tag:dreamwidth.org,2010-03-11:486052Common Naturewonder and joy and mystery in everyday thingsCommon Nature2024-03-16T18:58:48Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2010-03-11:486052:251820pauraqueAmerican Black Ducks2024-03-16T14:42:59Z2024-03-16T18:58:48Zpublic21Posted by: <span lj:user='pauraque' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://pauraque.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://pauraque.dreamwidth.org/'><b>pauraque</b></a></span><br /><br />I saw this pair of American Black Ducks recently.<br /><br /><img src="https://pauraque.dreamwidth.org/file/512288.png" width="800" title="two brown ducks swim on a pond"><br /><br />Widespread in the eastern US and Canada, they're often mistaken for female or nonbreeding male Mallards, since they're the same size and shape and have similar markings. It was nice to get a good clear look at some of the differences. Their bodies are darker than the typical Mallard (though not actually black) with contrastingly pale heads. The male (with the yellow bill) has no white or curly tailfeathers and not even a smudge of green on his head. The female's bill is olive-gray with no orange on it.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/251820.html#cutid1">The female also helpfully displayed her wing patch when she was preening</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=251820" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-03-11:486052:251605ysabetwordsmithPhotos: Savanna and Prairie Garden2024-03-15T05:02:46Z2024-03-15T05:02:46Zaccomplishedpublic10Posted by: <span lj:user='ysabetwordsmith' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/'><b>ysabetwordsmith</b></a></span><br /><br />I took pictures around the yard today. These are from the savanna and prairie garden.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/251605.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=251605" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-03-11:486052:250933ysabetwordsmithLake Pictures2024-03-03T04:34:40Z2024-03-03T04:34:40Zaccomplishedpublic25Posted by: <span lj:user='ysabetwordsmith' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/'><b>ysabetwordsmith</b></a></span><br /><br />Today we went out to the lake. The first few pictures are from my yard, though.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/250933.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=250933" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-03-11:486052:250599ysabetwordsmithWildflower Garden2024-02-24T05:02:39Z2024-02-24T05:02:39Zaccomplishedpublic8Posted by: <span lj:user='ysabetwordsmith' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/'><b>ysabetwordsmith</b></a></span><br /><br />I took some pictures of the wildflower garden today after I finished cleaning it up. I leave things through the winter because some of the plants, like the northern sea oats and echinacea, have seeds for wildlife. I pick off and plant a lot of the seeds but never get around to all of them. Goldfinches especially like to cling to the seedheads and peck out the seeds.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/250599.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=250599" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-03-11:486052:247913LinkyUp In The Trees2024-01-18T19:31:55Z2024-01-18T19:32:20Zpublic7Posted by: <span lj:user='linky' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://linky.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://linky.dreamwidth.org/'><b>linky</b></a></span><br /><br /><a href="https://postimg.cc/SYR9Jfn1" target="_blank"><img src="https://i.postimg.cc/PJzQV6TH/20240118-135429.png" width="500" alt="Three starlings resting in some branches." /></a><br /><br />Spotted many starlings, as well as what I believe to be a lapland longspur in the trees today. Took some pictures with my phone. Three more images under the cut, including the one with the bird I think is a lapland longspur. But it was so far away and I wasn't able to see it's entire body so it's hard for me to guess, so please feel free to let me know if I am mistaken!<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/247913.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=247913" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-03-11:486052:243464AmandaPuffball Mushrooms2023-10-08T04:55:04Z2023-10-08T04:58:04ZThe Cramps - Garbagemanawakepublic6Posted by: <span lj:user='blackcatofmisery' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://blackcatofmisery.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://blackcatofmisery.dreamwidth.org/'><b>blackcatofmisery</b></a></span><br /><br /><sub>I just think mushrooms are neat and have others I've found recently that I will eventually share.</sub><br /><br />Recently, I discovered what I believe are puffballs in my front yard! I've never seen any alive before, so I'm relying on Google. The mystery comes from the brown one. (It is the same mushroom as the first photo, where it is obviously paler.) It didn't used to be brown, but there is a brown umber puffball.<br /><br /><img src="https://i.ibb.co/2n2W6bZ/PXL-20231005-165818063.jpg" width="250"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/pWxTjSy/PXL-20231005-165910363.jpg" width="250"><br /><img src="https://i.ibb.co/VY4Z8mX/PXL-20231006-160350778.jpg" width="250"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/9p0SWXJ/PXL-20231006-160354122.jpg" width="250"><br /><br />One of the white ones is still white, so it could be a common puffball or a peeling one. Peeling would make sense, if that little bit in my hand (the only bit I found) is from the mushroom and not its own decaying corpse. The bit was near the now-brown puffball, though.<br /><br />I'm really not sure, though. ¯\_༼ •́ ͜ʖ •̀ ༽_/¯ Any aspiring mycologists have like a list of criteria to determine a species?