Saturday, December 23, 2006

John Muir

I love this quote from John Muir posted by Journals of An Amateur Naturalist:

"When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world." John Muir


Monday, December 18, 2006

Blacksmith Lapwing

October 21, 2006
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

I still have a few more birds from my Kenya trip to identify but haven't quite figured them out yet.

Saturday, December 16, 2006

Cliff Chat

Lake Nakuru National Park
Kenya
21 October 2006

I found these, where else but on a cliff. The male is the one with the white wing bar. There were lots of these birds at the top of the cliff overlooking the park.

Thursday, December 14, 2006

Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling

21 October, 2006
Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya

White-browed Sparrow Weaver

19 October, 2006
Kijabe, Kenya

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Streaky Seedeater

October 16, 2006
Kijabe, Kenya

Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater

October 16, 2006
Kijabe, Kenya

Sunday, December 10, 2006

Honey I Shrunk the Giant Squid

Lemoine Point, Kingston, Ontario
27 September, 2005

I've often found the strangest looking little invertebrates associated with mushrooms. I have no idea what this one is. I need a decent camera with a macro lens to do justice to these little things.

Unidentified Mushroom



Lemoine Point, Kingston, Ontario
27 September, 2005

The cap is slimy and about 2.5cm across. The stalk is about 3.5 cm tall.

Saturday, December 09, 2006

Unidentified Mushroom



November 03, 2005
Lemoine Point, Kingston, Ontario

(Somewhat late in the season but under the right conditions it doesn't take much for mushrooms to appear)

Friday, December 08, 2006

Unidentified Mushroom



May 27, 2006
Frontenac Provincial Park

Thursday, December 07, 2006

Unidentified Mushroom


May 27, 2006
Frontenac Provincial Park

Wednesday, December 06, 2006

Unidentified Mushroom


May 27, 2006
Frontenac Provincial Park

Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Monday, December 04, 2006

Unidentified Mushroom





Opinicon Road, Kingston
May 28, 2006

I've decided to start posting some of the Fungi that I have not been able to identify. This probably represents about seventy percent of all the mushrooms I've found. I thought this one would be easy to label but even with four massive field guides I couldn't come up with an identification. It would have helped a lot if I could have obtained a spore print but it is rarely convenient to do that when the main purpose of the trip is birding.