Mindy Buckton
Southampton, CA
Member since January 3, 2021
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Kingfisher Surveillance
Male Kingfisher with his latest catch for it's offspring. A pair of Kingfishers nested on our isolated cottage beach this spring, the private beach sign provided a perfect perch to check their surroundings before entering the burrow just left of the sign to feed their offspring. I got to watch and hear them over several weekends continuously bringing fresh catches. Taken July 16th, 2020
Awaiting the sun after a night of hunting
Our family cottage borders the edges of the Bruce Peninsula National park, and is located near a gestational site of the Massasauga rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus), so encounters happen occasionally. I came across this beautiful Massasauga the night before walking the path back to my bunkie for the evening. When I awoke in the morning it was still posed for the strike as it awaited the beam of morning sun to warm it enough to continue back into the swamp area. This allowed me a brief moment to quickly capture the beautiful pose before. This was the second of two hunting Massasaugas encountered that evening - the other had staked out a path closer our main cabin, which is a regular hunting location - but gets the sun earlier so had already left for the morning. Taken August 14th, 2020
Greater Fringed Gentian
Our family cottage borders the edges of the Bruce Peninsula National park, allowing me to enjoy the Flora and Fauna on a daily basis. This Autumn the Greater Fringed Gentians, and Smaller Fringed Gentians bloomed in plenty right along the roadway into our cottage, allowing for many photo opportunities in the early morning light. Taken September 5th, 2020
Battle Scars
We have several red squirrels living around our summer cottage. This one captured my attention with the missing patch of fur on it's head as well as the scars behind it's front leg. We saw the squirrel several times during the weekend visit. Taken July 29th, 2020