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Murphy's Point Provincial Park

Recently I took a day trip down to Murphy's Point Provincial Park. I ended up going on two hikes in the park and spending some time at the day-use beach. On my first hike, I saw a lot of different mushrooms scattered throughout the forest floor. The first two photos in this post are showcasing some of these mushrooms. These first two photos along with the dragonfly photo at the end of this post are all being added to my portfolio which can be found here.

The first mushroom photo in this post is a set of small mushrooms growing out of a fallen tree. There are some ferns in the background which make for a nice touch of green in otherwise a brownish photo. 


The second photo is of a single lonely mushroom growing in a sea of moss on another fallen tree. In this photo, you can see the underside of the mushroom a bit.


This is a photo of a Willow Flycatcher. This is also my first time grabbing a photo of this species. I got this photo at the lookout point of the trail I was on. The bird did not seem bothered by my presence.


The final photo in this blog post is of a dragonfly, but more specifically a Meadowhawk. The name makes perfect sense as I did find this dragonfly in a meadow that I was hiking through. I like this photo as you can see a lot of detail on the Meadowhawk, which always makes for a good photo. 

 

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