Tall Larkspur / Delphinium glaucum
A patch of polypore
From the archives
Beetle on Fringed Grass-of-Parnassus
Coat of many colours
Unidentified plant at Cameron Lake, Waterton
Ready to unfurl
Unidentified flower, Seebe, Alberta - Echium vulga…
Flat Topped Coral / Clavariadelphus truncatus
Longhorn Beetle / Pseudogaurotina cressoni
Mountain Ash berries
Forest treasures ... Pholiota squarrosa
Shapeless fungi
Nodding (Musk) Thistle / Carduus nutans
Nodding (Musk) Thistle / Carduus nutans
Crested Wheatgrass / Agropyron cristatum
Changing colour ready for the winter
Hibiscus
Nodding (Musk) Thistle / Carduus nutans
Poppy seedpod
Halloween colour
Yellow False Dandelion seedhead
Stinkhorns from 2012
Rough-fruited Fairybells / Prosartes trachycarpa
One of my favourite flowers to photograph
Elegance
It tickles!
Peking Cotoneaster / Cotoneaster acutifolia
Harebell / Campanula rotundifolia
Leopard Lacewing / Cethosia cyane
Clustered Broomrape / Orobanche fasciculata
Up close and personal
Deep pink Peony
Lest we forget
Brugmansia or Datura?
Wonder what she's thinking
Gas Plant / Dictamnus albus 'Purpureus'
Painted Daisy / Chrysanthemum coccineum
Canada Violet / Viola canadensis
Mullein / Verbascum thapsus
Tree Swallow iridescence
Mallard female
Snow with a touch of hoar frost
Wild bergamot, Monarda fistulosa
The beauty of old age
Raven, Yellowstone National Park
Vibrant colour to warm us all up
Diamond-studded
Ruffed Grouse - from my archives
Cabbage White butterfly
Beetle necklace
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Golden
Himalayan Blue Poppy
Time to reveal
Datura
Giant Scabius / Cephalaria gigantea
Sparkling in the sunlight
Pink or Showy lady's-slipper / Cypripedium reginae
Well, hello there
Elegant beauty
Cornflower
Fancy 'Cat's Cradle'
Beauty at the centre
Jamaican Poinsettia / Euphorbia punicea
Umbulate Hawkweed
Fungi family
Butterfly eggs
Komodo Dragon
Pearly everlasting / Anaphalis margaritacea
For those who have suffered recent loss
Owl butterfly / Caligo sp.
Rose hip species
Puffballs on a tree stump
Showy Aster / Aster conspicuus, rarely seen in blo…
A welcome cluster
Fringed Heartwort / Ricciocarpos natans liverwort,…
Releasing light
Seeds of Showy Milkweed / Asclepias speciosa
European Skipper on wild Bergamot
Darner dragonfly sp.
Black Henbane seedpods
Tiger Longwing butterfly / Heliconius hecale
Fringed Grass-of-Parnassus / Parnassia fimbriata
Wood grain, fungus and Harvestman
Nuttall's Sunflower / Helianthus nuttallii
Macro puffballs
Himalayan monal / Lophophorus impejanus male
An ornamental grass
One of few
Bees need our help!
Growing on a fallen leaf
Blue and Brown Clipper / Parthenos sylvia
Like a little flower
Coffee Bean tree / Coffea
Mature Amanita muscaria, I believe?
Indian Clock Vine / Thunbergia mysorensis
Cheery bokeh - Salvia sp.?
