Birds and Blooms
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Hugh Jass
Canna-Mycologist
Hugh's full of beans, as usual.1 and 5 are Azaleas - the pink one resembles a trout lily w/those spots
I wouldn't imagine you've ever seen one, unless you watch The Masters
Nailed the others.
You certainly may have seen azaleas before...
Jewels
Tilts at Tables
Perhaps as a houseplant.
Many perennials are sold as annuals, up here.
Like these beauties
Oestospermum
African Daisy
Shasta Daisy will winter up here.
They come with their own hazards
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Many perennials are sold as annuals, up here.
Like these beauties
Oestospermum
African Daisy
Shasta Daisy will winter up here.
They come with their own hazards
Alberta ‘pot’ seized by police was late-blooming daisies
A Lethbridge man is cleared of running a huge grow-up when 1,624 plants seized by police proved to be daisies.
Hugh Jass
Canna-Mycologist
I'm so confused - is the 697 grams he's being charged with real pot or 'daisy pot?'Perhaps as a houseplant.
Many perennials are sold as annuals, up here.
Like these beauties
Oestospermum
African Daisy
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Shasta Daisy will winter up here.
They come with their own hazards
Alberta ‘pot’ seized by police was late-blooming daisies
A Lethbridge man is cleared of running a huge grow-up when 1,624 plants seized by police proved to be daisies.
Did they rip out the daisies after they found other, real pot?
Do Canadians have legal recourse? Can you sue the cops?
The article reads like a puff piece for the cops...
Late bloomers
Hummingbirds skipped town several days ago.
Hummingbirds skipped town several days ago.
Jewels
Tilts at Tables
Cannot identify.
Not a Canadian goose, but around Goose sized.
Must be passing through, I don't recall ever seeing anything like it.
I saw the head dip underwater, but it was not a proper 'ass up', never saw it dive.
Almost look like a Loon (which would never show their face around here) but the back was dark black. It spread its wings , while greeting another of its kind , and I could see the underside. Belly was snow white. All white bib.
Never heard a sound.
Black head, slender neck, long large bill.
Not a Cormorant , and the neck was too long for a Mergasner.
I wish I were closer.
When I started composing this post I was clueless, although now I am starting to suspect it was a Western Grebe.
Not a Canadian goose, but around Goose sized.
Must be passing through, I don't recall ever seeing anything like it.
I saw the head dip underwater, but it was not a proper 'ass up', never saw it dive.
Almost look like a Loon (which would never show their face around here) but the back was dark black. It spread its wings , while greeting another of its kind , and I could see the underside. Belly was snow white. All white bib.
Never heard a sound.
Black head, slender neck, long large bill.
Not a Cormorant , and the neck was too long for a Mergasner.
I wish I were closer.
When I started composing this post I was clueless, although now I am starting to suspect it was a Western Grebe.
Jewels
Tilts at Tables
Western Grebes: sightings wanted - Nature Calgary
The western grebe has been listed as a Threatened species in Alberta. A recent data compilation shows that there are approximately 250 lakes that have supported western grebes in Alberta. […]
naturecalgary.com
@Jewels
The markings look familiar. Can't say I was ever close enough to see those eyes.
Are you on a significant migration path? Do you get a lot of big flocks?
I've seen cranes, swans, and a variety of geese regularly over the last month. Never realized how many cranes there were until the last few years.
How about pelicans? They all disappeared from here some time around early September. Do they pass through your hood?
The markings look familiar. Can't say I was ever close enough to see those eyes.
Are you on a significant migration path? Do you get a lot of big flocks?
I've seen cranes, swans, and a variety of geese regularly over the last month. Never realized how many cranes there were until the last few years.
How about pelicans? They all disappeared from here some time around early September. Do they pass through your hood?
Jewels
Tilts at Tables
Yes, I lived in a rural setting, when I was younger. The surrounding Farmland was irrigated. Now I am just down the road, but I am in the ( call it a ) city now, so I don't see as much.
This is May 15th.
I see lots in the summer, not lately.
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Jewels
Tilts at Tables
More of Jewels crepuscular photography
Killdeer
This bird will mimic a broken wing, Weeble and wobble, in order to draw you away from a nesting site. It is quite the performance to see.
This one seemed a little wider than your average red-tailed hawk.
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Killdeer
This bird will mimic a broken wing, Weeble and wobble, in order to draw you away from a nesting site. It is quite the performance to see.
This one seemed a little wider than your average red-tailed hawk.
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Audio is spontaneous, original and copyright protected.
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..and put an absolutely huge grin on my face. Fewer things in this world more wonderful than the sound of a happy child.
Thanks J. I really needed that.
(4th listen made me even happier than the first
)
belleswell
In Bloom
Rose Breasted Grosbeak
Rose Breasted Grosbeaks - M-F
Yellow Shafted Northern Flicker
House Finch
Sipping Morning Dew
Green Heron / Painted turtles
Bird whisperer
Brown Thrasher Feeding Her Young
American Goldfinch - Pine Siskin - Indigo Bunting
Nuthatch
Indigo Bunting
Smooth Talking Tom
Some of my bird pics with some of my music.
House Finch, American Goldfinch, Indigo Bunting
Barred Owl
Smooth Talking Tom
Oven Bird
Rose Breasted Grosbeaks - M-F
Yellow Shafted Northern Flicker
House Finch
Sipping Morning Dew
Green Heron / Painted turtles
Bird whisperer
Brown Thrasher Feeding Her Young
American Goldfinch - Pine Siskin - Indigo Bunting
Nuthatch
Indigo Bunting
Smooth Talking Tom
Some of my bird pics with some of my music.
House Finch, American Goldfinch, Indigo Bunting
Barred Owl
Smooth Talking Tom
Oven Bird
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Mr Jay
In Bloom
More Blooms
Looking for a good haul
Deer clean me out, before they even blossom, more often than not.
Robins nest in my Elms and they will hit most of the red ones that do show.
'Course the guy doing the work is last in line - if we are ever lucky enough to harvest one.
Started with only a few plants. Been pushing the patch bigger every year, with runners. Slow going, as there are not enough hours of direct sunlight, being tucked up under the east facing fence like that.
Got some mild hail today. Whole yard is littered with (Elm tree seed) Oats.
They are paper dry and drift like snow when that wind gets ripp'n.
Looking for a good haul
Deer clean me out, before they even blossom, more often than not.
Robins nest in my Elms and they will hit most of the red ones that do show.
'Course the guy doing the work is last in line - if we are ever lucky enough to harvest one.
Started with only a few plants. Been pushing the patch bigger every year, with runners. Slow going, as there are not enough hours of direct sunlight, being tucked up under the east facing fence like that.
Got some mild hail today. Whole yard is littered with (Elm tree seed) Oats.
They are paper dry and drift like snow when that wind gets ripp'n.
Nefar
In Bloom
I had a nice patch once. I planted 24 in a single line. By the end of summer they had already doubled. I didn't have deer issues but the squirrels would drive me crazy! They would pull one off take a bite and drop it. I'd find these one bit berries all down my line and in the yard. I haven't seen elm here in awhile. They made everyone in town cut them town when the beetles hit. I get tons of the maple whirly birds from the neighbors trees now. ;(
