Harebell / Campanula rotundifolia
Wild bergamot, Monarda fistulosa
Why birds are sometimes hard to find
Blink .... and spring will be here
Why this bird is called a Grosbeak
Yellow Avens / Geum aleppicum
Yellow False Dandelion seedhead
European Skipper on Timothy Grass
Two European Skippers
European Skipper on Fleabane
European Skipper on wild Bergamot
Beginning to crack
Gathering lunch for the babies
European Skippers on Creeping Thistle
Fleabane / Erigeron sp.
Roll up the rim
Tiny European Skipper
Comb Tooth fungus / Hericium coralloides
Mystery flower
Wood Nymph sp.
Gathering at the feeder
Decorating a tree
Strawberry Blite / Chenopodium capitatum
European Skipper on Red Clover
Rough-Fruited Fairybells / Prosartes trachycarpa
St Francis with the birds of the forest
Hoof fungus / Fomes fomentarius
Before the final split
Beauty in old age
Evening Grosbeak male
Harebell
Fritillary sp.
Looking towards our beautiful mountains
Dainty little parasol
Police Car Moth / Gnophaela vermiculata
Coprinus sp.
Fireweed / Chamerion angustifolium
Fungus in the forest
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Pennycress seedpods
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Most of my plant photos are macros of single flowers, but I decided to take and post this one to show a mass of these Pennycress/Stinkweed seedpods. These dry, flat pods are, in fact, quite attractive.
"This common plant, also known as Stinkweed, forms dense stands on disturbed soil. Regarded in restoration and landscaping as a useful volunteer cover crop. Not invasive, but may exclude native colonizers of disturbed soil. A prolific producer of very persistent seed. It has developed herbicide resistance at a few Alberta sites."
www.anpc.ab.ca/wiki/index.php/Thlaspi_arvense
This photo was taken on 23 July 2015, at Darryl Teskey's place. 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.
"This common plant, also known as Stinkweed, forms dense stands on disturbed soil. Regarded in restoration and landscaping as a useful volunteer cover crop. Not invasive, but may exclude native colonizers of disturbed soil. A prolific producer of very persistent seed. It has developed herbicide resistance at a few Alberta sites."
www.anpc.ab.ca/wiki/index.php/Thlaspi_arvense
This photo was taken on 23 July 2015, at Darryl Teskey's place. 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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