Low levels

The Ottawa River has revealed many submerged objects this summer as levels have been abnormally low. With clouds reflected in the glass-like surface, it may appear that this deadhead is a wand floating in the sky, or maybe not.

Summer hummer

We know that we have reached the peak of summer when the hummingbirds are flitting around.

They are fast, beautiful and territorial, as we have learned from witnessing some high-flying skirmishes between two opposing hummers.