23-JUN-2010
Six-spotted orbweaver with egg mass
This tiny spider is pretty common at FWG, but this is the first I've found this year with an egg mass.
21-JUN-2010
Ox-eye daisy and timothy.
Jeewa took this very elegant photo of the daisy and timothy grass. European skippers are closely associated with timothy and when it begins to appear so do the skippers.
21-JUN-2010
Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia)
A beautiful shot of the small stand of cactus that keeps on popping up in the BYG year after year.
21-JUN-2010
Tree swallow
Tree swallows already have young and it won't be long before they leave the nest (if not already!). Where do the weeks go? It seems the swallows arrived back only yesterday!
21-JUN-2010
Black-capped chickadee fledged young
Youngsters are on the wing, like this young chickadee, haranguing parents for food!
19-JUN-2010
Chipmunk
Chipmunks, like this guy, plus the squirrels, turtles, frogs, birds, butterflies, dragonflies, moths, rabbits, groundhogs, the occasional deer, fox and beaver, muskrats, etc. etc. all appreciate the wildlife garden, which is a 15 acre haven in the middle of a big city, for them to live in, whether temporarily or permanently. This is what we are celebrating today, our 20th anniversary of being a garden!
19-JUN-2010
Cutting the cake
Eileen, knife in hand, is about to cut the birthday cake.
19-JUN-2010
Our cake!
And a delicious one it was too. Little was left at the end of the event.
19-JUN-2010
Peter, Jeff and Eileen
Peter Hall, Jeff Harrison and Eileen Chivers. Peter and Jeff from the OFNC and Eileen from Landscape Ontario, worked tirelessly to get the FWG project off the ground. That we are where we are today, is thanks to them.
24-JUN-2010
Peter Hall
Peter Hall and his wife, Judy, were the ones who instigated the idea and the search for a location for the garden. Without them, and Jeff Harrison who quickly joined in with his support, there would be no Fletcher Wildlife Garden!
24-JUN-2010
Trevor Cole
Trevor, now retired, was for many years the Dominion Arborist, for the Arboretum next door to the FWG. He was and is, a big supporter of the garden.
19-JUN-2010
FWG 20th anniversary party
Another shot of the whole group, this time including two people who were busy taking photos of the group.