One would think eating a dragonfly whole would be a daunting task for this bird. It even escaped for a few seconds, only to be quickly repatured. In a short time it was swallowed, and the flycatcher sat opening and closing its beak for a minute. Then it flew down to the grass, caught a grasshopper, flew back up to its perch, and commenced to swallow that too.

Amazing.

It was such a mild and beautiful Manitoba summer night. Mosquitoes? I heard one, and brushed it away.

The Big Dipper was beautiful. Mars shone low in the southern sky. And Pleiades, The Seven Sisters, was eye catching in the east.

Berries forming:

Flowers:

In bud:

Early spring:

The heart shaped leaf of the Smooth Carrionflower, Latin name Smilax.