Last weekend, we visited Wilket Creek at Edwards Gardens. We caught some minnows and took a quick, close-up look, before putting them back in the creek.
Duncan will never forget what a minnow is, now that he's held one.
A beautiful insect that we looked up in an insect identification book when we got home. I believe it's a black winged damselfly.
This is a great place to let kids learn about water, insects, and fish.
Duncan could have spent the entire day here.
Today we went back to Woodbine Park, at the foot of Coxwell Avenue, before you get to Lake Ontario. We caught two froglets. The smaller one had already grown it's front legs, but the bigger one was barely out of the tadpole stage.
I let Duncan take a froglet out of the pale for a few seconds just to get a better look. We let them back in the water afterwards.
Swans who had been preening themselves.
Over on the far side of the manmade pond, we caught a beautiful, green leopard frog.
We checked him out for a few minutes and then let him hop back into his watery habitat.
Later, Duncan appropriately enough cooled off on a giant frog at the adjacent splash pad.The last thing we did was go to the beach where Duncan built a dam. The beach was seriously over-crowed and too many people were showing off close to shore on jet skis. I'd go back on a weekday afternoon.
