An Ebony Jewelwing at the Toronto Botanic Gardens
A Queen of the Night Cactus at the Toronto Botanic Gardens
Red-legged Grasshopper
Great Golden Digger Wasp
Great Golden Digger Wasp
An Eastern Carpenter Bee
A European Brown-lipped Snail, also at the Toronto Botanic Gardens
Red-tailed Hawk
A Green Frog in Wilket Creek, Toronto
CN Tower from the balcony
A mysterious moon over Toronto
Common Blue Butterfly coming in to land on Bird's-foot Trefoil blooms
Common Blue Butterfly
Yellowjacket Wasp on final approach
Bumblebee on a Thistle bloom
Thistle Seed Head
Lady Bug
Metallic Green Sweat Bee
Winged Carpenter Ant Queen
Twenty-spotted Lady Beetle
Queen Anne's Lace
Wild Grapevine tendril
Queen Anne's Lace
Grass-carrying Wasp
Solitary Mining Bee
Queen Anne's Lace. The blood droplet: According to old stories, the name Queen Anne's lace comes from Queen Anne of England. Legend says she pricked her finger with a needle while making lace, and the dark red center stands for that single drop of blood
Red Admiral using its proboscis to feed on Queen Anne's Lace
Red Admiral Butterfly on Queen Anne's Lace
Bumblebee on a Thistle bloom
July 28th, 2026 over Toronto
Toronto Skyline from Ward Island
Salsify seed head
Monarch Butterfly
Monarch Butterfly on Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed)
Red Admiral Butterfly on Echinacea
Invasive Japanese Beetle on Echinacea
A Skipper Butterfly (likely a Little Glassywing)
A Bumblebee and a Silver-spotted Skipper Butterfly on Echinacea
Black-capped Chickadee (needs a cleanup on his chin)
Black-capped Chickadee
House Sparrow on Red Huckleberry
Invasive Japanese Beetle on Purple Milkvetch
Invasive Japanese Beetle
European Fire Ant on Red Osier Dogwood
Green Bottle Fly on Queen Anne's Lace
Poppy
Yellow-legged Mud Daubers
Yellow-legged Mud Daubers
A Red-tailed Hawk above the ravine
A Red-tailed Hawk (likely a juvenile male) leaving a Norway Spruce in the Ravine
A very young Downy Woodpecker in the Ravine
An Astata Wasp on an Echinacea to the left and a Common Blue Butterfly on the right
An invasive European paper wasp in the Ravine
Eristalis, A Drone Hoverfly on Queen Anne's Lace, The Ravine
Ebony Bug
Silver-spotted Skipper Butterfly
Another invasive, Purple Loosestrife with a landing Cabbage White Butterfly
Common Eastern (top) and Brown Belted Bumblebee, centre), on Echinacea
Common Easter Bumblebee in flight over to a Echinacea bloom
Flesh Fly on Sow Thistle
Black Swallowtail Butterfly on Echinacea bloom
Bumblebee leaving a Rose
A Mexican Grass-carrying Wasp in flight through the Calamintha nepeta
Northern Paper Wasp about to land on a Black-eyed Susan
Bumblebee coming in to land on an already occupied Thistle bloom
Silver-spotted Skipper Butterfly (note the dark slender proboscis)
Rose Sawfly
A Drone Fly, a Hoverfly that mimics bees (Note only two wings as opposed to the Bee's four)
A type of Sweat Bee
Common Eastern Bumblebee
A Brown-belted Bumble Bee between stops
A Ligated Sweat Bee
Echinacea bloom detail
An Astata wasp on an Echinacea bloom
American Black Swallowtail Butterfly
Bumblebee on Gooseneck Loosestrife
Common Blue butterfly
Common Blue butterfly
Platycodon grandiflorus, commonly known as White Balloon Flower
Bumblebee on Echinacea
Brown Argus Butterfly
Eastern carpenter bee
Metallic Green Sweat Bee
Spotted Longhorn Beetle
Dark-veined Longhorn Bee
Queen Anne's Lace
Great Golden Digger Wasp
Pearl Crescent Butterfly
Cabbage White Butterfly on Vetch
Mexican Grass-carrying Wasp
Brown Argus Butterfly with a Cabbage White Butterfly in the background
Large Skipper Butterfly
Agriculture close to the desert in the U.S. mid-west
Agriculture close to the desert in the U.S. mid-west
Shiprock, Northwestern New Mexico, sacred to the Navajo, this volcanic monadnock (482 metres) is 27 million years old.
New Mexico land forms
Shiprock, Northwestern New Mexico, sacred to the Navajo, this volcanic monadnock (482 metres) is 27 million years old.
Comb Ridge is a prominent geological feature in southeastern Utah. It is a monocline, where sedimentary rock layers have been bent into a steep dip. It stretches for approximately 45 km, running roughly north-to-south. While it looks coastal, there is no water here.
Somewhere in Utah
The Rose Hills Cemetery Coyote, Los Angeles, Ca
The Rose Hills Cemetery Coyote, Los Angeles, Ca
California Flag, Laguna Woods, Ca
California Flag, Laguna Woods, Ca
Hottentot fig, Southern California
A three bee Thistle, Laguna Woods, Southern California
Plumbago, Laguna Woods, Southern California
Thai Basil, on the balcony, St. Clair, Toronto
Rock Purslane, Laguna Woods, Southern California
Goose Neck Barnacles, La Jolla, Southern California
Great Black-backed Gull and chick, La Jolla, Southern California
Great Black-backed Gull and chicks, La Jolla, Southern California
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Heermann's Gull (immature), La Jolla
Heermann's Gull (immature), La Jolla
Juvenile Brandt's Cormorant, La Jolla
California ground squirrel, La Jolla, Southern California
California ground squirrel, La Jolla, Southern California
Juvenile California ground squirrel, La Jolla, Southern California
Brandt's Cormorant, La Jolla, Southern California and an interesting example of sandstone erosion to be found along the cliffs
Brown Pelican resting, La Jolla, Southern California
Brown Pelican resting, La Jolla, Southern California
Brown Pelican resting, La Jolla, Southern California
Brown Pelican detail, La Jolla, Southern California
Brown Pelican resting, La Jolla, Southern California
Brown Pelicans resting, La Jolla, Southern California
Harbour Seals, La Jolla, Southern California
Harbour Seal, rear "leg" and tail morphology clearly visible, La Jolla, Southern California
Harbour Seal
Harbour Seal
Seal whiskers are highly sensitive and are used to track prey and for finding their way in dark or murky water
A bit of a stretch
The Pelt
Western Bluebird, Laguna Woods, Southern California
Western Bluebird, Laguna Woods, Southern California
Western Bluebird, Laguna Woods, Southern California
Grackle female, Laguna Woods, Southern California
Ash-throated Flycatcher, Laguna Woods, Southern California
Raven, Laguna Woods, Southern California
Raven, Laguna Woods, Southern California
Red-shouldered Hawk, Laguna Woods, Southern California
Red-shouldered Hawk, Laguna Woods, Southern California
City Hall, Toronto
City Hall, Toronto
City Hall, Toronto
City Hall, Toronto
City Hall, Toronto
City Hall, Toronto