Dragonflies from Dave Kemp on Vancouver Island...

Photos by Dave Kemp

Red Dragonfly

Red Dragonfly

Blue Dasher

Blue Darner

Dragonfly

Damselfly

Blue Darner

Meadowhawk

Mud Dauber

Dragonfly

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Ravenshoe Sideroad...

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Osprey stare

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Bathurst St. & Mill St. ~ Richmond Hill

... a small but

glamourous gem

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Juvenile Spotted Sandpiper

Canada Goose

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Can a parking ticket be paid in feathers?

 

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Can a Canada Goose be given a ticket

for parking itself in front of a fire hydrant?

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Vancouver Island critters by photographer Dave Kemp...

Tree Frog

Dragonflies

Moth

Dragon Fly

Mute Swan

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Morning in McKenzie Marsh ~ Aurora

Female Mallards

Canada Goose

Trumpeter Swan

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West coast Purple Martin - by Dave Kemp...

 

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Purple Martin

Dockside on eastern Vancouver Island

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In the Dufferin Marsh...at Schomberg

 

                                                                        Photos by Barry Wallace

GREEN HERON

(Butorides virescens)

"...with a morsel in its beak"

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Dead tree swamp ~ South Keswick...

 

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Great Blue Heron

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Ravenshoe Sideroad West ~ Keswick South...

 

Ospreys

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Dave Kemp photos from Comox, B.C.

Photos by Dave Kemp

Purple Martin

Adept aerialist at catching flying insects

Harbour reflections

...plus flowers

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Aurora Arboretum...

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2-headed, 3-legged, 2-tailed

Trumpeter Swan

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Short-legged, stocky, with a large head and bill...and loud

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Belted Kingfisher

(Megaceryle alcyon)

The Belted Kingfisher is the only kingfisher found in most of North America.   In the case of the bird pictured here, the  location is Vancouver Island, B.C.   It was taken by field naturalist and photographer Dave Kemp, whose photos I have included here many times in the past.   The Belted Kingfisher is usually seen along brooks, rivers, ponds and lakes, where it watches from low perches, or hovers over water, then plunges headfirst into water to catch a fish.   They are usually solitary creatures.   Many thanks for sharing your photos Dave.

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