Day 6, White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac
Day 12, male Firefly, probably in genus Photinus,…
Dreaming of spring
Day 7, Hong Kong orchid tree / Bauhinia (blakeana?…
Day 1, Thistle sp., southern Texas
Day 1, Thistle sp., southern Texas
Day 1, Thistle sp., southern Texas
Day 1, Thistle / Cirsium horridulum, southern Texa…
Day 1, Thistle / pink form of Cirsium horridulum,…
THE TICK THAT BIT ME in South Texas! LONE STAR TI…
Day 4, Aloe vera, Bishop City Park, South Texas
Day 4, Silver argiope / Argiope argentata, Bishop…
Gorgeous succulent flower
Day 5, White Prickly Poppy / Argemone albiflora
Day 5, wildflowers, King Ranch, Norias Division
Day 7, Hong Kong Orchid tree, Estero Llano Grande…
Wild Blue Clematis
Insect on Steven's shirt - some kind of Borer?
Opening Gaillardia flower
Colour for an overcast day
Bright and beautiful
Bee on Tall Larkspur / Delphinium exaltatum
Fungus guttation droplets
Purple/Water Avens / Geum rivale
Wild Licorice?
Sainfoin / Onobrychis
Sainfoin / Onobrychis
Flower close-up
Mountain Death Camas / Zigadenus elegans
Red Baneberry
Flowers at the Saskatoon Farm - Solanum sp.
Yellow Prairie Coneflower / Mexican Hat
Globe Centurea / Centaurea macrocephala with bee
Gazania
Opening Sunflower bud
Sunflower in full bloom
Campion / Silene sp.
Campion
Wild Sunflower sp.
Colour in the garden
Edible King Oyster mushrooms, Akesi Farms
Watched by wooden eyes
Slime mold, Pringle Mt forest walk
Pholiota destruens fungus on cut end of a log
Pholiota terrestris growing in soil
Cystoderma cinnabarina
Cystoderma cinnabarina
Bolete
Gaillardia
Backlit Sunflower
Amanita muscaria
Fly agaric / Amanita muscaria
Puffballs and others growing on a tree stump
Sitting Earthstar / Geoastrum sessile
Highlight of my day - Fly agaric / Amanita muscari…
Shaggy parasol / Macrolepidota rhachodes
Shaggy parasol / Chlorophyllum (formerly Macrolepi…
Not "The Sickener"
Sunflower, against a pink barn
Orange False Dandelion
Shaggy Mane / Inky Cap
A summer memory
Amanita muscaria, with insects (mosquitoes?)
Day 9, White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac
Day 6, White-crowned Sparrow, Tadoussac
Winter in the park
Fall colours
A much-needed change of colour
Lest We Forget
Day 3, Daffodil (Narcissus?) growing wild, Pt Pele…
Day 3, Dryad's Saddle (?), Pt Pelee, Ontario
Day 3, Daffodil (or Narcissus?), Pt Pelee, Ontario
Day 3, Large-flowered Bellwort / Uvularia grandifl…
Powderpuff flower
Weathered door
Pumpkin season, kid-style
When fall comes after 'winter'
Day 2, White Trillium, Rondeau PP
Day 2, a more typical Trillium, Rondeau PP
Day 2, yes, another Trillium, Rondeau PP
Trillium, Day 2, Rondeau PP, Ontario
Much-needed colour!
After our first major snowstorm
Happy Thanksgivng, everyone!
Artichoke in bloom
Sea Holly
Clouded Sulphur on Lettuce sp.?
Butterfly on Joe Pye Weed
Globe Thistle / Echinops ritro
Living on the edge
Beauty of a weed
Let the light shine in
Most likely a Ground Pholiota / Pholiota terrestri…
Beautiful guttation droplets on a polypore
Hollyhock
Peony seedpods
Between the cracks
Cracker sp.
Succulent beauty
Puffballs / Calvatia sp.
Once-married Underwing / Catocala unijuga, left fr…
European Skipper
Scaly Pholiota / Pholiota squarrosa
Magpie Inky Cap / Coprinus picaceus?
