Growing in a damp roadside ditch.
Not sure. Cougar Canyon Ecological Reserve, north of Kelowna, BC, Canada
The cocoon(?) was being carried through the air from flower to flower by the insect.
On the floor of Chrysler Herbarium
Ficus carica pith used for elaborate decoration, sold in market
Many on a dead palm frond.
Didn't really get a good picture, so here's a "great" one instead
Edited: I cloned the observation, so this observation will be for the right grebe and https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/103672738 for the left grebe.
Crepis nana is a species of subalpine to alpine talus slopes sporadically distributed throughout western North America. This population towards the base of Cougar Peak, Jarbidge Mountains, was the only one encountered.
Meet the luckiest mouse (still) alive. Our cat lost it after chasing it around the house. An hour later, it climbed up my leg while I was reading. Our eyes met. We had an understanding. It's now free outside! So many rescues https://inaturalist.ca/observations/63738411
AMCR separate entry
I've never seen this behavior before. I thought it was a turtle at first glance. It stayed in this position until I had completely passed by, them emerged an flew toward the clutch observed nearby.
This Leucistic bird is back for the second year. In November 2020 this bird foraged in our trees for maybe a month. I’m glad he’s back.
in old growth dougfir forest with some yew, W red cedar and hemlock.
Both subsp. americanus (native to North America) and subsp. australis (introduced to North America) are found at this site, sometimes growing intermixed. In the photos the former is indicated with an “N” and the latter with an “I”. On the date I visited this site, 16 September 2019, these are the differences I observed with living stems between the two subspecies:
•Relative stem height: subsp. americanus usually shorter, subsp. australis usually taller.
•Relative stem spacing: subsp. americanus usually more dispersed, subsp. australis usually denser (rarely solitary).
•Stem breaking: subsp. americanus fibrous and hard to break off, subsp. australis often breaks off easily.
•Stem color (lower/older internodes): subsp. americanus red and often shiny, subsp. australis yellow-green and not shiny.
•Stem texture (lower/older internodes): subsp. americanus smooth, subsp. australis minutely ridged.
•Stem & leaf sheath dots: subsp. americanus often present, subsp. australis absent.
•Leaf condition: subsp. americanus has lots of senescence, subsp. australis generally are healthy.
•Margins of upper leaves near panicle: subsp. americanus finely serrated, subsp. australis coarsely serrated.
•Sterile stems more abundant than fertile: subsp. americanus yes, subsp. australis no.
•Panicle branches for panicles of similar length: subsp. americanus fewer, subsp. australis more.
•Panicle branch spacing: subsp. americanus farther, subsp. australis closer.
•Flowering status: subsp. americanus finished flowering, subsp. australis flowering.
There probably are other characteristics I overlooked that distinguish these two subspecies from each other. Perhaps these characteristics listed above hold up at other sites in North America. I don’t use leaf color to tell them apart because although some clones of subsp. australis are strongly blue-green, some clones of that subspecies are more green or yellow-green. See this observation for an illustration: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/30610594
The second image shows one in the process of emerging from its sheath.
These two watersnakes kept emerging from this very small hole in the rocks and sunning themselves nearby. Observed over several days between 2021-07-30 and 2021-08-05.
Lighthouse Park, West Vancouver, BC, Canada
A lovely blue flatworm, darker blue on one side and cerulean blue on the (upper) side. Approximately 10 cm long. Sorry, I'd load an image but I don't do Flickr etc.
This strange mushroom was growing out of a stump and looked like it was trying to curve back into itself. I have never seen any kind of mushroom grow like this. Is this a known fungal phenomenon?
This got away before I could get the photo I wanted, but look at this crazy bug!
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), 109_7237-Edit.tif
bioluminescent mushrooms (mycena lucentipes) taken during a photo trip to Costa Rica in 2020 - taken by Thomas Fuhrmann, SnowmanStudios - see more pictures on www.snowmanstudios.de
Georgia Backyard Bird Count 2018
I spoke with the owner of this truck, he was very proud of his epivehicular fern colony. Apparently at one time it had been larger but someone stole a portion of the plant.
Grizzly Bear has been feeding on these sedges.
Spooked up a small group of these birds--maybe 10-15. Assuming these are crows, and that the lighter-looking portions on the bodies are just reflections from late-day sun off their glossy plumage. No distinctive crow "cawing" at any point, however.
Carter Canyon Ranch (http://nebwild.org/projects/carter-canyon.php) (http://nebwild.org/projects/maps.php)