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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 4h

The autumn shoreline paints a golden line, Where changing leaves and quiet waters blend. A mirror world of amber and of pine, Blurs where the trees begin and ripples end. #Autumn2026 #LandscapePhotography #Reflections

Autumn trees line a calm shoreline, their leaves a mix of deep green, bright yellow, and orange. Pale silvery-grey trees stand out in the middle of the hillside. The still water below mirrors the foliage in blurry streaks of gold and green, with tiny white specks of seeds or fluff scattered across the surface. A white buoy with red markings floats at the right edge, with a Double-crested Cormorant perched on top.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 5h

A snowy hunter stands in quiet grace, Its perfect double mirrored in the blue, stillness cast upon the water's face. Great Egret #WildlifePhotography #Reflections #NaturePhotography

A Great Egret with white plumage stands in shallow, dark blue water, its long S-curved neck bent low and its orange-yellow beak pointing down toward the surface. Its black legs are partly submerged, and small ripples spread around them. Directly below, a mirror image of the bird is reflected in the still water, with the reflected beak angled up toward the real one. Fine ripples texture the deep blue water in the upper part of the image.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Ruby wings like fresh embers ignite, Gilded tail on a sun-warmed stone. A miniature dragon of copper and light, Rules the wild riverbed alone. Male American Rubyspot Damselfly #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The sparrow perches on a bending reed, watching the marsh mist slowly dissolve. Stillness ripples across the dark water as a wild morning wakes. House Sparrow #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography

A close-up photograph captures a small, plump Sparrow perched on a bare, diagonal tree branch.The bird has mottled brown and gray feathers, a pale underbelly, and a short, conical yellowish beak. Soft sunlight illuminates the front of its body, while the rest of its form is cast in gentle shadow. The background is softly blurred, showing a mix of green leaves, dark branches, and a few small red berries.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A pale sail unfurls over dark water. One long stride, a scatter of droplets, and the Great Egret is up while a Mallard watches, unimpressed. #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

A large white Great Egret takes off from the surface of a small lake, creating water splashes as its wings lift fully spread. In the background, a brown Mallard duck floats calmly near a fallen tree branch.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

All the yellow October has left, ragged petals fringed with rust, reaching for the last of the warmth. Coreopsis #SundayYellow #Bloomscrolling #Gardening #FlowerPhotography

A close-up, top-down photograph of a vibrant yellow Coreopsis flower blooming against a dark, blurry green foliage background. The flower features two layers of slender, slightly jagged petals with distinct reddish-brown streaks spreading outward from the center. At the very center is a raised, textured golden-yellow disc filled with small, tightly packed tubular florets.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Golden light breaks through the dark, Painting marshes with a spark. The sleeping bay begins to wake, As colors dance across the lake. A quiet, breathtaking new day. #Sunrise #LandscapePhotography #LakeErie

A wide landscape photograph captures a serene sunrise over a vast body of water and coastal wetlands.The sky transitions from a deep, muted blue at the top to a bright, vibrant orange along the horizon. Dark, textured clouds stretch horizontally across the middle of the frame, partially obscuring the rising sun. However, intense pockets of fiery red and bright orange light break through the cloud cover just above the distant shoreline.In the foreground, a dense expanse of wild marsh grass and wetlands runs across the entire width of the lower third of the photo. Still patches of water among the grass mirror the warm, soft colors of the twilight sky.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Autumn gold surrounds the brush, Two Sandhill Cranes in peaceful hush. Crowns of red and necks so long, Wild and free where they belong. Sandhill Cranes #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Bright contrails slash through an amber sky, as a bursting sun dips low over the water. Whispering clouds drift in the twilight, holding the final, radiant glow of day. #Sunset #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #SunsetPhotography

A brilliant sun bursts over a dark tree line, casting sharp light rays across a vibrant sunset sky. Prominent airplane contrails form an "X" and streak through a sky transitioning from gradient blues to warm amber and orange. Dense, silhouetted foliage and trees dominate the midground, with calm river waters in the foreground reflecting the darkening sky and the shapes of the trees.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Golden rays pierce the quiet riverside shade, As trail and water watch the daylight fade. A dreamy sun sinks low in a peaceful sky, Whispering to the river a soft lullaby. #Sunset #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #SunsetPhotography

A vibrant sunset burst as seen through a frame of silhouetted tree branches. The brilliant sun sits low on the horizon, casting dramatic, sharp light rays downward over dense, dark foliage and a glimpse of water below. Contrails streak across a sky transitioning from a soft blue to a warm orange and yellow glow around the sun.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sunrise steals across the glassy canal. The boathouses stand in a silent, still embrace, As autumn's cool whisper begins to take place. We pack up the season till spring we shall greet, And leave this calm haven where two seasons meet. #LandscapePhotography #Sunrise #LongPointBay

