Here are the entries in our Love Nature photo contest, which is open to all residents of Windsor and Essex County. We will post them as they come in until the contest deadline: Sept. 30, 2020.
The beauty of fall at Ojibway Park on Sept. 27, 2020. Photo by Caitlyn Walker
A beautiful flower for a beautiful time of year. This photo was taken Sept. 27, 2020 at Ojibway Park. Photo by Caitlyn Walker
A beautiful natural corridor at Maidstone Conservation Area on Sept. 26, 2020. Photo by Caitlyn Walker
Category: Teens
This close-up photo of a giant swallowtail was taken at a flower shop on Wyandotte Street East in Windsor on June 4, 2020. Photo by Warren Evans
A bunny sits in a familiar pose along the Riverfront Trail in Windsor on June 25, 2020. The photo was taken when it was blinded by the sun. Photo by Warren Evans
My first time seeing a cormorant. This photo was taken at Riverside Marina on Aug. 31, 2020. Photo by Warren Evans
Category: Adults
This young fox kit was happy to pose for a few minutes before scurrying back into its den. This photo was taken May 19, 2020 in Kingsville, which definitely seems to have a higher amount of foxes reported than most places I see. Photo by Donny Moore
This image of trumpeter swans was taken in Harrow on May 29, 2020. It is the first confirmed successful breeding of the species in Southwestern Ontario in over 100 years. Photo by Donny Moore
A bee sits on a milkweed flower in LaSalle. This photo is related to my fun hobby as a beekeeper. As a lover of nature I snap pictures (a lot of them!) of honeybees on my own apiary, and when I am out in the community helping others with bee rescues and educating the public about the importance of protecting pollinators like the honeybee and the forage sources in our community. Photo by Tim Purdie
Bees gather on a tree in LaSalle. This photo is related to my fun hobby as a beekeeper. I started an Essex County Beekeepers Club about three years ago and we have over 160 members today! Photo by Tim Purdie
Baby raccoons, like this one on my property in LaSalle, were everywhere this spring. There is so much wildlife in our region and it is important to respect this land is an ecosystem that we share, and need to take care of. Photo by Tim Purdie
Ox-eye daisy growing in an empty lot on Peter and Indian streets in Windsor on June 6, 2020. I’m a biology graduate from the University of Windsor. My work predominantly focused on fish and wetland ecology. This past year I decided to start teaching myself plant identification. It has been an exciting spring and summer.
Photo by Justin Landry
Blue flag/blue iris at Ojibway Prairie Complex on June 8, 2020. Photo by Justin Landry
Blue vervain at Ruscom Shores Conservation Area on Aug. 2, 2020. Photo by Justin Landry
This iPhone photo was taken on Aug. 19, 2020 in our backyard in Lasalle. This is my first butterfly after collecting eggs on milkweed leaves and feeding caterpillars until they are at the pupa stage; then waiting while they are enclosed in chrysalises. Photo by Cheryl Thomson
These flowers are food for the pollinators on the LaSalle trails near Malden Road. This photo was taken Aug. 27, 2020. Photo by Catherine Hogg
The sun setting behind Fighting Island in mid-June 2020.
