Andrew Trundlewagon's photos
Thyme and bee DSC 7770
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White Admiral DSC 6514
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A white admiral butterfly (also called a red spotted admiral because in some areas it lacks the white stripe).
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Dangerous Snails Upper Don trails DSC 2041 edited
heron launch DSC 5976
scarlet tanager St Bruno DSC 6009 edited
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The photo is blurry; it was very dark, and the bird was flitting around. This is a scarlet tanager. They are not uncommon but rarely seen as they spend most of their time hidden in the upper branches of the trees.
Another frog_ DSC 6073
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A green frog (Lithobates clamitans or Rana clamitans) on a rock beside a pool. It looks almost as though its head was dipped in a can of green paint. I was going to call it Prince Charming, but perhaps it's Princess Charming? Which led me to realize that I have no idea how to tell the females from the males by sight. A quick trip to Wikipedia revealed that in Green Frogs "the male tympanum is twice the diameter of the eye, whereas in females, the tympanum diameter is about the same as that of the eye, and males have bright yellow throats". So, this, it seems, is Princess Charming.
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squirrel DSC 5621 edited
America Cancer-Root-Conophilus_DSC 5262 edited
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Not a great beauty, this is the rather ominously named American cancer-root (Conopholis americana), a plant of the dark woods that spends most of its life below ground parasitizing the roots of oak trees. It emerges as spikes of creamy white flowers that lack both leaves and chlorophyll as it gains all its nutrients from its host. It’s a member of the broomrape family and is native to Eastern Canada and the USA. Apparently, it doesn't harm the oak trees, and lives for only ten years, which is not long in the life of an oak.
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