Marilynne's Wetlands and Other Stuff

[Marilynne]

Gotta love the fluff on the young-un's Hark.

 

[Marilynne]

I've been seeing these plants all over lately. Have no idea what they are and they're not in my Audubon book.

Close ups

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[Marilynne]

This Anhinga was drying off at the water's edge when I pulled up on my bike. By the time I got the camera ready, he was off ---

 

[Marilynne]

I was thinking these were Irises, but after looking in my Audubon book, I think they're Bladderwort since they were in the water.

Near the end

 

[Marilynne]

Cattail at the water's edge also

 

[Marilynne]

Same lake - frog eggs

 

[Marilynne]

These 'srooms were all around the lake

 

[STM]

Some great stuff here Marilynne. I wish I had some nice wetlands around here. We do have some but they go by another name........SWAMPS.
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[Marilynne]

Thanks STM. Today's shots are at a lake behind a hospital.

Our wetlands are really water reclamation facilities.

 

[Marilynne]

Met WhiskeyMan (Wayne) at Wako this morning. We haven't had any morning rain until today. We got shelter in the gazebo until it cleared. I left him there when the wind picked up and the thunder started. It started to rain again when I was two blocks from home.

 

[mikew_RIP]

I've been seeing these plants all over lately. Have no idea what they are and they're not in my Audubon book.

Close ups

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Got a feeling they are part of the garlic family but only a feeling

 

[Marilynne]

A friend of mine thinks they're part of the allium family.

 

[mikew_RIP]

I friend of mine thinks they're part of the allium family.

I think they could be right

allium flowers - Yahoo Image Search Results

 

[Marilynne]

Great Egret

 

[Marilynne]

Clouds right after the storm at Wako. Four shots handheld.

 

[Marilynne]

A man walking called our attention to this Great Blue Heron that just caught a fish

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Guess his momma didn't teach him to chew

All gone!

 

[Marilynne]

Bee on Pickerelweed

 

[Marilynne]

Never see butterflies at Wako. Really to far for me. Highly cropped.

Palamedes Swallowtail

 

[Marilynne]

Purple Gallinule

 

[Marilynne]

Green Heron

WhiskeyMan and I did about 3/4s of the way around Wako when the winds started to pick up and the sky got a little dark. I pedaled over, so I left him there. Hope he had a good time.