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Darling Starlings DP103-2013 Posted April 13; processed ditto European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). Part of a flock that scattered into a dense thicket as soon as I approached. They had been feeding in the grass. One step closer by me and they retreated so deeply into the thicket as to be nearly invisible. Note that the nearer two, adults with full iridescent plumage, already have the yellow beaks of the breeding season. Gallup Park, April 5, 2013 Thanks, and more thanks, to all who viewed and commented on yesterday's mammillaria mound. To date, it's the most viewed (first day stats) of any of my DP posts, though I certainly wouldn't rank it as my best effort. People vote with their eyeballs, so what do I know? Congrats to Tom for ultimately ending up, deservedly so, in top spot in the Dailies.
D095-2013 Common cattail, Typha latifolia. Family Typhaceae . . . Native to North America . Wetlands along the south bank of the Huron River at Gallup Park. April 5, 2013
D095-2013 Just how late a spring are we having? DP098-2013. Posted April 8; processed April 7. In 2009 I photographed skunk cabbage at very nearly the same location. It was a little more along in the blooming process than seen here, with spathes actually showing through the opening in the spadixes (spadices?). That photo ( http://smu.gs/14QKtXc ) was taken on March 9. This year, with everything blooming exceptionally late, the same plants are beginning to bloom essentially four weeks later. Eastern skunk cabbage spadix. Symplocarpus foetidus . . . Family Araceae . . . Native to eastern North Armerica. . Wetlands cattail marsh along the Huron River at Gallup Park. April 5, 2013
D088-2013 Red Winged Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus A passerine bird of the family Icteridae . . . Native to North America Gallup Park, Ann Arbor March 29, 2013
D088-2013 Quaking Aspen catkins (Populus tremuloides) Island in Huron River at Gallup Park, Ann Arbor March 29, 2013
D088-2013 Red Winged Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus A passerine bird of the family Icteridae . . . Native to North America Gallup Park, Ann Arbor March 29, 2013
D088-2013 Quaking Aspen catkins (Populus tremuloides) Island in Huron River at Gallup Park, Ann Arbor March 29, 2013
D088-2013 Quaking Aspen catkins (Populus tremuloides) Island in Huron River at Gallup Park, Ann Arbor March 29, 2013
D088-2013 Quaking Aspen catkins (Populus tremuloides) Island in Huron River at Gallup Park, Ann Arbor March 29, 2013
Darling Starlings

DP103-2013 Posted April 13; processed ditto

European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). Part of a flock that scattered into a dense thicket as soon as I approached. They had been feeding in the grass. One step closer by me and they retreated so deeply into the thicket as to be nearly invisible. Note that the nearer two, adults with full iridescent plumage, already have the yellow beaks of the breeding season.

Gallup Park, April 5, 2013

Thanks, and more thanks, to all who viewed and commented on yesterday's mammillaria mound. To date, it's the most viewed (first day stats) of any of my DP posts, though I certainly wouldn't rank it as my best effort. People vote with their eyeballs, so what do I know? Congrats to Tom for ultimately ending up, deservedly so, in top spot in the Dailies.
Darling Starlings DP103-2013 Posted April 13; processed ditto European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). Part of a flock that scattered into a dense thicket as soon as I approached. They had been feeding in the grass. One step closer by me and they retreated so deeply into the thicket as to be nearly invisible. Note that the nearer two, adults with full iridescent plumage, already have the yellow beaks of the breeding season. Gallup Park, April 5, 2013 Thanks, and more thanks, to all who viewed and commented on yesterday's mammillaria mound. To date, it's the most viewed (first day stats) of any of my DP posts, though I certainly wouldn't rank it as my best effort. People vote with their eyeballs, so what do I know? Congrats to Tom for ultimately ending up, deservedly so, in top spot in the Dailies.
Darling Starlings

DP103-2013 Posted April 13; processed ditto

European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris). Part of a flock that scattered into a dense thicket as soon as I approached. They had been feeding in the grass. One step closer by me and they retreated so deeply into the thicket as to be nearly invisible. Note that the nearer two, adults with full iridescent plumage, already have the yellow beaks of the breeding season.

Gallup Park, April 5, 2013

Thanks, and more thanks, to all who viewed and commented on yesterday's mammillaria mound. To date, it's the most viewed (first day stats) of any of my DP posts, though I certainly wouldn't rank it as my best effort. People vote with their eyeballs, so what do I know? Congrats to Tom for ultimately ending up, deservedly so, in top spot in the Dailies.
See photo in original gallery.
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