Wednesday, July 13, 2011

July 13/ Nature Notes

A slice of Ontario's wildlife and wildflowers in mid July

Largest square: A young and energetic hairy woodpecker eating peanuts. Working clockwise: heal-all (Prunella vulagaris), crown vetch (Coronella varia), milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), musk mallow (Malva moschata) and purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria).

Please note that I include the botanical names because they remain the same around the world but the common names vary.

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15 comments:

  1. DarlaJuly 13, 2011 at 7:40 AM

    Lovely shades of lavendar. The name loosestrife always amuse's me for some reason.

    Darla

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  2. MadSnapperJuly 13, 2011 at 8:50 AM

    beautiful flowers and I am thinking the woodpecker is laughing, his face looks like he knows something we don't

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  3. TexWisGirlJuly 13, 2011 at 9:07 AM

    beautiful purples.

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  4. Icy BCJuly 13, 2011 at 10:48 AM

    Beautiful wild flowers in my favorite color, and the wood pecker is wonderful!

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  5. Lois EvensenJuly 13, 2011 at 10:57 AM

    So pretty and lovely the way all the colors blend.

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  6. MalyssJuly 13, 2011 at 12:03 PM

    Some of my favorite colors! and I love the little bird!

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  7. ???July 13, 2011 at 5:16 PM

    Lovely shots. I looked up the Heal-All because I found the name interesting, I had no idea it was so widely used for medicinal purposes.

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  8. CarverJuly 13, 2011 at 6:31 PM

    The flowers are so lovely and you got a great shot of the hairy woodpecker.

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  9. LeoraJuly 13, 2011 at 7:16 PM

    "heal-all" - what a great name. I love purple loosestrife. Beautiful array of pale purples.

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  10. GeorgeJuly 13, 2011 at 9:15 PM

    All of these pictures are wonderful, but I really like the one of the woodpecker.

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  11. JanieJuly 13, 2011 at 10:32 PM

    Beautiful wildflowers. July must be a good month for purple.

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  12. MyMaracasJuly 14, 2011 at 1:35 AM

    The color purple! Plus a fat, sassy woodpecker. Lovely set.
    :)

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  13. AnonymousJuly 14, 2011 at 4:26 AM

    Very nice collage! The flowers have wonderful colors.

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  14. Lisa GordonJuly 14, 2011 at 12:07 PM

    This is wonderful!
    I love the way you've put this together here.

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  15. Rambling WoodsJuly 16, 2011 at 11:14 AM

    It is a beautiful slice of life as we really love our summers....Michelle

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