Frontenac Park: Doe Lake Trail

Unidentified Mushroom

May 27, 2006
Frontenac Provincial Park

Unidentified Mushroom

May 27, 2006
Frontenac Provincial Park

Unidentified Mushroom

May 27, 2006
Frontenac Provincial Park

Unidentified Mushroom

May 27, 2006
Frontenac Park

Halloween Pennant

Halloween Pennant
Frontenac Provincial Park
August 05, 2006
This picture was an experiment in digiscoping dragonflies.
This dragonfly was at the top of a fairly tall dead tree in the middle of a swamp.
Turned out not too bad considering the distance involved.

Common Whitetail

Common Whitetail, Male

Frontenac Provincial Park
August 05, 2006
Arkon Lake Trail

Slaty Skimmer

Frontenac Provincial Park
Arkon Lake Trail
(August 05, 2006)

The Slaty Skimmer has a long season, ranging from June to September in Ontario.

Blue Dasher

This photo was taken on August 5, 2006 on the Arkon Lake Trail at Frontenac Provincial Park. The male and female are quite different. I always recognize the male (above) but the female (below) just doesn't seem to fit the name. The Blue Dasher can be seen right into September in Ontario.

Halloween Pennant

This picture of a Halloween Pennant was taken on August 5, 2006 on the Arkon Lake trail at Frontenac Provicincial Park. This is a mature male as you can see from the red dorsal markings on the abdomen. Juveniles and females would have yellow colored markings. The Halloweens begin to disappear about the middle of August and are usually all gone by the end of the month.

Lycogala epidendrum

Wolf's-milk Slime
Frontenac Provincial Park
27 May 2006

Just to give you an idea of how difficult identification of mushrooms can be - I checked five guides and found this mushroom in only one guide, even though that guide listed it as widely distributed in North America.

Peziza phyllogena

Common Brown Cup
(a.k.a. Peziza badio-confusa)
Frontenac Provincial Park
27 May, 2006

Polyporus squamosus

Dryad's Saddle
Frontenac Provincial Park
May 27, 2006

Frontenac Park Odonates: May 27, 2006

Stream Cruiser

Racket-tailed Emerald

Racket-tailed Emerald

Horned Clubtail
(I originally identified this as a Lilypad Clubtail but changed my id based on size of the specimen and shape of the abdomen)

Harlequin Darner

This was an important find as the Harlequin Darner is not listed in the Odonate Database as having been seen in Frontenac County.

Harlequin Darner

Four-spotted Skimmer

Dot-tailed Whiteface

Common Whitetail (female)

Common Whitetail (male)

Chalk-fronted Corporal

Chalk-fronted Corporal

Ashy or Dusky Clubtail

Ashy or Dusky Clubtail

Eastern Forktail

Amberwing Spreadwing

Amberwinged Spreadwing

Frontenac Park: May 27, 2006

Wood Thrush

This was a new bird for my list. He was quite high up but I was able to scope him. Notice the bold white eyering and bold black spots on white underside.

Parasitoid Wasp

This wasp had paralyzed its prey and was taking it to who knows where. We watched it for quite a while as it dragged this spider along the ground. At times he would abandon it and fly a short distance away but soon came back and began to drag it again. I don't know if he ever got it to his destination.

Blandings Turtle

The Blandings is common in certain locations in the Park. We found these turtles on two different ponds on this trip. It is under study in the Park because of its troubled status in the Province.

This was mainly a dragonfly outing and we were not disappointed. We found many different species including the Harlequin Darner, which does not have an official record in Frontenac County according to the Odonate Database.