Chickadee Photo Art

Manitoba Wildflowers

// September 18th, 2011 // No Comments » // Boreal Forest, Canadian Shield, Nopiming Provincial Park, Recent Posts, Whiteshell Provincial Park, Wildflowers

Three of our four seasons bring with them a variety of wildflowers that decorate our roadsides, fields and forests.  Every year I stumble across a few that I have not seen before and it has gotten to the point where I am actively searching for new ones to photograph. If you have not looked yet, check out the Wildflowers Gallery found to the right – there are hundreds of Manitoba Wildflowers catalogued there.

Below – Blue Eyed Grass ( Spring )

Below: Silky Lupine ( summer ) Tall and showy in a variety of colours, whites, pinks, blues and lavenders.

Below: Woodland Horsetail.  These plants have remained unchanged for millions of years except Woodland Horsetails of today are smaller.  Chances are you have seen these plants numerous times but have not paid too much attention to them as I did. They are also known as Horse Pipes, Joint Grass and Mare’s Tail.

Enjoy!

~Sharon

Purple Finch

// August 24th, 2011 // No Comments » // Birds of Manitoba, Boreal Forest, Canadian Shield, Recent Posts, Whiteshell Provincial Park

These photos were taken in the Whiteshell area during courtship season.  The finch in the above photo was busy courting the females, hovering above the branches, flapping his wings and strutting.  He put on quite a show and was great fun to watch.  He was more brightly coloured than normal during this time – all dressed up for his big date.

Below:  Female Purple Finch

Enjoy!

~Sharon

Wildflowers of Manitoba

// August 14th, 2011 // No Comments » // Boreal Forest, Canadian Shield, Manitoba Tourist Destination, Nopiming Provincial Park, Oak Hammock Marsh, Recent Posts, Whiteshell Provincial Park, Wildflowers

Today, some wildflower photos taken this summer in Manitoba.  Above is a Wood Lily which is commonly found along roadsides and forest edges.  This lily was growing at Oak Hammock Marsh.

Below: Common Bladderwort.   These grow in marshes with the green leafy mass of the plant being under the water and the flowering stem shoots up above water level.  This was in a marsh in Nopiming Provincial Park.

Below: Northern Crane’s Bill.  I found this one growing in a scrub forest area in the Whiteshell.  The bloom on this plant has seen better days but it is still a pretty plant.

Enjoy!

~Sharon