Coldwater

Planktonic and benthic freshwater invertebrates collected in late fall from a shallow, still area of a slow-moving river in southeastern Canada.

Female cyclops with external egg sacs and visible heart, with common duckweed. Subphylum Crustacea.

Amphipod (Gammaridae), subphylum Crustacea

Planarian (unknown species)

Ostracod (seed shrimp), another crustacean

Cyclops

Cyclops with common duckweed

Piping plover

Charadrius melodus

Bucksport, Maine

"It's the seed oils that get you"

It was already dark when I reached the centre of Pinery Provincial Park, and it was silent except for the chatter of southern flying squirrels (Glaucomys volans), the deep calls of great horned owls, and the piercing screams of screech-owls. I could see the pale forms of the flushed squirrels in the beam of my torch silently gliding away into the oaks.

A few km further, past the edge of the woods, I found open sand dunes along the shore of Lake Huron.

Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata

Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia

Eastern meadowlark Sturnella magna

Found off in the distance while owl-watching (no owls). There's a really nice variety of open-country birds here.