Kitchen sink post.
While I've been focusing on discoveries on the road to Tahsis, the "Other" file has been filling up. So here, in no particular order, are a selection from that box.
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| Greater yellowlegs. Caught at dusk (8:40 PM) on a grey, dingy landing across from Tyee Spit. |
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| Two yellowlegs. |
There were a few tiny peeps, probably the Least Sandpiper, foraging among the stones, but it was too dark for the pocket camera to find them. I'll go back another evening, a bit earlier.
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| Killdeer, looking worried. As usual. |
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| Mossy trees, somewhere in the bush above the Campbell River. |
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| Water parsley? On the Gold River to Tahsis highway. |
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| Tansy. Tyee Spit. |
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| Thistle. Head Bay Road. |
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| Lighthouse, Quadra Island |
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| Mushroom among dead leaves, bank of Campbell River mouth. |
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| Water strider, Campbell River mouth |
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| Cyanide millipede, dead and stiff. My son, who tends to do things like this, painstakingly balanced the millipede on a cable spanning the river. |
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| "Tornado". Boat dock across from Tyee Spit, where the sun still shines. |
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| And back at home, waiting for me by the door, a long-legged, bulky-pedipalped, semi-transparent spider. |
I'll leave the tank critters and other intertidal beasties for tomorrow.
Very glad to see some of the shorebirds on your homeground.
ReplyDeleteThe other photos are very interesting & full of the life on your homeground, too.
Thank you for sharing.