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A great place to search for rare flowers and a walk in the woods. Sphinx Ladies' Tresses Orchid (Spiranthes incurva) Marlborough Forest, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Large-leaved Aster (Eurybia macrophylla) Marlborough Forest, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

One of my favourite to see lets me know summer is still here. Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta) Marlborough Forest, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Slender Meadow Katydid (Conocephalus fasciatus) on Milkweed at the Marlborough Forest, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Large-leaved Aster (Eurybia macrophylla) Marlborough Forest, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Ontario Aster (Symphyotrichum ontarionis) Marlborough Forest, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Upland White Aster (Solidago ptarmicoides) Marlborough Forest, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Crazy Horse Trail, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Canon EOS M100 • EF-M28mm f/3.5 MACRO IS STM • ƒ/4.0 28.0 mm 1/320 100 Flash (off, did not fire)

Situated in the west end of the city along the Ottawa River is a conservation area where the wildlife gather. Britannia Conservation Area, Mud Lake, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Almost every variety of wildlife visits here even Black Bears. Just yesterday I came across a pair of Northern Leopard...

Northern Leopard Frog (Lithobates pipiens) Britannia Conservation Area, Mud Lake, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Tucked in the berry tree is a Cape May Warbler (Setophaga tigrina) along the shores of the Ottawa River, Britannia Conservation Area, Mud Lake, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Getting ready to bloom Sphinx Ladies’ Tresses (Spiranthes incurva) Bill Mason Centre, Dunrobin, Ontario, Canada.

Perched in the Staghorn Sumac tree is a Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus) on the ridge at the Britannia Conservation Area, Mud Lake, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Yellow-orange Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria var. guessowii) Bill Mason Centre, Dunrobin, Ontario, Canada.

American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) Bill Mason Centre, Dunrobin, Ontario, Canada.

Northern Leopard Frog (Lithobates pipiens) Bill Mason Centre, Dunrobin, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Wood Frog (Lithobates sylvaticus) amongst the leaf litter at the Bill Mason Centre, Dunrobin, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus) Nopiming Game Sanctuary, Arnprior, Ontario, Canada.

Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis) Mer Bleue Conservation Area, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Ramsar site no. 755.

American Toad (Anaxyrus americanus) Beaver Pond Trail, Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada.