Monday, May 23, 2011

Water Turtles @ Dawes Arboretum

 

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Everyone loves a sunshiny day after all of the rain.
Time to sunbath on a rock.

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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Spring Flowers in Bloom Now at Conkles Hollow

 

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White Tiarella cordifolia  Foam Flower

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‘Golden Ragwort’

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"’May Apples’

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‘Jack in the Pulpit’  arisaema triphyllum

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‘Lyre Leaved Rockcrest’

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‘Solomon Seal’ Polygonatum biflorum

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‘Wild Geranium’

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‘ Great White Trillium’

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Pink Trillium blooms occur as the white blooms age I have been informed by some wonderful gardeners.
Thank you!

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

American Coot

 

On a walk to Rose Lake from Old Mans Cave last week we saw one lone little duck swimming all around. We had spotted this duck swimming all by itself at the far side of the lake on a previous walk. This time it was swimming near the spillway where we could get a picture of it.

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The American Coot is a great little diver. It dives down and gets the mossy algae that grows along the rocks of the spillway at Rose Lake.

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Dressed all in dark colors but for its white bill and the reddish brown eyes.

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