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Photos from Senkiw Bridge on 2007jun14:
Monarch: butterfly pair mating male on top Monarch: butterfly pair mating male on top Monarch: butterfly pair mating male on top Climbing bittersweet=Celastrus scandens: Climbing bittersweet=Celastrus scandens: flowers Eyed brown butterfly: ?: plant in flower sick Otter: scat Carrion beetle: + Otter scat with crayfish remains Carrion beetle: + Otter scat closer
-- Doris and I marked & labelled many plants in preparation for the Orchid-Festival on Sunday June17; here is the list of labelled plants.

Photos from RoseauRiver west of Senkiw Bridge on 2007jun14:
Prickly rose: dark form Prickly rose: white form eaten Prickly rose: white form Prickly rose: streaked form Prickly rose: white form Lilac-flowered beardtongue=Penstemon gracilis: plant Lilac-flowered beardtongue=Penstemon gracilis: flowers Lilac-flowered beardtongue=Penstemon gracilis: flower ?: plant abnormal growth? Northern bedstraw: flower-stalk from leaf-axil Northern bedstraw: flowers Northern bedstraw: closeup Ant: queen Ant: queen Ant: queen

Photos from TGPP on 2007jun14:
Common snipe: Western prairie fringed-orchid: plant in bud Western prairie fringed-orchid: buds Western prairie fringed-orchid: buds Western prairie fringed-orchid: buds Western prairie fringed-orchid: emerging Yellow stargrass=Hypoxis hirsuta: Smooth death-camas=Zigadenus elegans: buds Western prairie fringed-orchid: emerging Western prairie fringed-orchid: buds bitten off