Menzies' Catchfly
Pretty near perfect
Harebells
Barn Swallows
A real stunner
Different!
Popp(y)ing off the page
The work of ants
In the light
Heart-leaved Arnica/Arnica cordifolia
Tiny Spotted Coralroot flower
Eastern Kingbird
Fireweed
Northern Bedstraw
Horsetail/Equisetum
Tree Swallow nest
Lacewing
Iris
Split gill
Barrier Lake, Kananaskis
Bleeding Heart
Such a cutie
Western Toad
Red Paintbrush / Castilleja miniata
Southern Red-backed Vole
Small-flowered Sand-Verbena
Rosy Pussytoes/Antennaria rosea
There's hope yet
Greater Scaup - or Lesser?
Blue-eyed Grass
Mushroom magic
Against the light
Yellow Sweetclover / Melilotus officinalis
Fireweed / Epilobium angustifolium
Insect casing
Invasive beauty
Earthstar / Geastrum sp.
Tiny world on a leaf
Black Currant Pie, anyone?
Tartarian Honeysuckle /Lonicera tatarica
Hopper on Broadleaf Gumweed / Grindelia squarrosa
One of my favourite flowers
Clasping-leaved Twisted-stalk / Streptopus amplexi…
Warbling Vireo
Lemon Drops / Bisporella citrina
Tall Larkspur seed capsules / Delphinium glaucum
Western Stoneseed seeds / Lithospermum ruderale
Shaggy Mane / Coprinus comatus
White Water Crowfoot / Ranunculus aquatilis
Russula
Stiff Yellow Paintbrush / Castilleja lutescens
Rust on a leaf
Overlapping - and, oh, so temporary
Zebra Longwing / Heliconius charithonius
Russian Thistle / Salsola kali
Marbled Orbweaver / Araneus marmoreus
A tight little community
Stunning little beauty (Aculepeira)
Is this a Shield Bug?
Upright Prairie Coneflower / Ratibida columnifera…
Alone
Shrubby Cinquefoil
Little blue spider
Climbing to Plateau Mountain
Rocky Mountain Sandwort / Minuartia austromontana
Perfection in small size
Insect on tiny Moss Gentian
Bird's-nest Fungi
Subarctic Darner female and nymph casing
Sticky fingers
The metallic look
In the spotlight
The upward climb
First Picklejar Lake
Fungus rosette
Young Red-winged Blackbird
Parry's Townsendia / Townsendia parryi
Kalm's Lobelia / Lobelia kalmii
Living in a tiny world
A dose of yellow
Dew on Sundew
One-sided Wintergreen
Leopard Lacewing
Coral fungus
Fringed Gentian / Gentiana procera
Wood Frog
Crepidotus
Moss Campion
Sticky False Asphodel seedpods / Tofieldia glutino…
Bog Candle
The same but different
Eyelash fungus / Scutellinia scutellata
Hanging on to youth
Deep in the forest
Boreal Chorus Frog
Crested Beardtongue
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Mushroom in the ditch
Blue-eyed Grass
House Sparrow fledgeling
Tree Brain and Jelly
Hoary Cress
Colorado Rubber Plant
Swallowtail
Unfurling
Eastern Kingbird
Mom
Early arrivals
Approach me if you dare
Blue Clematis
Bear claw marks
Let the light shine through
Bird on a wire
Windflower/Cut-leaved Anemone
Pink and pretty
Plains Garter Snake
Sand Dock (Rumex venosus)
White Beardtongue
Bee Spiderflower, Cleome serrulata
Textured cap
Mr. and Mrs.
Clustered Broomrape, Orobanche fasciculata
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Angel tears
Wild Chives
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... and I'll turn into a handsome prince : ) Isn't he cute? Of course, it could be a female, who knows? We saw about three of these little Wood Frogs in Cremona Bog yesterday, all of them very dark, so presumably they are Dark Phase/Dark Morph species? This little one allowed one of us (not me!) to hold him so that a few photos could be taken. I'd never seen a Dark Morph before - didn't even know there was such a thing. I'll try to remember to post a side shot of him eventually, to show the dark colour on his back. Wood Frogs are only 30 to 60 millimetres (about one to two inches) in length. Thanks, little guy, for helping us learn new things : )
"Coloration varies from pink-tan, gray, olive-green, various shades of brown, to almost black; whitish jaw stripe contrasts with a dark eye mask that extends from the nostril over the eye and just behind the ear; light dorsal stripe is frequently present" From fanweb.ca/resources-services/alberta-natural-history/amph...
Today was the third day in a row of all-day botanizing out of town (four all together this week). In other words, three long days of slow hiking, finding and recording every single plant, bird, insect, animal that we find. This means setting my alarms for 5:00 a.m. or 5:30 a.m., and getting home somewhere around maybe 6:00 p.m.. So much fresh air and exercise, plus constantly getting down on my knees to photograph something totally knocks me out - even more so, if it happens to be a hot day. Today was very pleasant, not too hot, thank goodness. It was spent on Plateau Mountain, south of the city and south of Highway 40, turning south when you reach Highwood House. A long drive to get there, but what a magnificent place. Tons of beautiful wildflowers on the grassy slopes.
The following link goes to a short, fascinating video on YouTube, about how Wood Frogs freeze solid in the winter.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjr3A_kfspM
"Coloration varies from pink-tan, gray, olive-green, various shades of brown, to almost black; whitish jaw stripe contrasts with a dark eye mask that extends from the nostril over the eye and just behind the ear; light dorsal stripe is frequently present" From fanweb.ca/resources-services/alberta-natural-history/amph...
Today was the third day in a row of all-day botanizing out of town (four all together this week). In other words, three long days of slow hiking, finding and recording every single plant, bird, insect, animal that we find. This means setting my alarms for 5:00 a.m. or 5:30 a.m., and getting home somewhere around maybe 6:00 p.m.. So much fresh air and exercise, plus constantly getting down on my knees to photograph something totally knocks me out - even more so, if it happens to be a hot day. Today was very pleasant, not too hot, thank goodness. It was spent on Plateau Mountain, south of the city and south of Highway 40, turning south when you reach Highwood House. A long drive to get there, but what a magnificent place. Tons of beautiful wildflowers on the grassy slopes.
The following link goes to a short, fascinating video on YouTube, about how Wood Frogs freeze solid in the winter.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fjr3A_kfspM
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