A lovable bundle of fur
Ruffed Grouse
Fungus in the forest
Fireweed / Chamerion angustifolium
Coprinus sp.
Sweet donkeys
The elegance of a Thistle
Three out of four ain't bad
Police Car Moth / Gnophaela vermiculata
Dainty little parasol
Looking towards our beautiful mountains
Fritillary sp.
Harebell
Evening Grosbeak male
Beauty in old age
Before the final split
Cameron Lake, Waterton Lakes National Park
Hoof fungus / Fomes fomentarius
St Francis with the birds of the forest
Pink Monkeyflower / mimulus lewisii
Eastern Kingbird
Maclean Pond, Kananaskis
Welcoming the sun
Oozing excess water
A delicate shade of Paintbrush
Foothills and distant mountains
Lorquin's Admiral / Limenitis lorquini
Noxious, but beautiful
Mountain Hollyhock
Pinedrops / Pterospora
Cameron Lake, Waterton Lakes National Park
Brown-headed Cowbird juvenile
Water Hemlock / Cicuta
White-tailed Deer at Akamina Lake, Waterton
Swainson's Thrush / Catharus ustulatus
Canoes at Cameron Lake, Waterton
Pink Monkeyflower / mimulus lewisii
Sandhill Cranes, Waterton
Mule Deer, Mom and baby
Mountain Lady's Slipper / Cypripedium montanum
Barn at Folk Tree Lodge
Preening White-faced Ibis
Beautiful Waterton Lakes National Park
Yellow Columbine / Aquilegia flavescens
The beauty of the Common Loon
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Unusual purple Striped coralroot / Corallorhiza striata
Today, I'm again leaving my Waterton images and instead adding three more photos taken two days ago (23 July 2015), closer to home. Five of us spent the day botanizing the land belonging to Darryl Teskey, SW of Calgary and SW of Millarville (maybe a 40-minute drive from the city). This was the first time I had been there and I'm so glad I went - I would have missed all sorts of things, including a family of Ruffed Grouse and several fungi. The Grouse are rufous-morph, I believe, 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!
Our walk took us over grassland and through forest, everywhere 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. Posting this photo just for the record - couldn't get a photogenic angle amongst all the grasses.
We were curious when we saw a small cluster of Striped Coralroot that had gone to seed. The plants in the background are the "normal" colour, but the two plants in front were purple, something that we hadn't seen before.
"Corallorhiza striata is a species of orchid known by the common names striped coralroot and hooded coralroot. This flowering plant is widespread across much of southern Canada, the northern and western United States, and Mexico. It lives in dry, decaying plant matter on the ground in pine and mixed coniferous forests, and it obtains its nutrients from fungi via mycoheterotrophy." From Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corallorhiza_striata
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 summer, with so many botanizing outings like this, plus two 3-day trips to Waterton Lakes National Park, I am so behind with the photos that I need to edit and e-mail!
Our walk took us over grassland and through forest, everywhere 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. Posting this photo just for the record - couldn't get a photogenic angle amongst all the grasses.
We were curious when we saw a small cluster of Striped Coralroot that had gone to seed. The plants in the background are the "normal" colour, but the two plants in front were purple, something that we hadn't seen before.
"Corallorhiza striata is a species of orchid known by the common names striped coralroot and hooded coralroot. This flowering plant is widespread across much of southern Canada, the northern and western United States, and Mexico. It lives in dry, decaying plant matter on the ground in pine and mixed coniferous forests, and it obtains its nutrients from fungi via mycoheterotrophy." From Wikipedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corallorhiza_striata
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 summer, with so many botanizing outings like this, plus two 3-day trips to Waterton Lakes National Park, I am so behind with the photos that I need to edit and e-mail!
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