PORTRAITS: THE TRIBES OF AUGUST

COMPOSITE FAMILY

THOROUGHWORT TRIBE

JOE-PYE-WEED
AUGUST 17, 2014

COMPOSITE FAMILY

ASTER TRIBE

DAISY FLEABANE
AUGUST 17, 2014

ASTER
AUGUST 17, 2014

ASTER
AUGUST 17, 2014

GOLDENROD
AUGUST 17, 2014

GOLDENROD
AUGUST 17, 2014

GOLDENROD
AUGUST 17, 2014

GOLDENROD
AUGUST 17, 2014

ASTER
AUGUST 17, 2014

COMPOSITE FAMILY
MAYWEED TRIBE

YARROW
AUGUST 17, 2014

ALL PHOTOS TAKEN WITH THE SAME COLOUR BACKGROUND MAT-BOARD.
No flower was harmed in taking these photos.

SANDHILL CRANE

AUGUST 12, 2014 UNDER THE POWER LINE:

An afternoon stroll. Nipigon.

Grus Canadensis

Wingspread to 7 feet.
Size : 40 - 48 inches.
Collins writes, " Large birds like these cranes were easy targets before protection.
 The Sandhill Crane has never recovered its earlier numbers,
 and never will,
so long as we keep on draining our marshes."

SALT-AND-PEPPER LOOPER MOTH

Found on the window sill August 3, 2014

Salt-And-Pepper Looper Moth
Syngrapha rectangular

Food in our area: Firs, Spruces, pines and other conifers.
Wing-span: 3 - 3.5 cm
Active: at any time of the day or night.
Dark gray with sharp silver and light gray markings.