Golden hour sunrise over a still canal in the Long Point Bay marsh, Ontario. Two weathered boathouses with corrigated metal roofs and screened upper porches line the left shore, framed by tall trees and creeping vine. A small blue shed and wooden dock sit further down the canal's edge. Goldenrod and wetland plants grow thick in the foreground, and the calm water perfectly mirrors the buildings and trees. Soft pink and orange sky glows on the horizon over distant marsh grass.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A sapphire spark on sun-warmed stone, While afternoon’s soft shadows grow. By Grand River banks he sits alone, As amber currents gently flow. Blue-fronted Dancer Damselfly #NaturePhotography #Insects #WildlifePhotography

A close-up, top-down shot of a brilliant blue male Blue-fronted Dancer Damselfly resting on a textured, light tan rock surface in the afternoon light. The insect has a slender, vibrant blue body with distinct black markings along its segments, clear translucent wings folded over its back, and large dark compound eyes. The final segments at the tip of its tail are a bright, solid electric blue.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sunlit waves gently gleam, Mergansers rest beside the stream. Warm afternoon, they softly doze, Where the peaceful river flows. Common Mergansers #WildlifePhotography #Waterfowl #NaturePhotography

Seven Common Mergansers resting on a large rock in the Grand River, most with heads tucked into their wing feathers asleep, while one bird on the right sits alert with its head raised. Sunlit ripples create a sparkling, blurred background on the water behind them.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Autumn’s final crown, bleeding magenta into fading light as embers of summer grow cold. A resilient bloom awaiting the first frost. Echinacea #FlowerPhotography #Bloomscrolling #Gardening #NaturePhotography

A close-up shot of a purple Coneflower (Echinacea) in vibrant bloom against a blurred green background. The daisy-like flower features long, slender magenta-purple petals extending outward from a prominent, spiky central cone of deep orange and brown. Bright sunlight highlights the detailed texture of the petals and the central crown, casting soft shadows beneath them.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Perched still on a weathered bough, eyes fixed past the water now. No rush in that watching stare, just breath, and light, and lake air. Female Belted Kingfisher #BeltedKingfisher #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Golden stars by the Grand River gleam, Dancing deep in the warm afternoon beam. Wild hearts rooted where waters expand, Chasing sunlight over golden land. Saw-tooth Sunflowers #SundayYellow #FlowerPhotography #Bloomscrolling #NaturePhotography

A close-up photograph of a native wild Sawtooth Sunflower plant against a dark navy blue background. On the left, a single, brilliant yellow sunflower bloom is wide open in full afternoon sunlight, showcasing its prominent, textured golden-brown central disc and long, asymmetrical pointed petals. Two more partially open yellow buds cluster closely behind it. Curving upwards and to the right, the smooth, dark green-to-purplish hairless stems bear several older, dried, button-like seed heads that have turned a deep, textured rusty-brown. A few long, slender green leaves extend from the stem.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Found the snitch. This Great Blue Heron clocked me before I even got close and blew my cover to the Mute Swans down the shore. Master of the sneaky stare. Great Blue Heron #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A Great Blue Heron ratted me out and now these two are giving me the full judgmental side-eye 😂 Mute Swans, not so mute when it comes to shade. Mute Swans #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography

Two white mute swans with bright orange bills stand side-by-side facing left in shallow, dark, rippling water.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A flash of crimson on a weathered bough, The Meadowhawk rests still and silent now. With wings of glass that catch the morning gleams. Meadowhawk Dragonfly #NaturePhotography #InsectPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Insects

A close-up photograph of a red Meadowhawk Dragonfly perched on the tip of a dry, weathered twig against a softly blurred, dark green background. The dragonfly's segmented abdomen is a vibrant crimson red, while its thorax and head are a warm brown. Its delicate, transparent wings are spread slightly, showing fine, net-like veins that catch the light.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Gold light slips down the canal, past the reeds and out to the bay. The cottages are just starting to stir, and the water still holds the night. #Sunrise #LongPointBay #LandscapePhotography

Sunrise over a narrow canal at the edge of a marshy bay. The sun sits low on the right, sending a starburst through the branches of tall, dark trees above a small white cottage and a parked travel trailer. A moored boat with an outboard motor rests at a dock beside them. On the left, a weathered wooden boathouse on stilts glows orange in the early light. The calm canal runs toward the horizon between reed beds, reflecting pale gold sky on the left and the deep black shadows of the trees and cottage on the right. Past the reeds, the open bay meets a peach and orange sky with scattered golden clouds, a small column of cloud near the horizon, and a flock of birds low over the water.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Deep magenta petals unfurl in the low light, cradling golden centers where tiny pollinators rest. A quiet, wild theater of shadows and vivid life. Cosmos #NaturePhotography #Flowers #Bloomscrolling #FlowerPhotography

