Others Conservation Areas are always bubbling with Flora & Fauna to Discover

[Greg Shchepanek]

I am very fortunate to have this conservation area in my city of Ottawa...it is an oasis of nature in the bustle of the urban city. Midland Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta marginata) Britannia Conservation Area, Mud Lake, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Eastern Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis) Britannia Conservation Area, Mud Lake, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

The Sentinel: American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) Britannia Conservation Area, Mud Lake, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Hanging out at Britannia Conservation Area all pictures taken on July 28, 2019.

 

[Jack]

Is this all pictures take by you Greg Shchepanek ?

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

Yes Jack, all by me with just an hour at the Conservation Area it is just brimming with wildlife in the summers. It is also an important birding area for the Ottawa Valley. Thank you so much for the forum...is it possible to move all my special place posts here? That would be greatly appreciated

 

[Jack]

Yes Jack, all by me with just an hour at the Conservation Area it is just brimming with wildlife in the summers. It is also an important birding area for the Ottawa Valley. Thank you so much for the forum...is it possible to move all my special place posts here? That would be greatly appreciated

Yeap, I will do that in one second

You do really nice pictures, even if they aren’t macro

 

[Jack]

All done, you might change their prefixes as you wish, and if you want more prefixes to be added, let me know please,

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

Thank you so much Jack I am just a beginner of macro photography but you will see much more of my tiny images in the future

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

Great Egret (Ardea alba) Britannia Conservation Area, Mud Lake, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Conservation Status: vulnerable (N3B) in Canada (NatureServe).

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

One of Ontario's most beautiful Conservation Areas' is a Fen located just South of Algonquin Provincial Park: Purdon Conservation Area, Lanark, Ontario, Canada. Showy Lady's Slippers Orchid (Cypripedium reginae) I go every year to see the spectacular super bloom of these wild orchids.

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

Macro of the Wild Orchids of Purdon: Showy Lady's Slippers Orchid (Cypripedium reginae) Purdon Conservation Area, Lanark, Ontario, Canada.

Canon EOS M100 • EF-M28mm f/3.5 MACRO IS STM • ƒ/5.0 28.0 mm 1/125 100 Flash (off, did not fire)
I should have used the flash in this situation of the dark fen.

 

[Greg Shchepanek]

Late season Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) at rest by the marsh at Cooper Marsh Conservation Area, Lancaster, Ontario, Canada. Conservation Status: imperiled (S2N,S4B) in Ontario, CA (NatureServe).

Canon EOS M100 • EF-M28mm f/3.5 MACRO IS STM • ƒ/6.3 28.0 mm 1/200 100 Flash (off, did not fire)