Duck Flats
Thursday May 12, 2011 5:30PM-8:30PM
56°F
Sunny with light winds.
Plants and animals:
Horsetail- Equisetum arvense
Cow Parsnip- Heracleum lanatum
Fireweed- Chamerion angustifolium
False Indian Corn (Indian Poke) -Veratrum viride
Pyrola- Pyrola americana
Stinging Nettles- Uritica dioica
Wild Celery- Angelica lucida
Yellow Skunk Cabbage- Lsyichiton americanas
Common Dandelion- Taraxacum officinale
Shooting Star- Dodecatheon pulchellum
Ostrich Fern- Matteuccia struthiopteris
Goats Beard- Aruncus sylvester
Porcupine- Erethizon dorsatum
Mallard- Anas platyrhynchos
Gadwall- Anas strepera
Arctic Turn- Sterna paradisaea
American Robin- Turdus migratorius
Mew Gull- Larus canus
This trip could not have happened on a more beautiful day. The sun was bright, and I could not see a cloud in the sky (well maybe a little on the horizon). Because the ducks and birds were mostly either flying or floating on the water far away it was hard to identify them, but because someone brought a pair of binoculars were able to make a better attempt.
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