Nesting Robin update and other stuff

Sad end to Robin's tale. Sometime during a 3 hour absence I got back to see that the nest had been disturbed and all 3 eggs, gone. Suspect a Crow or some other bird large enough to swallow the eggs whole leaving no trace.

Otherwise here is a new cllection of pictures:

Kestrel re-visited

Lady-slipper Orchids

Seems to have developed an appetite for rocks? Likely after salt residue from winter road maintenance

Snowshoe Hare, Young Raven, Fox and more.

Transition to summer colours almost complete. And note"beauty mark" between eye and nose. (wart?)

These hind  feet are the snowshoes

Young raven on edge of cliff face nest.

Waiting for dinner to arrive. Sibling  on nearrby tree branch too.

Summer coat not so handsome

Odd Man Out

Heard of a Moss Rose but never a Fungus Rose.

Nesting Robin. Plus...........

Robin has set up housekeeping in our carport.

 Impossible to use the extention ladder for a few weeks. Expect to be dive bombed on a regular basis when the eggs hatch. Will continue the story in pictures as days go on.


Here is a Caspian tern fishing:

Splash-down

Take-off

Head for home

Canada Goose sample marsh grass.

Young Bull Moose. At Dusk.

Note the bdeveloping antlers

Another assortment

Note the Burdock "Burr" on its rear.

Burr stays there even underwater.

Always thought Beavers disliked Conifers!

Cow Moose with young Bull

Coaxing the young one

Not too sure about it all

tentative steps.

On the Move

the Teen

Note the beginnings of the "Bell"

Checking me out up close as she passed me on the road

but the young bulll ttried to avoid me.

When they were well past, mother  gave her opinion of the whole episode

Bear, Moose(2), Older Porcupine & more.

Diet of grass. No berries yet

2 cows wondering what I am.

Older and larger than previous Porcupine. Note yellowing of quill tips