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This is an archive of photographs submitted since 2001 by residents of Buck Lake to bucklake.ca. We now encourage members to join our Facebook Group at http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/groups/132270000194765/ and post your photos or videos shot on and around the lake there.
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Heron family in the nest on Twin Island, North Buck. (Photo by Stephen Roughton) |
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Mother heron demonstrates takeoff attitude for her large offspring. (Photo by Stephen Roughton) |
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A beautiful (to some eyes!), beneficial black rat snake hunting for mice or moles near a cottage on North Buck. This one is over four feet long, which is common for the type. (Photo by Richard Linley) |
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Heavy spring rains have multiplied the amount of water gushing into Buck North from the waterfall at Slide Lake taken on the Victoria Day weekend. Compare this with a similar shot taken at the same location in May 2002 further down on this page! (Photo by Heidi Linley.) |
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Young loon with parent. The baby is growing up quickly! (Photo by Carolyn Giles.) |
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Protective osprey mom and chick. (Photo by Carolyn Giles.) |
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Mother with chicks. (Taken from a safe distance by Carolyn Giles. Papa Loon was nearby on guard duty.) |
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The osprey nest on the South Branch is once again home to a nesting pair. Out of sight in the male's talons is the fish he has brought home to his mate. (Photo by Carolyn Giles.) |
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On the nest! Two signs of a healthy shoreline: A nesting loon and a sweet gale shrub. (Photo by Carolyn Giles, taken with a telephoto lens at a loon-friendly distance.) |
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January 2010 on the south branch. (Photo by John Ihnat.) |
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Morning Frost on the south branch. (Photo by Caroline Giles.) |
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Autumn 2009 comes to the south branch. (Photo by Grayden McClurg.) |
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An enhanced-colour shot showing a distant streak of lighting at sunset over Frontenac Park in June 2009. (Photo by Richard Linley.) |
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A serene, hazy autumn day in 2008. (Thanks to Susan & David Curran.) |
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A rare red trillium on Narrows Lane, May 2008. (Thanks to Grayden McClurg.) |
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A female imperial moth (Eacles imperialis) visits a Buck Lake north cottage in early July 2007 The wing span is about 5.5 inches (14 cm). (Photo by Richard Linley.) |
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Scan of a slide taken of Pulpit Rock in 1969 during a fishing trip. (Thanks to John Lonneville.) |
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High-resolution image not available. | Spring comes to the South Branch in this photo and the two following. (Thanks to Janet Roffe.) |
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Looking south from Porcupine Island across the channel to Buck Island, Summer 2004. (Thanks to Cyril Cook.) |
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The waterfall at the north end of the south basin, emptying into Massasauga Creek, May 2004. (Thanks to Cyril Cook.) |
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Another lovely summer 2004 sunset, this shot taken at the culvert. (Thanks to Lisa Bumbala.) |
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One of the glorious sunsets of August 2004. Looking past the point of Green Island toward Frontenac Park. (Photo by Richard Linley.) |
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Fall (2004) contrasts on the south basin. (Thanks to David Smith.) |
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Summer is over... (Thanks to David Smith.) |
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... And the dock is up. (Thanks to David Smith.) |
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A cedar on Birch Island takes a 90° turn out of a rock wall. (Thanks to David Smith.) |
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A large tree and several smaller ones eke out a precarious living from a rock wall on the south basin. (Thanks to David Smith.) |
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A blue heron does a low-level flypast of Twin Island on the north basin. (Photo by Heather Linley.) |
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Anglers try their luck over a weed bed as the sun dips slowly behind Frontenac Park in July 2004. (Photo by Richard Linley.) |
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Green Island slowly appears on a cool and misty morning in July 2004. (Photo by Richard Linley.) |
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A female ruby-throated hummingbird pauses en route to the feeder to eyeball the photographer. (Photo by Richard Linley.) |
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Skating rink and paths on the south basin, courtesy of Carl Schenk. (Thanks to David Smith.) |
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Winter sunset on the south basin. (Thanks to David Smith.) |
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Thanksgiving weekend 2003 shot of a maple-leaf-shaped maple on the north basin. |
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Another colourful Thanksgiving weekend 2003 shot on the north basin at Twin Island Lane. |
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A lovely pre-dawn shot taken facing east across the narrows on the north basin. (Thanks to Bob Stack.) |
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Same setting, at the crack of dawn. (Thanks to Bob Stack.) |
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A fine study of Pulpit Rock, a.k.a. Devil's Pulpit, on the south basin. (Thanks to David Smith.) |
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A gorgeous shot on the south basin, looking north, with Birch Island on the right. (Thanks to David Smith.) |
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An older (2002?) gorgeous shot on the south basin, looking across to Birch Island. (Thanks to David Smith.) |
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Blue flag iris (iris versicolor) on the shore of Porcupine Island. (Thanks to Janet Roffe.) |
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This and the next three shots are of a July 2002 fire at Goldfish Lake, TOO CLOSE to Buck Lake. |
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The cause was a camp fire that was thought to have been extinguished. |
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Smoke drifts eerily through the scorched woods. |
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Fire fighters had to return to the scene for each of several days after the original fire to put it out again and again. |
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A self-tamed ruffed grouse — inappropriately named "Goose" by the photographer's daughter — joins the photographer's son for lunch at her cottage on the north basin. The human looks less comfortable than the grouse! (Thanks to Heidi Linley.) |
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"Goose" senses that no handouts are forthcoming, and makes a beeline for the photographer's yummy-looking petunias instead. (Thanks to Heidi Linley.) |
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Water boils up from the swollen cascade from Slide Lake into the north basin during the wet May of 2002. (Thanks to Heidi Linley.) |
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A second cascade from Slide Lake into the north basin appeared well south of the "usual" one during the wet, wet spring of 2002. (Thanks to Heidi Linley.) |
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A shot across the bows off Green Island on the north basin during the hot, dry summer of 2001. (If you are using a PC and have Active Desktop set to "Show Web content", you'll find the hi-res version of this picture makes a nice wallpaper image.) |
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A lovely shot of the not-yet-frozen lake seen through trees along the south basin. (Thanks to David Smith.) |
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Wild turkeys at Bluewater Park. (Thanks to Sharon Reddrop.) |
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A fawn at Bluewater Park. (Thanks to Sharon Reddrop.) |
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Stopping for a drink at Bluewater Park. (Thanks to Sharon Reddrop.) |
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A buck at Bluewater Park. (Thanks to Sharon Reddrop.) |
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Two bucks at Bluewater Park. (Thanks to Sharon Reddrop.) |
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Four bucks at Bluewater Park. (The bucks stop here! Thanks to Sharon Reddrop.) |