Four flowering stems in disturbed, wet, sandy prairie remnant within a railroad right-of-way.
First record for Oxford County and also the easternmost and northernmost record in Canada. I swear this thing is following me around.
Found in a wet&dry mesic sand prairie under artificial cover. Ambient was high 50s but sunny and the cover was 98 degrees.
In honour of this year's Great Backyard Bird Count, which runs from Feb 15th-18th
man on horse: "what is that?"
me: "I think it's a jack-in-the-pulpit fruit"
him: "what"
me: "like the seeds of a flower from last year"
him: um
him: "and you're taking a picture of it?"
me: "um yeah"
Not sure what the rose sp. is, found a couple in a seeded "natural landscape" and suspect they aren't native. D. rosea seems to use a couple different Eurasian roses as host.
Naturalized in moist woods near remnants of old farm homestead
Large shrub ~1.5 m tall, ~6.7 x 7.3 m footprint, inflorescences mostly with 15-21 flowers, 5-merous, larger leaves on flowering shoots up to 10.5 mm, irregularly to regularly revolute. ID questionable.
One individual in a flock of about 65. The flock was observed on our homestead on the morning of December 31st during the Riverside-Albert Christmas Bird Count.
Red-tailed hawk (sub-adult Eastern) (Buteo jamaicensis borealis) LaBagh Woods Chicago Cook County IL Week #4 January 2015 Jeff Skrentny IMG_6424
Nice young adult female sunning itself and feeding a bit in the warm, sheltered micro-climate there.