One Owl Today

I saw this great horned owl this morning. 

I heard alarm calls, saw it at #1, it flew to #2.

Took the picture at #2 but as I moved closer it flew to #3.

Western Pearly Everlasting

I found this plant at the end of the loop in the gravel.
Native to Washington. Sun or shade. 
A native to alpine areas, this summer blooming perennial attracts pollinators.

 

More Fawns

Small group at the Waltons.

Two fawns resting. 

Great Horned Owls.

I took this July 27, along the trail by Marvin Rd.

Owl pair taken by Sally Grant close to stairs.

I found a few possible owl nests. 

George Axtel took these two photos. 

Yellow Yarrow vs Common Tansy

This is cultured yarrow in street flower beds.

This is common tansy.

White and pink from street bed out front.

Cultured yarrow, not native. 

Noxious Weeds

Tansy Ragwort - 11 petals on the flowers, leaves are undulated.

Class B toxic weed.

Hypericum perforatum 

Common St. John's wort, Klamath weed, common name goat weed. 

Weed class: C, 5 petals per flower.

Common tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)

Common tansy is a perennial plant with distinctive yellow button-like flowers. It can form dense cover and degrade pastures, impede reforestation efforts, and outcompete native plants. Eating common tansy can be toxic to humans and livestock. Wear gloves when handling common tansy.

 

Spiranthes romanzoffiana Hooded Ladies' Tresses-ORCHIDACEAE

I was surprised to see this hooded ladies' tresses duo in an unusual place. 

At first I thought it was an elegant piperia, also it is in the orchid family.

Then I notice these two also.

These were spotted today where the orange arrow is located. 

I have been looking where the black arrow is located.

Last year they were at the black arrow.

Mower cut the tops off.

Thankfully I had them marked with moss. 

These are the trees where the marked ones are located.

Just past the huckleberry. 

Three Bucks in the Preserve

Saw two of the 3 bucks reported to be in this area.

Here they are nibbling leaves on the oak tree in the triangle.

They didn't eat the acorns that were on those branches. 

First Fawn of the Season

These were on the Walton's lawn.

Only one fawn.

Tansy Identification

This is tansy ragwort - Class B Noxious weed.

Flowers have many petals.

This is common tansy growing in the preserve at the end of Eagledale.

This is St. John's Wort. Five Petals.

Oak Tree Acorns

These acorns are slowly growing.

I don't find very many of them. 

This is what they looked like in June.

Found a bunch on this tree in the triangle.

These are from two trees.

Two bucks nibbled on these branches with the acorns.

Seems they only wanted the leaves and left the acorns. 

Elegant Piperia

They are hard to see in the grasses.

This is two plants close together.

Four plants total.

They grow from a tuber and the stem should thicken as it ages.

These are where the chocolate lily seed heads are located. 

Seed heads are hard to propagate.

These are going to seed. 

Picture taken Oct. 7, seed heads. 

Orchid seeds are very small. The seed does not have enough stored energy to germinate and grow by itself, and in the wild must be infected by a fungus, which provides carbohydrates and nutrients to the developing embryo. Soil collected from around the parent plant may inoculate seeds

Fair to good propagation success has been achieved using plant division techniques. Divide pseudobulbs in the dormant period (late summer to early fall). Pseudobulbs will sometimes produce two eyes; separate a section of the pseudo-bulb containing an eye and pot up.