Andrew Trundlewagon's photos

A Blue Heron, not looking too happy, on a rock. This is at lac des bouleaux, which means 'birch lake", in St. Bruno near Montreal.

90 years old, a bonsai Taiwanese maple tree, in the Botanic gardens, Montreal.

Wild iris besides a lake. (En 1999, l'iris fut choisi comme fleur-emblème du Québec)

A mushroom, probably fly agaric (Amanita), an hallucinogenic fungus.

Wild iris beside a lake, St Bruno

Two poppies touching cheek to cheek (as lovers do).

A comorant at rest on a branch, Lac Seigneural, St Bruno near Montreal.

A wild iris growing by a lake, St Bruno, Quebec. These are also called "Blue flags", the word flag is from old English Flagge meaning reed or rush.

A White Admiral butterfly sunning on a woodside path. ( Limenitis arthemis )

Solomon's seal, from Don Valley parklands, Toronto. It is a mid-sized woodland plant, about 45cm tall, with curved stems that carry white flowers. It is a relative of lily of the valley and is said to have therapeutic properties.

Virginia Bluebells, a spring flower of the woods, Bestview Park, Toronto. They spread a carpet of blue under the trees.

Deer, St Bruno park, near Montreal

Deer feasting on young shoots in St Bruno park near Montreal

A rose breasted grosbeak in flight - Don Mills parkland, Toronto, Ontario.

A rose breasted grosbeak - Don Mills parkland, Toronto, Ontario.

Trout lily. A spring plant of the forest floor. St Bruno near Montreal. It can take as long as seven years growth before these plants flower. It is said to be called the trout lily because the mottled and flecked appearance of the leaves looks like trout skin. I don't see the similarity myself.

A small yellow plant of the forest floor. This is called perfoliate because the stem carrying the flower appears to grow through the leave (or rather the leave grows around the stem). St Bruno near Montreal.( Uvularia perfoliata )

These are called Dutchman’s breeches, a spring flower of the forest floor. The flowers are pollenated by bumble bees. Other insects bite holes in the flowers to get at the pollen and nectar but this doesn’t pollenate them. The seeds are taken by ants to their nests. They eat the outer coating but dispose of the seeds in the nest “garbage dump”. The seeds grow there, safe in the nest and feeding on the ant nest detritus. St Bruno near Montreal.