Nature

  • Nature

    Corvus

    I spent part of a long weekend looking for Corvus corax. I was told by my aunt that one come visiting. They feed the birds and chipmunks. Today I was delighted to inform them that they actually have two stripped little friends eating the seeds by the door. But despite vigilance, I had only seen the crows. Until this morning. The birds get specially bought, stale glazed donuts. My bags and phone were in the car when my aunt told me he (she?) had arrived. I managed to snap a picture when the crows chased it off into the trees, but not until after she got her share.

  • Citizen science,  Nature,  Outdoors

    Iris

    For years now I’ve been using the PlantNet app to identify plants that catch my eye. I don’t have the books to key them all myself. I need to refresh myself on how it does its identification many of the pictures seem to be from citizen science efforts. It may not be completely accurate. This one is from a few weeks ago. It matches with Iris sibirica at 36%. Not enough for me to confirm.