Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia

Cape Breton Highlands National Park, Labor Day weekend, 2006.

lobster boat shoreline wildflowers shoreline shoreline shoreline the Cabot Trail lobster dock fishing boat lighthouse Bras d'Or Lake rocks pilot whales seastacks sunset grey seal and cormorants Bird Island lighthouse sea stack

berries Bunchberry, Cornus canadensis

cormorants Double-crested cormorants, Phalacrocorax auritus

spruce grouse Spruce grouse, Falcipennis canadensis

sandpipers sandpiper Sanderling, Calidris alba

sparrow sparrow Song sparrow, Melospiza melodia

bald eagle bald eagle juvenile bald eagle Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus

grey seals grey seal grey seals grey seal Grey seal, Halichoerus grypus

We returned for a hiking trip in Cape Breton Highlands National Park over Labor Day weekend of 2017.

shore coast distant coast evergreens distant sea forest view of lake trail Paul on trail forest distant coast rocky summit view waterfall gorge Paul at waterfall Charlotte at trail head trail trail waterfall waterfall closeup valley lake boardwalk marshcoastal road streams waterfall inukshuk coastline coastline inukshuk sunset coastline fog coastal fog fog coastline surf pines surf Paul on trail trail boardwalk rocky coast

gull Herring gull, Larus argentatus

dragonfly Canada darner, Aeshna canadensis

insect Male face fly, Musca autumnalis

insect Eastern calligrapher hoverfly, Toxomerus geminatus

pitcher plant Purple pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea

berries Bunchberry, Cornus canadensis

See also Nova Scotia and the Bay of Fundy from other visits.

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