Tamarac Denis

Hey, not all birds can live an exciting life of pretty colors and exciting foreign travels to tropical locations.

Thanks AshleyT for identification correction.

Thanks for the ID

Thanks for the correction. Reference book I was using could have had a better photo.

Thanks for the identification. It was so shocking to find in the first place.

Thanks Mark. Conditions seems to be perfect for fungi here right now and I have more on the way.

Not an expert as I don't fish but there are three possibilities of sunfish species: bluegill, pumpkinseed, and green sunfish. Pumpkinseed has some orange with the side "ear" spot and bluegill has a dark spot at the back of the top fin. Also pumpkinseed and green sunfish has top fin more in two parts. Best I can tell Green Sunfish is best match. Next sunny day I'll have to go into the water and wiggle my toes and look closer to be 100 percent sure.

An identical unknown spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/382...

I've looked at the references and photos and it does sure look like Large Beardtongue. There were a number of them blooming. I'm going to make the change --- also returning to the site on Monday.

It's such a distinctive flower, but I couldn't find it in minnesotawildflowers.com or a number of wildflower reference books.