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Photos from gravel-pit 32km north of Thompson on 2004jul21:
wigwam: framework Moose: droppings under wigwam Doris: probes a nesting-cavity - using a stick this time
- we visited that gravel-pit after hearing reports of ShowyLadyslippers being found there, well north of their "known" range - but we found them not.

Photos from across the road from that gravel-pit on 2004jul21:
Buff-breasted sandpiper?: Buff-breasted sandpiper?: Buff-breasted sandpiper?: Buff-breasted sandpiper?: Buff-breasted sandpiper?: Buff-breasted sandpiper?: Buff-breasted sandpiper?: Platanthera aquilonis/huronensis: plant+pods Platanthera aquilonis/huronensis:
- that sandpiper-like bird seemed very upset by my presence; my Peterson's shows no bird which, in breeding-season, looks like that, and which nests in this region.

Photos from near that gravel-pit on 2004jul21:
Sandhill crane: Sandhill crane: pair doing a line-dance Sandhill crane: pair doing a line-dance Sandhill crane: pair doing a line-dance Sandhill crane: pair doing a line-dance

Photos from near GrandRapids on 2004jul21:
Red fox: kits on road Red fox: kits on road Red fox: kits on road Red fox: kits on road Red fox: kits on road

Photos from north of Gypsumville on 2004jul22:
Gaillardia: Ramshead ladyslipper: fresh pod Cow wheat: Smooth death-camas=Zigadenus elegans: flowers Smooth death-camas=Zigadenus elegans: plant Pearl-crescent butterfly: on Fleabane Syrphid-fly=Microdon sp: on Yarrow Syrphid-fly=Microdon sp: on Camas Syrphid-fly=Microdon sp: on Camas tighter crop Syrphid-fly=Microdon sp: on Camas tight crop aphids=Uroleucon sp: on Camas aphids=Uroleucon sp: on Camas
- D Ames thought that green fly or wasp on Yarrow and Camas was possibly a Tiphiidae wasp;
- Bob Lamb and Pat MacKay have identified it as a syrphid (hover-fly or bee-fly), possibly genus Microdon. This group has larvae that live in ant colonies, and the adults feed on pollen and nectar. (If a wasp, it may be thinking of predating aphids; if one of the hoverflies whose larvae feed on aphids it may be thinking of laying an egg in the aphid colony; the presence of pollen on its body suggests it is feeding on pollen and nectar.)
- Lamb and MacKay also say the aphids may be a species in the genus Uroleucon, although these usually feed on composites. [personal communication 05April]

Photos from south of Gypsumville on 2004jul22:
Pink paintbrush: Pink paintbrush: Pink paintbrush:

Photos from Arden+Lundar (town-icons) on 2004jul22:
the: Arden Sharptail the: Lundar Goose