The logging behind our house makes an easy spot to look at upper tree canopy mosses and zonation of those moss. I think I got another shot of the moss that makes up the bird's nest of this area.
On branch of rotten log next to willaby creek loop trail, Quinault, WA
I found several Liverworts at Devil's Lake. This Liverwort I thought was Scapania. It was on a rotten log firmly attached to the bark. Under the scope it had dentate leaf margin and an underlobe. Many mosses and liverworts grew intertwined here. The leaf pattern was imbricate.The branching pattern was also pinnate.
Wow this stuff is tiny. I found it in my petri dish and wondered what it was. I had to put it under the compound scope to actually see it. I was excited when I recognized it as a liverwort on our list.
The logging behind our house makes an easy spot to look at upper tree canopy mosses and zonation of those moss. I think I got another shot of the moss that makes up the bird's nest of this area.
3:15pm
was in stairway as i left cave through the frozen niagra entrance
Cynopterus sphinx
Weather was very sunny with no clouds and not much wind.
Found on the ground in an open area under a stand of Pseudotsuga menziesii. There where so many and all of them had puffs of white coming off their sporophytes.
Rooftop cover with moss and other bryophytes. mainly Kingbergia Oregana. Small mushrooms have also established themselves atop this roof. Psathyrella piluliformis are the mushroom species.
On rotten conifer log next to natural gas pipeline west of Roth Dr., southwest of Olympia, WA
Time: 1400
Date: 17 January 2012
Locality: 47.07231888222315, -122.97889709472656
Route: Walked outside rear entrance of Lab I Building at the Evergreen State College
This species was found on Acer circinatum (Vine Maple), about 1/3 of the way up the tree. The maple is in an open school courtyard type area on the edge of a conifer forest. Another bryophyte species on the Vine Maple is a suspected Orthotrichum. The species found was initially confirmed by observation to be a liverwort, and upon looking in 'Plants of the Pacific Northwest Coast' and keying out, confirmed to be a Porella. The species is unknown at this point. It was snowing on and off at the time that this species was found.
Found in the Bloedel Reserve in Washington on Tuesday, January 24th, 2012. It was found in a very shaded area next to running water and a Cedar tree. Completely covering the ground around the Cedar and alongside a moss that looked like a species of Kindbergia.
I guess it's always moss season for some people, but they look their best when it's wet. Need to get that CA moss book so I can ID these...
Caught in the act of feeding on the chickens, this vampire bat was bludgeoned.
Date approximate.
This bat sleeps up in the front porch of our home in Swan valley, ID. I think it's only there in the summer. I have no idea what kind he is, any ideas? I know scale is tough in that image. he's about 2-3" from head to base of tail I think. Probably closer to 2" really. He's pretty small.