My grandson Isaac and I were driving along the Snake River near Swan Falls Dam on June 15, 2011, and saw a flock in a parking area near the dam. They all left as we drove up except for this one, who started walking away as I stopped to take this photo.
Monthly Archives: July 2011
Rocky Mountain Indian Paintbrush – Castilleja covilleana – Added to USWildflowers Database
Mountain Indian Paintbrush, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (07/26/2011.) Scientific name is Castilleja covilleana. Photo below was taken in the Boise National Forest in Ada County, ID on June 10, 2011. Go to the Rocky Mountain Indian Paintbrush detail page for more photos and information.
Salad Burnet – Sanguisorba minor – Added to USWildflowers Database
Salad Burnet, an introduced species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (07/23/2011.) Scientific name is Sanguisorba minor. It is also known by the common names Small Burnet and Garden burnet. Photo below was taken along the Hull’s Gulch National Recreation Trail in the Boise Foothills on July 21, 2011. Go to the Salad Burnet detail page for more photos and information.
#NPOD: Sensitive Partridge Pea #Nativeplants
Fly on Mullein Foxglove #WingsOnWednesday
I ran across my first-ever Mullein Foxglove last Saturday along the gravel road to the Blue Hole at Pigeon Mountain. I had made a few trips down this way, monitoring a location for a couple of orchid species I want to catch in bloom. Jay Clark and I spotted the leaves of these orchids back in March, but now there is so much understory growth I haven’t been able to relocate them. In any case, it wasn’t a wasted trip since I was able to photograph a Whiteflower Leafcup, Heal-all, Agrimony, Tall Bellflower, Browneyed Susan, Pale Indian Plantain, and the Mullein Foxglove, all before the rain sent me home.
While I was photographing the plant, this fly landed on one of the blossoms. Dr. John Hilty at illinoiswildflowers.info says that bumblebees, honeybees, miner bees, and butterflies sip the nectar of this plant. We add this fly to his list.
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Mullein Foxglove – Dasistoma macrophylla – Added to USWildflowers Database
Mullein Foxglove, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (07/19/2011.) Scientific name is Dasistoma macrophylla. Photo below was taken along the road to the Blue Hole along Pigeon Mountain, in Walker County, GA on July 16, 2011. Go to the Mullein Foxglove detail page for more photos and information.
Browneyed Susan – Rudbeckia triloba – Added to USWildflowers Database
Browneyed Susan, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (07/17/2011.) Scientific name is Rudbeckia triloba. Photo below was taken along the road to the Blue Hole along Pigeon Mountain, in Walker County, GA on July 16, 2011. Go to the Browneyed Susan detail page for more photos and information.
Interesting Robin – Leucistic?
I was heading out to work this morning and saw this very oddly colored bird in my neighbor’s yard. I pulled my camera out of the backpack; unfortunately a 90mm macro lens without VR is not the right lens for a bird at 60 feet. But I didn’t have time to dig out the longer lens and change it; I was on the way to work after all. This is a significant crop of a photo of a very interesting American Robin – Turdus migratorius. Presumably this is a case of leucism.
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Western Clematis – Clematis ligusticifolia – Added to USWildflowers Database
Western Clematis, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (07/14/2011.) Scientific name is Clematis ligusticifolia. It is also known by the common names Western White Clematis, Western Virgin’s Bower, Creek Clematis, Old Man’s Beard, and Pepper Vine. Photo below was taken along the Kleinschmidt Grade in Adams County, ID on June 19, 2011. Go to the Western Clematis Detail Page for more photos and information.
Mountain Bush Honeysuckle – Diervilla rivularis – Added to USWildflowers Database
Mountain Bush Honeysuckle, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (07/11/2011.) Scientific name is Diervilla rivularis. Photo below was taken at Cloudland Canyon State Park in Dade County, GA on July 2, 2011. Go to the Mountain Bush Honeysuckle detail page for more photos and information.