Alfalfa
Baneberry, red berries
Baneberry, white berries
Nodding Thistle / Musk Thistle / Carduus nutans
Invasive Yellow Clematis
Resting on a window
Water Lily
Hibiscus beauty
Purple Avens / Water Avens / Geum rivale
Wildflowers at Peyto Lake
Yellow Penstemon with wildflower bokeh
Always a treat to see
Great Orange Tip / Hebomoia glaucippe
Western Wood Lily
Blue Himalayan Poppy
Orange Peel Fungus, Peyto Lake
Blue Flax / Linum lewisii
Horsetail strobilus
Fungus (Dryad's Saddle?), Pt Pelee, Ontario
Yellow Lady's-slipper / Cypripedium parviflorum
Wolf Willow / Elaeagnus commutata
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Delicate hoarfrost
Before I start on Day 7 of our two-week holiday in May 2018, I wanted to quickly add 8 photos taken the day before yesterday, 7 December 2018. I don't get over to the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary very often, but I decided to join four friends for a birding walk there on Frriday morning.
It was cold, but a beautiful sunny day. Not much in the way of birds, though there were so many Canada Geese gathered on the river. Nice to see and hear three Killdeer. There was a hoarfrost, too, which turned everywhere into a winter wonderland.
"The Inglewood Bird Sanctuary and Nature Centre have been providing migratory birds with a place to rest their wings since 1929. That's more than 80 years of conservation!
To date, 270 species of birds, 21 species of mammals and 347 species of plants have been recorded at the Sanctuary and Nature Centre by members of the public, volunteers and staff.
In 1883, Colonel James Walker settled the land that is now occupied by the sanctuary. In 1910, the current brick house - then named Inglewood - was built, and the surrounding area was named for the most prominent property in the area.
From 1929 to 1952, several Chinese families leased land from Colonel Walker and established market gardens to serve the needs of a growing city. These highly productive gardens were used to grow vegetables and bedding plants, and represent an early example of urban agriculture and horticulture in the city. As part of the engagement process for Bend in Bow, it was discovered the descendants of one of the families, the Koo family, still reside in Calgary.
Colonel Walker's son, Selby, applied to the Federal government in 1929 to have 59 acres on the west side of the Bow River be designated as a Federal Migratory Bird Sanctuary. His request was granted and the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary was born.
When Selby died in 1953, Ed Jefferies acquired the property and leased it to the Alberta Fish & Game Association. In 1970, The City of Calgary purchased the property and has been managing it as a natural reserve ever since.
The sanctuary's Nature Centre was built in 1996 and grassland restoration projects began in that same year.
The Colonel Walker House is currently used by Parks staff and volunteers as a classroom and office."
www.calgary.ca/CSPS/Parks/Pages/Locations/SE-parks/Inglew...
It was cold, but a beautiful sunny day. Not much in the way of birds, though there were so many Canada Geese gathered on the river. Nice to see and hear three Killdeer. There was a hoarfrost, too, which turned everywhere into a winter wonderland.
"The Inglewood Bird Sanctuary and Nature Centre have been providing migratory birds with a place to rest their wings since 1929. That's more than 80 years of conservation!
To date, 270 species of birds, 21 species of mammals and 347 species of plants have been recorded at the Sanctuary and Nature Centre by members of the public, volunteers and staff.
In 1883, Colonel James Walker settled the land that is now occupied by the sanctuary. In 1910, the current brick house - then named Inglewood - was built, and the surrounding area was named for the most prominent property in the area.
From 1929 to 1952, several Chinese families leased land from Colonel Walker and established market gardens to serve the needs of a growing city. These highly productive gardens were used to grow vegetables and bedding plants, and represent an early example of urban agriculture and horticulture in the city. As part of the engagement process for Bend in Bow, it was discovered the descendants of one of the families, the Koo family, still reside in Calgary.
Colonel Walker's son, Selby, applied to the Federal government in 1929 to have 59 acres on the west side of the Bow River be designated as a Federal Migratory Bird Sanctuary. His request was granted and the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary was born.
When Selby died in 1953, Ed Jefferies acquired the property and leased it to the Alberta Fish & Game Association. In 1970, The City of Calgary purchased the property and has been managing it as a natural reserve ever since.
The sanctuary's Nature Centre was built in 1996 and grassland restoration projects began in that same year.
The Colonel Walker House is currently used by Parks staff and volunteers as a classroom and office."
www.calgary.ca/CSPS/Parks/Pages/Locations/SE-parks/Inglew...
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