-ZS20 • ƒ/4.0 4.3 mm 1/250 160 Flash (off, did not fire)