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Photos from north of Ste.Anne on 2004jun16:
Marbled godwit: with Killdeer Marbled godwit: Killdeer: Marbled godwit: with Killdeer Marbled godwit: pair Yellow-headed blackbird: male Yellow-headed blackbird: pair

Photos from near Randolph on 2004jun16:
Lousewort=Wood betony=Pedicularis canadensis: plant Lousewort=Wood betony=Pedicularis canadensis: flowers Yellow stargrass=Hypoxis hirsuta: flower Yellow stargrass=Hypoxis hirsuta: flower and bud
Both the yellow-flowers (YellowStargrass) were shot at -0.7ev; and yet the one in sunlight is badly overexposed; my camera is especially prone to overexposing bright yellows.

Photos from Kleefeld on 2004jun16:
Common snipe: well hidden Small white ladyslipper: plant Small white ladyslipper: clump Small white ladyslipper: clump Small white ladyslipper: Small white ladyslipper: closeup Small white ladyslipper: flower Small white ladyslipper: flower Small white ladyslipper: from above Small white ladyslipper: closeup from above Ladyslipper-hybrid-large=Cypripedium X andrewsii var favillianum: plant Ladyslipper-hybrid-large=Cypripedium X andrewsii var favillianum: flower Ladyslipper-hybrid-large=Cypripedium X andrewsii var favillianum: closeup Ladyslipper-hybrid-small=Cypripedium X andrewsii var andrewsii: flower Ladyslipper-hybrid-small=Cypripedium X andrewsii var andrewsii: flower with insect Ladyslipper-hybrid-small=Cypripedium X andrewsii var andrewsii: flower with insect Ladyslipper-hybrid-small=Cypripedium X andrewsii var andrewsii: flower with insect Ladyslipper-hybrid-small=Cypripedium X andrewsii var andrewsii: flower with insect Small white ladyslipper: with unstreaked sepals Small white ladyslipper: with unstreaked sepals Song sparrow?: Red-winged blackbird: Red-winged blackbird: downcast
Both Doris and I saw the insect inside that lady-slipper but were unable to identify it. Photographing it was difficult because it was flitting to-and-fro very rapidly. After these photos, I observed something flying away from the slipper, and the activity ceased. Perhaps it was a large mosquito; and possibly its strange behaviour was due to a war going on between it and another insect?