I seem to have completely forgotten to post of our second summer trip to the Lodge in Bancroft this August...It's been a busy summer. But again we enjoyed great times up with family, this time Holly's sisters and parents and all us married in brother-in-laws along with the nieces and nephews; 35 of us in all if I count right. We celebrated a 100th birthday combination of Mom and Mark that week, some good laughs being had during a short program after a great birthday meal.
As for wildlife and photographing thereof, I had some fun with that too. Here are a few shots of things around the grounds.
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| Cabbage Butterfly |
I couldn't quite confirm what this one was.... It's either a type of skipper or dash butterfly I think.
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| Long Dash?? |
One afternoon, I headed out to a little larger lake a little ways from the Lodge where I had often seen an adult and young common loon. I was rewarded with a bit of patience as they ended up coming to that end of the lake for a short while. The adult was bringing small fish to the young one. It appeared that the adult would catch a fish, bring it near the young one, then let it go a short ways away for the young one to chase and catch itself. Fun to watch.
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| Common Loon adult and juvenile - Learning to fish |
