Andrew Trundlewagon's photos

Dancers: McGill Pow Wow, 2016, Montreal.

Dancers in their regalia at the McGill Pow Wow in Montreal.

I think this is an invasive species of Salvia, or sage –possibly “sticky sage” or Salvia glutinosa. It was growing wild under pine trees in Park St Bruno, about 15 miles south of Montreal. If it is indeed Salvia glutinosa it is a long way from home, as it is native to West Asia and Central Europe, not Canada.

These lavender coloured pea-like flowers are American groundnuts (Apios Americana) and were found growing as a vine in the sand along the shores of the beach in Oka Park in Quebec. The beans and roots of this plant are highly nutritious and were eaten by native Americans and early settlers.

A solitary orange butterfly weed growing in the long grass. This is a member of the milkweed family, and is often visited by butterflies, bees, and, I'm told, by humming birds. Don Mills Valley, North York, Toronto.

These are cardinal flowers ( Lobelia cardinalis ) growing in the sand at Oka beach near Montreal. The bright red wild flowers are pollenated by humming birds. It's the first time I have found them so I was enormously pleased when I stumbled upon them. (I was looking for frogs at the time). Oka is a fresh water beach on a bulge in the Ottawa river near where it joins the St Lawrence river called the Lake of Two Mountains. Cardinal flowers are in the lobelia family. I didn't have a camera with me so these were taken on a phone camera.

A fawn, Stumbled upon in Don Mills Ravine, North York, Toronto.

Toy plane, red sky

A great blue heron sits among the lily pads hunting frogs. (Parc St Bruno, near Montreal).

The gold coated head of Sulis Minerva, the Goddess of the hot springs at the Roman baths in Bath, Somerset, UK. Found in 1727. Sulis was a local Celtic deity who was merged with the Goddess Minerva by the Roman invaders.

A barred owl. It was "hiding" from a crow that was chasing it through the woods presumably to keep it away from its nest.

A blue heron standing in the morning sunshine.

A helmeted curassow from the Biodome in Montreal. These birds originate from the mountains of "western Venezuela and northern Colombia" (Wikipedia)

Blue parrot, (Hyacinth Macaw) from the Biodome, Montreal. Very intelligent bird.

Atlantic Sturgeons from the fish tank at the Biodome, Montreal. Very ancient and impressively large fish.

A Buddha sits in the grass. Seen in Dungeness, Kent, UK.

A garter snake. These are very common but I like this one because it is orange. All the others I see around here have pale yellow stripes like the one running down its back rather than the orange.

A small red house finch in the snow from earlier in the year (March).