המועדפים של calebcatto

This bird flew over and started talking to me while I was walking along the Reservoir Road. I talked back and after a while I jokingly invited him to meet my family. To my surprise he followed me back to my staff accom where I introduced him to my family. (see other photo)

Yellow spot on head is not a camera error. Real in all its' strangeness.

It was by itself, and was seen once, then again the next day by a neighbour. Both observations were in backyards, and near a bird feeder that sees plenty of sparrows, juncos and the like.

One Thimbleberry bush, growing very close to Rubus odoratus such that their branches are entwined and from a distance it looks as though they were one bush (but are separate plants). I could not find any other Thimbleberry in this park, only R. odoratus. I wonder whether it is originally descended from the wild Great Lakes relic population, or just an escape from a garden or planted for the park.

Flowers white, and flowers are larger than R. odoratus (larger diameter, see comparison photo), Stipitate glands green/yellow rather than purple, leaves with less attenuated points than R. odoratus. A couple photos show a comparison with the R. odoratus that has pink flowers and purple stipitate glands.

A green chiton attached to a half crab. We observed this alien looking commensal beast while undertaking an intertidal survey on the reefs off Hawera. It made us jump when we first turned over the rock.