Beginning to crack
Sharp to the touch
A splash of red
Sunflower beauty
Reaching for the sun
Tiger Longwing butterfly / Heliconius hecale
Pale grey spider on Common Tansy seedheads
A light shines within
Reminds me of bacon : )
Zonal Geranium, Survivor Pink Batik
Growing through leaf litter
Groundsel
Common Flax
Clustered Broomrape / Orobanche fasciculata
European Skippers on Creeping Thistle
Roll up the rim
False Hellebore / Veratrum viride
Backlit simplicity
Tiny European Skipper
Comb Tooth fungus / Hericium coralloides
Orange False Dandelion / Agoseris aurantiaca
Coral fungus
A change of subject
Yarrow with tiny visitor
Ruby-throated Hummingbird / Archilochus colubris
Beauty on a rotting log
Pink Hollyhock / Alcea
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European Skipper on Fleabane
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This photo of a tiny European Skipper butterfly was taken on 23 July 2015, at Darryl Teskey's property. These unusual butterflies have such large eyes : )
"The eyes of Skippers are different from those of other butterflies. They have a space between the cones and rods which allows light from each ommatidium to spill into neighbouring rods, effectively increasing their resolution and sensitivity. As a result Skippers can fly very accurately from one spot to another. This different type of eye structure is one of the reasons why taxonomists place them in a different super-family to all other butterflies - the Hesperioidea."
Source: www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Anatomy.htm
On this day, five of us spent the day botanizing the land belonging to Darryl Teskey, SW of Calgary and W of Millarville (maybe a 40-minute drive from Calgary). This was the first time I had been there and I'm so glad I was invited to go - I would have missed all sorts of things, including a family of Ruffed Grouse and several fungi. These Grouse were the rare rufous-morph, and we startled them when we were walking through the forest in their direction. Usually, you don't see Grouse because they are so well-hidden. When you get fairly close (sometimes very close) to them, they suddenly "explode" from the tangle of shrubs and plants of the forest floor, making ones heart beat fast! We were taken by surprise when we came across a nearby statue of Saint Francis of Assisi, who is known as the patron saint of animals and the environment. A nice idea, I thought.
Our walk took us over grassland and through forest, many places treacherous with so many fallen logs which were often barely visible. I have never, ever seen so many tiny Skipper butterflies - there must have been hundreds or even thousands of these bright orange beauties that were flying or perched on flowers of every colour.
Fortunately, the rain stayed away until we started driving back to Calgary. Quite a lot of black clouds, reminding me of the tornado that passed through Calgary just the day before (22 July 2015).
Our purpose, as always, was to find and list everything that we saw - wildflowers, trees, grasses, birds, insects, fungi, etc.. Our leader then compiles an extensive list of our finds and this is later sent to the landowner, along with any photos that we might take. Always a win/win situation, as the landowner then has a much better idea of just what is on his property, and we have a most enjoyable day.
"The eyes of Skippers are different from those of other butterflies. They have a space between the cones and rods which allows light from each ommatidium to spill into neighbouring rods, effectively increasing their resolution and sensitivity. As a result Skippers can fly very accurately from one spot to another. This different type of eye structure is one of the reasons why taxonomists place them in a different super-family to all other butterflies - the Hesperioidea."
Source: www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Anatomy.htm
On this day, five of us spent the day botanizing the land belonging to Darryl Teskey, SW of Calgary and W of Millarville (maybe a 40-minute drive from Calgary). This was the first time I had been there and I'm so glad I was invited to go - I would have missed all sorts of things, including a family of Ruffed Grouse and several fungi. These Grouse were the rare rufous-morph, and we startled them when we were walking through the forest in their direction. Usually, you don't see Grouse because they are so well-hidden. When you get fairly close (sometimes very close) to them, they suddenly "explode" from the tangle of shrubs and plants of the forest floor, making ones heart beat fast! We were taken by surprise when we came across a nearby statue of Saint Francis of Assisi, who is known as the patron saint of animals and the environment. A nice idea, I thought.
Our walk took us over grassland and through forest, many places treacherous with so many fallen logs which were often barely visible. I have never, ever seen so many tiny Skipper butterflies - there must have been hundreds or even thousands of these bright orange beauties that were flying or perched on flowers of every colour.
Fortunately, the rain stayed away until we started driving back to Calgary. Quite a lot of black clouds, reminding me of the tornado that passed through Calgary just the day before (22 July 2015).
Our purpose, as always, was to find and list everything that we saw - wildflowers, trees, grasses, birds, insects, fungi, etc.. Our leader then compiles an extensive list of our finds and this is later sent to the landowner, along with any photos that we might take. Always a win/win situation, as the landowner then has a much better idea of just what is on his property, and we have a most enjoyable day.
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