One of the things I truly enjoy while staying at my cabin on Tupper Lake in Nova Scotia is to sit and observe. I call the place “Nature’s Nest”. Hummingbirds whiz busily by all day long, the local beaver glides through the water in search of food at dawn and dusk, bald eagles and ospreys soar in the sky, loons call to each other with their haunting sound and frogs made strange noises at unpredictable hours. The first video has the sound of the loons while the second one shows the birds on the water. Don’t forget to turn on your sound!
I particularly enjoy the changing light. It is like looking at new paintings every day. The following pictures are from sunrises:
The next photos are from afternoons:
The following photos were taken during the evening:
This is the earliest in the season I have ever stayed at the cottage, so I was delighted to discover several flowers I had not seen before, among them what I think might be a snakemouth orchid:
I also noticed that the sundew had flower stalks, which I have never seen before:
These fascinating carnivores have sticky droplets that ensnare insects. The more insects they can consume, the better the flowering, apparently. Makes sense:
Other nifty flowers on my land were Virginia meadow beauty, pickerel weed and some I don’t know the names of:
I also saw a barred owl (try googling “barred owl sound” to hear their strange call), a fat larva that looked like a banana, and several white-tailed deer, including fawns, met a green frog, and made friends with a little chipmunk.