<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=243464" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-03-11:486052:241735AmandaA Katydid, aka Bush-cricket2023-09-24T15:01:26Z2023-09-24T15:01:26Zpeacefulpublic15Posted by: <span lj:user='blackcatofmisery' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://blackcatofmisery.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://blackcatofmisery.dreamwidth.org/'><b>blackcatofmisery</b></a></span><br /><br /><img src="https://i.ibb.co/0DSzMHT/SNOW-20230924-095110-769.jpg" width="250"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/pZvWZ9p/SNOW-20230924-095031-128.jpg" width="250"><br /><img src="https://i.ibb.co/ckprtQ7/SNOW-20230924-095051-959.jpg" width="500"><br /><br />My brother was cleaning cars last night and came in the show me something. I immediately assumed a weird big, and I was right!<br /><br />At first, I didn't see it, but a big ol' green big, about 7cm, was clinging to the center console of our mom's car. My big brother wanted me to remove it. No idea what he'd've done himself, but I got her out, and she didn't want to leave my arm. 💀<br /><br />I'm glad to know we have these critters, though, because it could maybe explain some noises I've heard outside. I didn't expect her to be so big, though! I'm relatively okay with six legs and less, but the size of this bug had the hairs on my arm standing up. (She also wanted to play parrot on my shoulder. I'm not yet so willing.)<br /><br />But my brother and I agree that he'll take care of spiders and stingy, stripey things; I'll catch other six-legs-and-less ones.<br /><br />Fun fact: Katydids are believed to being good fortune! (Not necessarily financial.)<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=241735" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-03-11:486052:238764AmandaBusy Bees2023-08-26T23:14:50Z2023-08-26T23:14:50Zpublic14Posted by: <span lj:user='blackcatofmisery' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://blackcatofmisery.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://blackcatofmisery.dreamwidth.org/'><b>blackcatofmisery</b></a></span><br /><br />I left the house today. One of my stops was a store with nicer plants than most garden stores I've been to, and there were <i>dozens</i> of various bees. (I wish I'd gotten a photo of the honey bees on the same onion.)<br /><br /><center><img src="https://i.ibb.co/yBgL3bG/PXL-20230826-191743531.jpg" width="500"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/jyszn56/PXL-20230826-191721026.jpg" width="500"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/NZY0zJx/PXL-20230826-191719150.jpg" width="500"></center><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=238764" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-03-11:486052:236745AmandaBusy Bees2023-07-15T19:27:58Z2023-07-15T19:27:58Zsleepypublic12Posted by: <span lj:user='blackcatofmisery' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://blackcatofmisery.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://blackcatofmisery.dreamwidth.org/'><b>blackcatofmisery</b></a></span><br /><br />Although I am very allergic to bug bites, I will follow neat bugs to try and get decent photos on my phone. Right now, the oregano is in bloom, attracting lots of pollinators (and unsavory types such as hornets and wasps).<br /><br /><center><img src="https://i.ibb.co/HrkdZ9v/PXL-20230715-163103429.jpg" width="259"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/Q6wPyNJ/PXL-20230715-163103162.jpg" width="250"><br /><img src="https://i.ibb.co/9N4fNQp/PXL-20230715-163101569.jpg" width="250"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/3FzcTSR/PXL-20230715-163113176.jpg" width="250"></center><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=236745" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-03-11:486052:235866AmandaLocal Groundhog Family Devours Velcro Plant2023-06-30T14:33:54Z2023-06-30T14:33:54ZEXO - Hear Me Outhotpublic13Posted by: <span lj:user='blackcatofmisery' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://blackcatofmisery.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://blackcatofmisery.dreamwidth.org/'><b>blackcatofmisery</b></a></span><br /><br /><center><img src="https://i.ibb.co/mNRKYJ7/PXL-20230624-174842387.jpg" width="250"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/zxNSt7p/PXL-20230625-132747794.jpg" width="250"><br /><img src="https://i.ibb.co/Rj493GL/PXL-20230625-11333337421.jpg" width="250"><img src="https://i.ibb.co/k6nW13W/PXL-20230625-132518386.jpg" width="250"></center><br /><br />There's a family of groundhogs/woodchucks living under the wooden plank path in my aunt's backyard. Mom has two babies, who are nearly grown. I figure they'll move on once they're ready. They eat the plentiful burdock, so my aunt's not complaining too much. (First thing I did after setting my stuff down was go out to see if I could see them, and the mom had her chin on the plank while lying in a hole made from the planks shifting due to large roots.)<br /><br />The benefit of groundhogs is ground aeration, if their burrows stay open.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=235866" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-03-11:486052:233106AmandaAmerican Toad2023-05-21T15:07:39Z2023-05-21T15:10:58Zcalmpublic20Posted by: <span lj:user='blackcatofmisery' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://blackcatofmisery.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://blackcatofmisery.dreamwidth.org/'><b>blackcatofmisery</b></a></span><br /><br />My mom said there was "a toad under the garden hose," which I assumed meant, like, <i>inside</i> the hose housing, but I didn't see anything. 💔<br /><br />Stepping outside again a few minutes later, I spotted it from a distance.