No Fishing

I posted a photo of one of these white hickory tussock moth caterpillars yesterday. They appear to be everywhere at the moment, fattening up before overwintering in a cocoon which will be hidden in this fall's leaf litter. As I mentioned yesterday, do not touch them; they are beautiful but also poisonous:


It appears to be becoming something of a morning ritual. This cormorant will circle Lakeside Park at approximately the same time every morning and occasionally touch down for a snack. The cormorant dived a few times and caught what looked like a goldfish this morning before moving on:


I wanted to concentrate on insects this morning, using the flash on my camera, but unfortunately, the flash drained my batteries as I was taking photos of a striped bug. I turned to my telephoto camera, but the warblers and finches were still not cooperating. The great egret was hunting in front of the reeds to my left, but a little too far away for anything of any detail. Disappointed, I decided to call it a day and head home on my bike. I packed up my camera and unchained my bike from the seated table and turned around to see the great egret now right up close and to my side. I hurriedly unpacked my camera and monopod as the egret fished behind me:


I caught a photo of the egret as it snapped up and then juggled a tiny fish:


Unbeknown to the great egret, it was fishing in someone else's favourite fishing spot. The great blue heron flew around me, landing behind the great egret. The look on the great blue heron's face said it all:


The great blue heron chased the egret off and then proceeded to mark its territory, which I am guessing I was part of, as the great blue heron summarily walked around its fishing spot, so close to me that I had to switch to my point-and-shoot Powershot camera. The difference in colour between the Pentax and Canon photos is quite noticeable:


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Location: Lakeside Park, 206 Lakeside Dr, Kitchener, ON N2M 4C5, Canada

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