Photo of the day - 16 Mar 2017

Pygmy Bitterroot [Lewisia pygmaea]

First collected for science on the Lewis and Clark Expedition in Montana in 1806. The fleshy carrot-shaped root is edible, but the outer skin is very bitter. Found in stony soils in subalpine meadows to sparsely-vegetated areas in alpine zones.

Photo of the day - 13 Mar 2017

Flower Spider

A flower spider and a recent victim.

Photo of the day - 6 Mar 2017

Kookaburras

A pair of laughing kookaburras [Dacelo novaeguineae] converse on a eucalyptus branch near Lorne, Victoria, Australia.  The laughing kookaburra typically waits perched on a branch and pounces on its prey, which may be a lizard, insect, worm or snake.

Photo of the day - 4 Mar 2017

Mushrooms