A close-up shot of two vibrant magenta Cosmos flowers under dramatic, moody lighting. Their bright golden centers are detailed and textured, with small pollinators resting on them against a dark, softly blurred background.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Deep purple petals, fanning out like starlight, guard a golden crown. Summer whispers goodbye, as autumn claims the season. Asters #FlowerPhotography #Flowers #Bloomscrolling #NaturePhotography

A close-up photograph of vibrant purple Aster flowers blooming against a dark, shadowed background.
The flowers feature numerous thin, radiating purple petals that fan out around a textured, golden-orange center. Green leaves and stems are subtly visible under sunlight.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Two Egrets, wings wide open, one step from a dance, one step from a fight. The reflection played out in the water below. Great Egrets #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography

Two great egrets with bright white plumage stand in shallow, calm blue-grey water with their wings spread wide. The egret in front is mid-stride, with one foot lifting out of the water, its wings fanned open and its neck curved in an S-shape as its orange-yellow bill points to the right. Behind it, the second egret stands upright with its neck stretched tall and one wing raised high, its bill pointing left. Small splashes surround the black legs of both birds. A leafy green shrub grows from the water at the left edge of the frame. The still surface below mirrors the birds and the shrub in soft, blurred reflections. Muted, overcast light gives the whole scene a cool blue tone.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Wrapped in a coat of emerald hue, A master of camouflage in morning dew. Among the clover, still and bright, He waits beneath the shifting light. Northern Leopard Frog #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

The Northern Leopard Frog's smooth skin features a striking pattern of bright lime green and deep brown spots outlined with light borders. Two distinct, light-colored ridges run down its back from its eyes to its hind legs. Its legs are folded close to its body, blending seamlessly into the surrounding green clover leaves and dark soil.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A golden crest breaks through the night, To wash the marsh in amber light. The ripples fade, the reeds wake new, Under a sky of brilliant hue. Long Point Bay Marsh #LandscapePhotography #SunrisePhotography

The bright sun hangs low on the left side of the horizon, casting an intense, fiery orange and yellow glow across the sky and lighting up the edges of scattered clouds. To the right, a subtle rainbow-colored sun dog (parhelion) glimmers faintly in the atmosphere. The foreground is filled with a dark, wide expanse of tall marsh grasses and reeds, catching the warm, golden backlighting of the early morning light.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A flash of white in rippling gray, A patient hunter standing still, It watches ripples fade away, With silent grace and focused will. Great Egret #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography

A large white Egret stands in dark, rippling water. The bird is captured from the side, showcasing its long, elegant S-curved neck, sharp yellow beak, and sleek white plumage. Its thin black legs are submerged in the water, which reflects the overcast sky with deep blue and gray waves.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Before first light had fully spread, the wren was singing overhead, one small voice, the marsh's own, claiming morning as its throne. Marsh Wren #BigCreekWildlifeArea #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

A small Marsh wren grips two vertical, dry reeds with its legs splayed wide in a classic split stance. The bird has a crisp white eyebrow stripe, a solid dark cap, and richly textured brown and black streaked feathers on its back. The background is a soft-focus blur of green marsh vegetation.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Light spills through a sky still deciding, grey holding gold like a held breath. The marsh keeps its own quiet counsel, water and reed, waiting for rain or none at all. #LongPointBay #LandscapePhotography #LakeErie #OntarioWetlands

A dramatic sky at Long Point Bay marsh. Thick grey storm clouds parting to let shafts of light fall over still water, with a silhouetted tree line on the horizon and marsh grasses and purple wildflowers in the foreground.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Gold breaks the water first, soft before the world wakes, one quiet line of light holding the bay still. #LandscapePhotography #LakeErie #LongPointBay #sunrise

A golden sunrise over a calm, glassy canal. The sun sits low on the horizon, glowing bright white-gold and breaking through a band of soft orange-lit clouds. Its light casts a long, shimmering reflection down the center of the still water. On the left, two dark, silhouetted waterfront cottages with peaked roofs and lit windows rise above a wooden dock. On the right, another silhouetted cottage sits closer to the water's edge, partially obscured by a tall tree. In the foreground, silhouetted tall grasses, reeds, and wildflowers frame the bottom of the scene, with patches of aquatic vegetation floating on the water's surface near the shoreline.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Through birch and beam the sunlight breaks, a nation strong for freedom's sake. Storms may come, roots still hold fast, Canada's light will always last, into a future bright and vast. #Canada #CanadaStrong #Freedom #Sovereignty #LandscapePhotography