<br /><br /><center><img src="https://i.ibb.co/wYGgbsh/PXL-20230521-140929494-PORTRAIT.jpg" width="500"></center><br /><br />It's under the barest little overhang, where the hose sits on a rock. Chillin'. It's very well camouflaged among the mulch, but I just wanted to see it that badly, I guess.<br /><br />(I don't know what subspecies of toad it is, but I'd assume Eastern American Toad, just because I live in Wisconsin.)<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=233106" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-03-11:486052:207666ysabetwordsmithYard Pictures: Purple-and-White Garden2022-05-15T04:43:08Z2022-05-15T04:43:08Zaccomplishedpublic18Posted by: <span lj:user='ysabetwordsmith' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/'><b>ysabetwordsmith</b></a></span><br /><br />I took some pictures of my yard today.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/207666.html#cutid1">Walk with me ...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=207666" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-03-11:486052:207043ysabetwordsmithYard Pictures with Tree Frog2022-05-12T04:05:01Z2022-05-12T04:05:01Zexcitedpublic5Posted by: <span lj:user='ysabetwordsmith' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/'><b>ysabetwordsmith</b></a></span><br /><br />I took some pictures today, and I managed to get some of a tree frog.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/207043.html#cutid1">Walk with me ...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=207043" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-03-11:486052:204262ysabetwordsmithDad's Flowers2022-04-20T03:11:53Z2022-04-20T03:11:53Zaccomplishedpublic6Posted by: <span lj:user='ysabetwordsmith' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/'><b>ysabetwordsmith</b></a></span><br /><br />Today we visited Dad. He wanted to show me his flowers, so I took some pictures. :D He lives northeast of where I do.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/204262.html#cutid1">Walk with me ...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=204262" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-03-11:486052:203714ysabetwordsmithYard Pictures: House Yard and Orchard2022-04-18T08:37:37Z2022-04-19T06:46:09Zaccomplishedpublic10Posted by: <span lj:user='ysabetwordsmith' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/'><b>ysabetwordsmith</b></a></span><br /><br />Saturday was sunny, so I took lots of pictures. These are from the house yard and orchard. See the <a href="https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/13510402.html">forest garden and herb gardens</a>, <a href="https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/13510928.html">south lot and west edge</a>, <a href="https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/13511184.html">forest yard and wagonwheel garden</a>, <a href="https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/13511548.html">savanna and prairie garden</a>, and <a href="https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/13511855.html">ritual meadow and flowerbeds</a>.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/203714.html#cutid1">Walk with me ...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=203714" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-03-11:486052:203111ysabetwordsmithYard Pictures: Flowerbeds and House Yard2022-04-13T04:39:06Z2022-04-13T04:39:06Zaccomplishedpublic8Posted by: <span lj:user='ysabetwordsmith' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/'><b>ysabetwordsmith</b></a></span><br /><br />The final set of photos from today mostly covers the flowerbeds and the yard by the house. See the <a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/202556.html">forest garden and south lot</a>, and the <a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/202998.html">savanna and prairie garden</a>.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/203111.html#cutid1">Walk with me ...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=203111" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-03-11:486052:202998ysabetwordsmithYard Pictures: Savanna and Prairie Garden2022-04-13T04:36:35Z2022-04-13T04:39:43Zaccomplishedpublic6Posted by: <span lj:user='ysabetwordsmith' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/'><b>ysabetwordsmith</b></a></span><br /><br />These pictures are mostly from the savanna and prairie garden. See the <a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/202556.html">forest garden and south lot</a>, and the <a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/203111.html">flowerbeds and house yard</a>.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/202998.html#cutid1">Walk with me ...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=202998" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-03-11:486052:202556ysabetwordsmithYard Pictures: Forest Garden and South Lot2022-04-13T04:34:08Z2022-04-13T04:40:53Zaccomplishedpublic8Posted by: <span lj:user='ysabetwordsmith' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/'><b>ysabetwordsmith</b></a></span><br /><br />Today was cloudy again, but so many new things were going on, I took pictures anyway. I broke them into three sets. These are mostly from the forest garden and south lot. See the <a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/203111.html">flowerbeds and house yard</a>, and the <a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/202998.html">savanna and prairie garden</a>. <br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/202556.html#cutid1">Walk with me ...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=202556" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-03-11:486052:202376chestnut_podDesert spring2022-04-12T21:30:32Z2022-04-12T21:30:32Zpublic24Posted by: <span lj:user='chestnut_pod' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://chestnut-pod.