We've moved into more Summer like weather these days and our last shower made everything lush and green with the berry blossoms popping out all over the place. With those blossoms all sorts of pollinators have come to get some nectar. Our bushes are just buzzing!
Off For a Walk Among the Lush Green Grass and Yellow Dandelions
So what do you do in all that lush green grass? You roll in it of course!
Bruno Rolling in the Fresh Green Grass
I was standing among the chokecherry bushes and could hear the buzzing. I tried to capture it in video but it came out pretty faint. You can see a sampling of the pollinators working the chokecherry blossoms though...
Here's some closeups of some of those pollinators -
Fly Like Pollinator on Chokecherry Blossom
Interesting Pollinator on Chokecherry Blossom
Trio of Pollinators on Chokecherry Blossom
Chokecherry Bloom and Pollinators Highlighted With Sunlight
The chokecherry blossoms attracted the pollinators and with that mass of them together it attracted the predators.
Hornet Eating Smaller Pollinator on Chokecherry Bloom
Over at the water sitting by the edge of our lane there were more pollinators buzzing around the marsh marigolds - listen in...
There was a good hatch of damselflies along with the dragonflies. I'm always so happy to see them for they eat mosquitoes, keeping the numbers down.
Close Up Damselfly and Pollinator on Marsh Marigold Blossoms
Dameselfly Grooming Itself on Marsh Marigold bloom
JJ was on alert in this area too. I think he spotted a frog for there were lots of them jumping around - another creature that eats mosquitoes - yeah!
Something Caught JJ Eye Then He Zones In On It
A little sparrow was busy near by gathering some material for it's nest.
Sparrow with Fiber In It's Beak
We headed back into the bush behind our place to get some more beaver felled wood and toured another pond back there. The water levels were way up with all the wet years we had. This killed off a lot of trees that had grown up around it but it made for great habitat for the ducks.
High Water Levels at Pond Killed Off Trees Around the Edge
Beaver Lodge on Pond's Edge
Out by the beaver pond were a pair of loons. I love their haunting call which I hear often but this time I just saw them swimming.
Close Up Pair of Loons Swimming
Side View of Loon
In another part of the pond there was a pair of Golden eye ducks - look at that male's golden eye!
Pair of Golden Eye Ducks Swimming
I did get photos of some of the other waterfowl there but they were a bit blurry as most of them were off in the distance. I'm sharing them with you anyway just so you can get a sampling of the waterfowl at this pond.
Pair of Blue Winged Teal Tucked in Bullrushes
Green Winged Teal Flying Over Loons on Water
Across the trail from the pond I went hiking around and found the bear berries in bloom and an interesting lichen.
Close Up Bear Berry Blooms
Interesting Red Coloring on Lichen
I'll leave you with an interesting cloud formation we viewed near the end of the day. There was an illuminated cloud sandwiched between two dark rain clouds.
Interesting Play of Light on Cloud Formations
This is my #WednesdayWalk hosted by 
Also my Amazing Nature Contest May 2021 #5 entry. See details here
The photos were taken with my Canon PowerShot SX60 HS.
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