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Photos from Road 54N near Portage Sandhills on 2009jul04:
Goatsbeard: flower Lilac-flowered beardtongue=Penstemon gracilis: plant Lilac-flowered beardtongue=Penstemon gracilis: plant Lilac-flowered beardtongue=Penstemon gracilis: flower Lilac-flowered beardtongue=Penstemon gracilis: flowers Lilac-flowered beardtongue=Penstemon gracilis: flower closeup Lilac-flowered beardtongue=Penstemon gracilis: flower closeup Wallflower mustard=Erysimum cheiranthoides: plant Wallflower mustard=Erysimum cheiranthoides: leaf with needle-like marginal spines group-09: at Portage Sandhills group-09: at Portage Sandhills Harebell: plant Harebell: flowers Plantain-leaved everlasting=Womens tobacco=Antennaria plantaginifolia: clump Plantain-leaved everlasting=Womens tobacco=Antennaria plantaginifolia: leaves Plantain-leaved everlasting=Womens tobacco=Antennaria plantaginifolia: flowers Plantain-leaved everlasting=Womens tobacco=Antennaria plantaginifolia: flowers

Photos from Portage Sandhills on 2009jul04:
?unidentified: grass: Marsh hedge-nettle: plant Marsh hedge-nettle: flowers shrub: with fruit-like galls? shrub: with fruit-like galls? Trefoil: Golden alexanders: group-09: at Portage Sandhills group-09: at Portage Sandhills Paintbrush: many Paintbrush: Marsh skullcap=Scutellaria galericulata: Smooth rose=Rosa blanda: Ground-cherry=Physalis: plant Ground-cherry=Physalis: plant Ground-cherry=Physalis: flower Plains prickly-pear-cactus=Opuntia polyacantha: Plains prickly-pear-cactus=Opuntia polyacantha: with buds? Plains prickly-pear-cactus=Opuntia polyacantha: Plains prickly-pear-cactus=Opuntia polyacantha: Three-flowered avens: Prairie-Smoke Three-flowered avens: Prairie-Smoke Veiny peavine=Lathyrus venosus: plant Veiny peavine=Lathyrus venosus: flowers Narrow-leaved hawk's-beard=Crepis tectorum: plant Bluet: clump Bluet: plant Bluet: flowers group-09: at Portage Sandhills Hairy golden-aster=Heterotheca villosa: plant Hairy golden-aster=Heterotheca villosa: flower+bud Dwarf white milkweed: plant Spreading dogbane: plant Wallflower mustard=Erysimum cheiranthoides: flowers Weevil: on Wallflower mustard; possibly Anthonomus sp? Dwarf white milkweed: plant Dwarf white milkweed: flowers with ants Checkered beetle: on Canada anemone Checkered beetle: on Canada anemone Checkered beetle: on Canada anemone Manitoba toad=Canadian toad=Bufo hemiophrys: Crab spider: Crab spider: Crab spider: Crab spider: Crab spider: with silk Crab spider:

Photos from pr240 near Assiniboine Diversion Spillway on 2009jul04:
Showy ladyslipper: clump Showy ladyslipper: Showy ladyslipper: Crab spider: hiding inside Showy ladyslipper Trichiotinus assimilis=a flower beetle: on Rose first flower Trichiotinus assimilis=a flower beetle: on Rose first flower Trichiotinus assimilis=a flower beetle: on Rose first flower Trichiotinus assimilis=a flower beetle: on Rose first flower Trichiotinus assimilis=a flower beetle: on Rose first flower Trichiotinus assimilis=a flower beetle: on Rose first flower Trichiotinus assimilis=a flower beetle: on Rose 2nd flower Trichiotinus assimilis=a flower beetle: on Rose 2nd flower Trichiotinus assimilis=a flower beetle: on Rose 2nd flower Trichiotinus assimilis=a flower beetle: on Rose 2nd flower Trichiotinus assimilis=a flower beetle: on Rose 2nd flower Trichiotinus assimilis=a flower beetle: on Rose 2nd flower

Photos from Assiniboine Diversion Spillway Park on 2009jul04:
White pelican: the neckless one White pelican: White pelican: White pelican: White pelican: White pelican: White pelican: with fisherman in background White pelican: with fisherman in background White pelican: White pelican: White pelican: White pelican: the neckless one again White pelican: group-09: at lunch Assiniboine Diversion Spillway Park group-09: at lunch Assiniboine Diversion Spillway Park group-09: at lunch Assiniboine Diversion Spillway Park group-09: Albert+Doris+Richard