Sunset viewed through the open ground-floor columns of a wooden building on Long Point Bay, Lake Erie, Canada, with the sun's rays forming a starburst between silhouetted birch trees. Green lawn in the foreground, wetland reeds and water visible in the background under a soft dusk sky, evoking the Canadian landscape.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Thank you so much. 5 am drive to be in the right place at the right time. The plane and contrail didn't even notice til I got home. 😊

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The gold wakes up the sleeping bay, To chase the fading night away. A single streak across the sky, As morning breathes a quiet sigh. 🌅 #LongPointBay #LakeErie #LandscapePhotography #Sunrise

A wide-angle landscape photo of a dramatic sunrise over Long Point Bay.

The sun is bursting from behind low, dark clouds along the horizon, casting a fiery orange and golden glow across the water's surface. Dark, scattered clouds stretch across the center of the sky, transitioning into a deep blue-grey at the top. In the upper right corner, a single white airplane contrail streaks through the clear sky. In the foreground, dark green marsh grasses and reeds line the waterfront, silhouetted against the morning light.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I have seen Cormorants to this but never Herons.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The log is hot real estate, And neither side will vacate! Turtles claim the prime high ground, Leaving ducks to lounge around. "Move, slowpokes!" mallards quack. "We’re staying put," shells snap back. A turf war on mossy wood! 😁 #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography

Two mallard ducks and two freshwater turtles share a mossy, sunlit log resting in a lake covered in green duckweed. In the foreground, the two ducks sit calmly on the right side of the log. In the upper left background, the two turtles bask in the sun, propped up high on the wood.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Clouds part over a quiet canal. Still waters mirror the soft dawn light, holding the sky. Cottages rest on stilts above the marshy bank. Tall reeds sway in the morning breeze. Peace lingers over the marsh at dawn. #LongPointBay #LakeErie #LandscapePhotography

A wide view of a marshy canal at Long Point Bay, Ontario, at dawn. On the left, a cottage on stilts with a red metal roof and a small blue shed sit above a wooden retaining wall along the water's edge. On the right, a brown cottage with a dark roof stands among tall reeds and grasses. The still water reflects a pale golden sky with breaking clouds, and the canal narrows toward open marshland in the distance, framed by tall trees on both sides. Wild grasses and goldenrod line the foreground.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Yes. I learned that this summer as well when I got a few captures of them.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Clouds peel back to let the light leak through, falling in streaks across the river mouth. A boat sits anchored where the currents slow, casting a single line into the silver glass. The shoreline rests easy between the trees, while the morning breaks, patient and perfectly still. #LongPointBay

A wide landscape photo of a calm, reflective channel of water leading out to a larger body of water under a cloudy sky. On the left bank, a person stands fishing from a small motorized boat near a two-story wooden structure. On the right bank, a white house, a camper trailer, and a parked boat sit near tall green trees.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Wings of stained glass tilt against the violet spears. A slow drinking of summer’s last purple ink, before the long flight south begins. Monarch Butterfly on Blue Vervain #NaturePhotography #WildlifePhotography #MonarchButterfly #FallMigration #Butterflies

A monarch butterfly with vibrant orange and black patterned wings rests on a dense cluster of purple blue vervain wildflowers. The butterfly is feeding from the tiny blossoms on the plant's vertical spikes. Dark green, out-of-focus foliage creates a soft, natural background.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

I will have to get back down to Long Point to get some final photos if I can find them.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Master of patience and the original master of disguise. This green heron waiting out its lunch on a branch. Green Heron (note: taken at a fair distance and a lot of noise reduction used) #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography

A medium-sized Green Heron perches on a thin, submerged branch protruding from a swamp covered in thick green duckweed. The bird has a dark greenish-black cap, a rich chestnut-colored neck with white streaking down the front, and greyish-green wings. It holds a low, horizontal posture, staring intently to the right with its sharp yellow eyes and long, pointed dark bill, perfectly camouflaged against the murky aquatic vegetation.

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Lake Erie Girl 🌊 - Grace 🍁 @longpointbeach.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Stark white silhouette balances on sun-bleached wood. A sharp orange arrow cutting through the tangled green. Shadows wait below, watching a patient, quiet hunter. Great Egret #WildlifePhotography #NaturePhotography #BirdPhotography

A large white great egret perched on a bare, sun-bleached tree branch against a blurry green foliage background. The bird has bright white feathers, a long neck curved slightly, long black legs gripping the branch, and a sharp, bright orange beak pointing to the right.

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