Photo by JoAnn Grondin
Robins nesting under a gazebo roof in LaSalle in mid-June 2020. Photo by JoAnn Grondin
“OK if I sit here?” Photo by Mary Jane MacVicar
A monarch lands on a flower in front of Erie Shores Hospice in Leamington. Photo by Mary Jane MacVicar
A great blue heron about to take off at Cedar Creek in the summer of 2020. Photo by Jacqueline Patterson
This green heron was nice enough to pose and allow me to get fairly close. The photo was was taken on May 4, 2020 at the Essex sewage lagoons. I walk on the beautiful trails provided for us here in Essex almost every day and am constantly surprised by the beauty that nature provides. And I always bring my camera. Photo by Mike Burkoski
This photo of a common ringlet butterfly was taken on June 16, 2020 on the Cypher Systems Group Greenway between North Malden and Pinkerton roads. Photo by Mike Burkoski
This colourful shot of a bee visiting a thistle was taken on the Cypher Systems Group Greenway in Essex on Aug. 26, 2020. Photo by Mike Burkoski
A heron with his breakfast catch at Hillman Marsh on
June 18, 2020. Photo by Linda Enns
A heron poses for a photo near East Beach Road on Aug. 22, 2020. Photo by Linda Enns
The Marsh Boardwalk tower at Point Pelee National Park on Sept. 18, 2020. Photo by Linda Enns
A hummingbird at rest in Tecumseh on Aug. 31, 2020. Photo by Allison Couture
A sunflower standing up to a storm in Tecumseh on
Aug. 14, 2020. Photo by Allison Couture
A busy bee in Reaume Park in Windsor on Sept. 4, 2020. Photo by Allison Couture
A dragonfly dries after a dip in the pool in LaSalle in August 2020. Photo by Fiona Klein
Backyard barefoot bliss in LaSalle in August 2020. Photo by Fiona Klein
This monarch butterfly is at our house in Belle River. We have planted milkweed, collected eggs and raised 10 monarchs. This was one of our releases. Photo by Lucille St. Pierre
This was taken at Point Pelee. The sanderlings were running along the beach at the tip. It was a windy day. They were trying to stay out of the surf. Photo by Lucille St. Pierre
An eastern tailed-blue sits in the afternoon sun at Ojibway Park in Windsor in August 2020. Photo by Paula O’Rourke
An eastern tiger swallowtail rests on a milkweed plant in LaSalle on July 30, 2020. Photo by Paula O’Rourke
A monarch in the late afternoon at Ojibway Park in September 2020. Photo by Paula O’Rourke
The orioles come to the feeder every year. This photo was taken in Kingsville on May 13, 2020. Photo by Ashley Holden
An oriole in Kingsville on May 13, 2020. Photo by Ashley Holden
Touch me or touch me not is a child’s favourite. This photo was taken Sept. 27, 2020 at Point Pelee National Park. Photo by Lourdes Daly
This swallowtail butterfly was attracted to the colourful butterfly bush in our backyard. The picture was taken on Aug. 8, 2020 in Leamington. Photo by Peter Hack
On Aug. 4, 2020, I captured this monarch butterfly coming in for a landing on our backyard butterfly bush in Leamington. Photo by Peter Hack
Numerous bees gathered on the pinkish flowers from our ornamental onion plant in the front yard in Leamington. The setting sun of Aug. 6, 2020 highlighted the translucency of the bee’s wings as it moved across the flower. Photo by Peter Hack
A swan sits at the Gil Maure boat dock in LaSalle on April 30, 2020. Photo by Alex Szalkai
A baby deer curls up in a backyard in LaSalle on May 24, 2020. Photo by Alex Szalkai
A baby deer and mother walk through a backyard in LaSalle on May 24, 2020. Photo by Alex Szalkai
This photo was taken in Wheatley on Aug. 30, 2020. Photo by Wally Simpson
I took this photo in our apple orchard in Leamington on May 15, 2020. Photo by Wally Simpson
An eastern chipmunk caught on camera in my backyard in LaSalle on Sept. 9, 2020. Photo by Linda Menard-Watt
A blue dasher makes a stop in my LaSalle backyard on July 28, 2020. Photo by Linda Menard-Watt
A honey bee with with a pollen sack on its leg sits on a flower in the Ojibway Prairie on Sept. 19, 2020. Photo by Linda Menard-Watt
An osprey embraces the sky at Hillman Marsh Conservation Area on Sept. 27, 2020. I took this photo while on a canoeing trip. Photo by Nancy Platsko
A sunflower in full bloom in Kingsville on Aug. 3, 2020. Photo by Olivia Wuerch
A butterfly lands on a flower in LaSalle on Aug. 12, 2020. Photo by Julie Szalkai
Geese with lots of babies as seen from LaSalle’s Front Road Park on May 16, 2020. Photo by Julie Szalkai
A swan with babies swims at LaSalle Front Road Park on May 21, 2020. Photo by Julie Szalkai
A curious fawn near Front Road in LaSalle is captured on camera Sept. 1, 2020. Photo by Landan Dallyn
Dragonfly rests on wild grass next to Front Road in LaSalle on July 5, 2020. Photo by Landan Dallyn
A starling comes in for landing near Front Road in LaSalle on Aug. 31, 2020. Photo by Landan Dallyn
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