Nonbreeding Adult
Today at Schooner Pond, I had one of those moments that just leaves you speechless. I was lying on the beach, photographing a small flock of Semipalmated Plovers & Sandpipers, completely in the zone. Out of nowhere, I heard this rustle in the distance, someone or something must've spooked a huge flock of Ruddy Turnstones and they came flying right towards me. This sudden rush freaked out the little flock I was focused on and then in the blink of an eye, like some kind of wild, unexpected twist, a Northern Harrier came out of nowhere. It swooped down so fast and snatched one of the Semipalmated plovers right from the group I was watching. It was such a raw, intense moment, like nature showing its true colors right in front of me. Honestly, I've never seen anything like it in my life and it left me with the mix feeling of awe and a bit of heartbreak:/. I shall duplicate this observation for Northern Harrier too.
Today at Schooner Pond, I had one of those moments that just leaves you speechless. I was lying on the beach, photographing a small flock of Semipalmated Plovers & Sandpipers, completely in the zone. Out of nowhere, I heard this rustle in the distance, someone or something must've spooked a huge flock of Ruddy Turnstones and they came flying right towards me. This sudden rush freaked out the little flock I was focused on and then in the blink of an eye, like some kind of wild, unexpected twist, a Northern Harrier came out of nowhere. It swooped down so fast and snatched one of the Semipalmated plovers right from the group I was watching. It was such a raw, intense moment, like nature showing its true colors right in front of me. Honestly, I've never seen anything like it in my life and it left me with the mix feeling of awe and a bit of heartbreak:/. I shall duplicate this observation for that unlucky plover too.
150+ thalli along 2.5 m of a weakened limb of a Mountain Ash. Cyphellae showing in some pictures. New site.
on exposed mineral soil at edge of forest trail; collected
The huckleberry bird poop-lichen combo (I’m assuming..) makes for nice colours!
The family includes four cubs, mother, and father. @katrina_cruickshanks
Observed nearly 150 in this region and most of them were in the puddle on the side of the road. Each observation is made for a different individual of the same species.
on sugar maple: black underside, marginal cilia, predominantly simple rhizines; medulla yellow beneath soralia (image 3); lobes ~2-4 mm. M. metarevoluta not yet known from Atlantic Canada (?)
on mossy area in shade of building; spores yellow.