Animals

Once again, my pet insects have produced some "eww yuck" reactions with their picture front and centre on the last post. Sorry folks, sometimes I forget they are not viewed as cute and cuddly by others.

But for the last few days I have been captivated by the moths and other various animals that are easily found at the cottage. Tell me what you think of the following critters.

Moths
There have been fuzzy brown moths, large camoflage moths (Sphinx sp) and moths with legs that look like twigs.

Have I mentioned lately how happy we are with our new dock? The other evening I was relaxing in one of the Muskoka chairs after an evening swim and dozed off in the warmth of the evening sun. I woke up when the wake of a passing boat rocked the dock. But then it meant that I was awake when I heard someone breathing.

The thing was no one else was around. It was very quiet except for this breathing. So who was making this noise? I looked around and saw the nose of a turtle poking out of the water. I couldn't get to my camera in time and only caught the wake of his descent into the water. I did manage to see another painted turtle the next day swimming past the dock, so we can just pretend that it's the same guy.

Our next door neighbor had a different type of visitor yesterday. There are a pair of great blue herons that sweep through the Bay on occasion. I guess they also take the time out make the rounds of everyone's docks. Hope they stop by ours soon!

On my way home today, I stopped off at the dump to throw out the trash. Who was hanging out at the dump? A hungry, hot and panting black bear. Makes it fun for folks to actually see a bear in real life, but they are still wild and dangerous.

To wrap this up, here are some of my other favourite pictures of the wildlife.