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The Great Northern Diver 

 The Powder Post Beetle 

 A Floating Island 

 Active Gleaners . 

 Flocking Already ! 



When the Swallows 



The Fascination of Light 

 The Canadian Mocking-Bird 

 The Old Sport . 

 A Migrating Butterfly 

 The Great Blue Heron 

 Flowers of the Season 

 The Passing of Summer 

 The Waning Year 

 The Witch Hazel 

 The Tussock Moth 

 Epipactis Viridiflora . 

 Departing Summer Visitors 

 Whip-Poor-Will 

 Birds of Passage . 

 The Haunt of the Coot 

 A Lonely Wanderer 

 The Autumn Panorama 

 The Dead Leaves Fall 

 Weather Prophets 

 As THE Year Passes 

 Preparing for Spring 

 Early Winter 

 Some Winter Visitors 

 Winter Buds 

 Bittersweet . 

 Inspired by the Snow 

 An Evening Reveller 

 The Great Horned Owl 

 muskrats 



Last Day of Danger 

 The Beach in Winter 

 Nature's Dreams . 

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