A cormorant that likely had just finished breakfast, was sitting on a small rock, along with its reflection.
A second cormorant had just come up from beneath the water. As you will see in the video he shook his wings to get rid of the water and shortly after took off. Cormorants need a long "runway" to get airborne.
A great blue heron fished for a long time just below the dam between the first and second pond
There were a few green herons active in the ponds
A lone egret tried a number of spots for breakfast. I can't explain the swaying neck and body in the video. That motion is used, according to the web, to better isolate targets for eating or to hide better in swaying reeds. Neither seems to be the case here.
Kingbird, female red-winged blackbird and a distant flicker having flown across the pond
What seemed to be a family of fully grown black ducks were out for a swim, stopping to eat from time to time. A smallish mallard had joined the two ducks at the end
Meanwhile further along in the pond two (maybe three) mallard(?) juveniles were in amongst the goose family resting at the shore. It is late in the year to see juveniles of this size
Wild bergamot, chicory, Canada thistle, wild rose
Morning glory and mallow with attendant insects. The bright green bee flying above the mallow is a female sweat bee.
Yarrow was blooming all over the place
Queen Anne's Lace. A single click on the right hand photo will better show the purple petals in the centre of the blossom as well as a bee of some sort. The purple petals represent the drop of blood when the Queen pricked her finger working on the lace
Burrs on a burdock
Milkweed
Dogwood and honeysuckle berries
Tiny mushroom in the grass with dewdrop
Twelve painted turtles. Some quite good size