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.
Browneyed Susan, Thin-leaf Coneflower, Three-lobed Coneflower – Rudbeckia triloba
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.
Leucistic American Robin - Turdus migratorius
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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.
Western Clematis, Western White Clematis, Western Virgin’s Bower, Creek Clematis, Old Man’s Beard, Pepper Vine – Clematis ligusticifolia
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.
Mountain Bush Honeysuckle, Hairy Bush honeysuckle, Riverbank Bush Honeysuckle – Diervilla rivularis
Dusty Maidens, Douglas’ Dustymaiden, Chaenactis, Douglas False Yarrow – Chaenactis douglasii
OK, you only get a part of the wings in this Wings On Wednesday post, but the wings delivered the proboscis we see here probing a Phacelia blossom along the Hull’s Gulch National Recreation Trail in the Boise Foothills on July 21, 2011.
Butterfly on Phacelia
One-flowered Broomrape, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (06/30/2011.) Scientific name is Orobanche uniflora. Photo below was taken in the Boise Foothills in Ada County, ID on June 21, 2011. Go to the One-flowered Broomrape detail page for more photos and information.
One-flowered Broomrape ; One-flowered Cancer Root, Naked Broomrape – Orobanche uniflora
I chased this bee around a clump of Silverleaf Phacelia (Phacelia hastata) while photographing wildflowers along the Kleinschmidt Grade in Hell’s Canyon, Adams County, Idaho on 06/19/2011.
Bee on Phacelia
Rough Eyelashweed, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (06/28/2011.) Scientific name is Blepharipappus scaber. Photo below was taken along the Hull’s Gulch National Recreation Trail in the Boise Foothills in Ada County, ID on June 21, 2011. Go to the Rough Eyelashweed detail page for more photos and information.
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Idaho Trillium, a native species, has been added to the USWildflowers database (06/27/2011.) Scientific name is Trillium petiolatum. It is also known by the common names Long-petioled Trillium, Purple Trillium, Round Leaf Trillium, and Purple Wakerobin. Photo below was taken in the Payette National Forest in Adams County, ID on June 18, 2011. Go to the Idaho Trillium detail page for more photos and information.
Idaho Trillium, Long-petioled Trillium, Purple Trillium, Round Leaf Trillium, Purple Wakerobin - Trillium petiolatum