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://chestnut-pod.dreamwidth.org/'><b>chestnut_pod</b></a></span><br /><br />The last big burst of blossom in the chaparral! <br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/202376.html#cutid1">Cut</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=202376" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-03-11:486052:201866ysabetwordsmithHiking Pictures: Warbler Ridge River Road & Warbler Woods North2022-04-04T02:16:55Z2022-04-04T05:05:15Zhappypublic13Posted by: <span lj:user='ysabetwordsmith' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/'><b>ysabetwordsmith</b></a></span><br /><br />Today we went hiking. It rained substantially several days ago and was drizzly yesterday, but was sunny today. So I took my camera ...<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/201866.html#cutid1">Walk with me ...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=201866" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-03-11:486052:201296ysabetwordsmithYard Pictures: Puddles2022-03-31T21:31:32Z2022-03-31T21:31:32Zbusypublic8Posted by: <span lj:user='ysabetwordsmith' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/'><b>ysabetwordsmith</b></a></span><br /><br />Yesterday it rained a lot. Much of our yard was ankle-deep in water. We live on reclaimed marshland, and several times a year, Nature disputes that claim. I took a few pictures. The lighting outside is awful; heavy cloud cover makes it hard to get a good picture, even with the flash. But these will give you a glimpse of what's going on here at Fieldhaven.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/201296.html#cutid1">Read more...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=201296" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-03-11:486052:200903ysabetwordsmithYard Pictures2022-03-27T07:38:34Z2022-03-27T07:38:34Zaccomplishedpublic16Posted by: <span lj:user='ysabetwordsmith' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/'><b>ysabetwordsmith</b></a></span><br /><br />I posted pictures of my yard today. This batch has some of the more nature-focused images, along with links to the others. <br /><br />This set of pictures covers the Savanna. See the <a href="https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/13483793.html">Forest Garden</a>, the <a href="https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/13484045.html">South Lot</a>, the <a href="https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/13484512.html">West Edge</a>, the <a href="https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/13484943.html">Prairie Garden</a>, and the <a href="https://ysabetwordsmith.dreamwidth.org/13485057.html">House Yard</a> sets.<br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/200903.html#cutid1">Walk with me ...</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=200903" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-03-11:486052:198022SylvMushrooms popping up in surprising places2022-02-08T11:47:14Z2022-02-08T11:47:14Zpublic18Posted by: <span lj:user='sylvaine' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://sylvaine.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://sylvaine.dreamwidth.org/'><b>sylvaine</b></a></span><br /><br /><a href="https://sylvaine.dreamwidth.org/file/96773.jpg"><img src="https://sylvaine.dreamwidth.org/file/640x640/96773.jpg" alt="Regular old forest mushrooms growing in the hollow of a tree on the roadside. " title="[2021] mushtree" /></a><br /><br />Look at those Regular Ol' Forest Mushrooms just growing out of a tree hollow! Found last year - must have been in August? so actually quite a while ago - on my way to work.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=198022" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-03-11:486052:165307Jesse the KLovely Trending-Autumnal Sky2020-09-13T22:51:10Z2020-09-13T22:51:10Zpublic4Posted by: <span lj:user='jesse_the_k' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://jesse-the-k.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://jesse-the-k.dreamwidth.org/'><b>jesse_the_k</b></a></span><br /><br /><p>Picture taken on my birthday boat ride at 6 pm 7 Sept 2020 from the center of Lake Mendota. The pale blue sky hosts cirrocumulus (?) clouds at various levels. Hints of sunset in pale orange above the hills of Middleton Wisconsin.</p>
<p><img src="https://mltshp-cdn.com/r/1JQBU" alt="described in entry" width="70%" height="" border="10" align="" /></p>
<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=165307" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2010-03-11:486052:125880Asenath Waitecrow babies have arrived!2019-06-11T06:38:06Z2019-06-11T06:38:06Zpublic11Posted by: <span lj:user='asenathwaite' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://asenathwaite.dreamwidth.org/profile'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='https://asenathwaite.dreamwidth.org/'><b>asenathwaite</b></a></span><br /><br />Today our visiting crow couple brought their babies to our yard, possibly to teach them how to empty our bird feeder. A+ parenting, corvid neighbors. The babies are more amenable to being photographed than the adults.<br /><br /><img src="https://asenathwaite.dreamwidth.org/file/7524.jpg" alt="two young crows on a tray of water" title="baby crows 1" /><br /><br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">( </b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://common-nature.dreamwidth.org/125880.html#cutid1">More crow babies and bonus squirrel</a></b><b class="cut-close"> )</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=common_nature&ditemid=125880" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments