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Male American Goldfinch - in summer plumage
The male American Goldfinch is olive in the winter. Then changes to bright yellow in the spring and summer.
| Photo Attributes: | Barrie, Canada, Fringillidae, Spinus, Passeriformes, 2010, Chordata, American Goldfinch, Spinus tristis, Ontario, |
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Female Amercian GoldFinch - Perched
A female American Goldfinch, perched at feeder.
| Photo Attributes: | Barrie, Canada, Fringillidae, Spinus, Passeriformes, 2010, Chordata, American Goldfinch, Spinus tristis, Ontario, |
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Perched Black-Capped Chickadee
A black-capped chickadee perched on tree branch. The chickadee allowed me to get within ten feet for this photo.
| Photo Attributes: | Barrie, Aves, Canada, Paridae, Poecile, Passeriformes, North America, 2014, Chordata, Black-capped Chickadee, Poecile atricapillus, Ontario, |
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American Red Squirrel front view.
Front view of an American Red Squirrel, perched on patio chair.
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Giant Swallowtail Butterfly
Photo of the Giant Swallowtail Butterfly at the Niagara Butterfly Conservatory.
| Photo Specific Links: | Butterflies of Canada web Site | | The largest butterfly found in Canada (wingspan: 83 to 113 mm), the Giant Swallowtail has broad dark brown wings crossed on the upperside by a diagonal band of bright yellow spots. The underside is yellowish and the tail is broad with a yellow spot in the centre.
| | Butterly - Wikipedia | | Giant Swallowtail - wikipedia | | The Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) is a swallowtail butterfly common in various parts of North America, particularly the south and east. With a wingspan of about 10–16 cm (3.9–6.3 in),[2] it is the largest butterfly in Canada and the United States.
| | Niagara Butterfly Conservatory - Site Page | | The conservatory features over 2,000 colourful tropical butterflies floating freely among lush, exotic blossoms and greenery. Paths wind through the rainforest setting, past a pond and waterfall and the Emergence window, where butterflies leave their pupae and prepare to take their first flight!
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Butterfly at Niagara Butterfly Conservatory (3)
Unidentified butterfly at Niagara Butterfly Convervatory.
| Photo Specific Links: | Butterly - Wikipedia | | Niagara Butterfly Conservatory - Site Page | | The conservatory features over 2,000 colourful tropical butterflies floating freely among lush, exotic blossoms and greenery. Paths wind through the rainforest setting, past a pond and waterfall and the Emergence window, where butterflies leave their pupae and prepare to take their first flight!
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Related Links | | | | Barrie Links: | City of Barrie Web Site | | Official web site for The Corporation of the City of Barrie.
| | | Canada Links: | Canada - Wikipedia | | Government of Canada Site | | Official web site for the Government of Canada.
| | | Danaus Links: | Danaus - wikipedia | | from site: Danaus, commonly called Tigers, Milkweeds, Monarchs, and Queens, is a genus of butterflies in the tiger butterfly tribe.
| | | Monarch Butterfly Links: | Danaus plexippus - Monarch Butterfly - wikipedia | | from site: The Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is a milkweed butterfly (subfamily Danainae), in the family Nymphalidae. It is perhaps the best known of all North American butterflies.
| | | Hinterland Whos Who - monarch butterfly | | from site: With its bright colours, large size, and slow powerful flight, the monarch Danaus plexippus is probably the most widely recognized of all North American butterflies. The bright orange wings, which span 93 to 105 mm, have a thick black border containing two rows of white spots.
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Photo Data | | Make:NIKON
Model:COOLPIX P5000
DateTime:2011:03:12 09:30:23
Exposure Time:1/60
F:39/10
ISO:64
DateTimeDigitized :2007:08:11 21:12:10
DateTimeOriginal :2007:08:11 21:12:10 |
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