Sundown in the forest

The setting sun paints a canvas of orange light on this mature tree in a dark deciduous woodland at Beaver Meadow Conservation Area, Ontario.

Eyes, ears, nose and throat

 

Water is scarce this summer so many frogs congregate in small puddles like this one at Beaver Meadow Conservation Area near Bloomfield, Ontario.

Snowy sundown

Beaver Meadows Conservation Area near Bloomfield, Ontario is a waterfowl marshland sanctuary surrounded by a rich, mixed hardwood forest including maple, beech, oak, hickory, birch, hemlock and white pine. This forest community is rare and endangered in Prince Edward County in contrast to the ubiquitous thin soil scrub land of cedar and prickly ash.