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Photos from CNSC and vicinity on 2004-Jul19:
Churchill Northern Studies Centre=CNSC: building in the morning Willow-ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus): female+chick+male Willow-ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus): female with 5 of about 10 chicks Willow-ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus): male Willow-ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus): male Willow-ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus): male Willow-ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus): male Willow-ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus): female Willow-ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus): female Willow-ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus): chicks Willow-ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus): chick Willow-ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus): chick Willow-ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus): chick closer Willow-ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus): chick Churchill Northern Studies Centre=CNSC: entrance to Common loon (Gavia immer): with baby loon Common loon (Gavia immer): with baby loon Common loon (Gavia immer): with baby loon Common loon (Gavia immer): with baby loon rocket: with Rich rocket: with Chris+John rocket: with Doris
-- a new level of excess: i snapped 69 pictures of those Ptarmigans!


Photos from CoastRd on 2004-Jul19:
Common eider (Somateria mollissima): adults+ducklings with a lone ?duck Common eider (Somateria mollissima): adults+ducklings with a lone ?duck Common eider (Somateria mollissima): adults+ducklings with a lone ?duck Common eider (Somateria mollissima): adults+ducklings Common eider (Somateria mollissima): adults+ducklings krummholz: crooked tree krummholz: one-sided tree grain-terminal: in the distance group-2004: on rocks Doris+Huguette+Rich+Gilles photographer: John Lichen (Lecanorales sp): on white rock Lichen (Lecanorales sp): on white rock Small round-leaf orchid (Amerorchis rotundifolia): Small round-leaf orchid (Amerorchis rotundifolia): bud with spur

Photos from Dene-Village on 2004-Jul19:
Sparrow-egg ladyslipper (Cypripedium passerinum): pods Sparrow-egg ladyslipper (Cypripedium passerinum): pods Sparrow-egg ladyslipper (Cypripedium passerinum): pods Sparrow-egg ladyslipper (Cypripedium passerinum): pods Sparrow-egg ladyslipper (Cypripedium passerinum): flower Sparrow-egg ladyslipper (Cypripedium passerinum): flower with mosquito near lens Blunt-leaf rein-orchid (Platanthera obtusata): clump Bog birch (Betula pumila): Tamarack (Larix laricina): Common moonwort-fern (Botrychium lunaria): plaque: tells sad story of Dene Village plaque: tells sad story of Dene Village crop

Photos from CapeMerry (afternoon) on 2004-Jul19:
Fort Churchill: gun-battery ruins Fort Churchill: powder-magazine ruins Arctic bladder-campion (Silene involucrata): Smooth whitlow-grass (Draba glabella): clump Smooth whitlow-grass (Draba glabella): flowers Smooth whitlow-grass (Draba glabella): closeup float-plane: flies by Brown alga seaweed (Phaeophyceae sp): Doris: on rock group-2004: on rock me+John+Lawrence+Roberta Verch+Rich+Chris+Huguette+Doris+Lorne group-2004: on rock me+John+Lawrence+Roberta Verch+Rich+Chris+Huguette+Doris+Lorne tighter crop Strict primrose (Primula stricta): foliage Strict primrose (Primula stricta): flowers Strict primrose (Primula stricta): flowers Strict primrose (Primula stricta): flowers Strict primrose (Primula stricta): Beautiful cinquefoil (Potentilla pulcherrima): clump Beautiful cinquefoil (Potentilla pulcherrima): Beautiful cinquefoil (Potentilla pulcherrima): Early coralroot (Corallorhiza trifida): unusual colour Early coralroot (Corallorhiza trifida): unusual colour Purple paintbrush (Castilleja sp): Purple paintbrush (Castilleja sp): Purple paintbrush (Castilleja sp): Purple paintbrush (Castilleja sp): Greenland primrose (Primula egaliksensis): white-flowered Greenland primrose (Primula egaliksensis): white-flowered plant

Photos from TankFarmRd on 2004-Jul19:
White-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys): underexposed White-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys): White-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys): Small round-leaf orchid (Amerorchis rotundifolia): Long-stalked chickweed (Stellaria longipes): Sparrow-egg ladyslipper (Cypripedium passerinum): flower Sparrow-egg ladyslipper (Cypripedium passerinum): closeup Sparrow-egg ladyslipper (Cypripedium passerinum): clump with Blunt-leaf rein-orchid (Platanthera obtusata) + Purple paintbrush (Castilleja sp) Blunt-leaf rein-orchid (Platanthera obtusata) + Sparrow-egg ladyslipper (Cypripedium passerinum): Blunt-leaf rein-orchid (Platanthera obtusata) + Sparrow-egg ladyslipper (Cypripedium passerinum): Purple paintbrush (Castilleja sp) + Sparrow-egg ladyslipper (Cypripedium passerinum): Sparrow-egg ladyslipper (Cypripedium passerinum): clump Sparrow-egg ladyslipper (Cypripedium passerinum): with mosquito Sparrow-egg ladyslipper (Cypripedium passerinum): with mosquito SHARPENED Sparrow-egg ladyslipper (Cypripedium passerinum): bowing pair Purple paintbrush (Castilleja sp): Tall green bog-orchid (Platanthera huronensis): Tall green bog-orchid (Platanthera huronensis): Small round-leaf orchid (Amerorchis rotundifolia) + Sparrow-egg ladyslipper (Cypripedium passerinum): Small round-leaf orchid (Amerorchis rotundifolia) + Sparrow-egg ladyslipper (Cypripedium passerinum):

Photos from CNSC (evening) on 2004-Jul19:
sunset: #1 sunset: #2