Flora, Fauna, Foraging, Forest-y stuff

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Mrs Swamp wrote:and check out Cooley Cat
scoping them out.... 8-)


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Just saw this Cooper's hawk trying to make a snack of some of our backyard visitors:

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It looks delicious scotto! How did you prepare it?
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Cotter wrote:It looks delicious scotto! How did you prepare it?

just threw it on the grill; tasted like chicken.
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:lol: :lol: :lol:

That's the way to do it!
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Does anyone have any really really good botanical sites.

I am looking specifically for Sweat Pea and Daisy, with great detail and color. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you
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Some flower`s in the swamp.. :D
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Seed catalogs so far and its still 2010. WTF?

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Just got our Seeds of Change catalog yesterday, too. Trying to take advantage of our wintertime longing for spring I suppose.
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I dream of scenes from the white flower farm, antique rose emporium, and Oake's Daylilies catalogs...
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Mmmm, Bark Butter!

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Been getting a pair of pileated woodpeckers gobbling suet and bark butter a few times a day.
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Time to resurrect this thread...

The bluebird has landed:

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scotto wrote:Time to resurrect this thread...

The bluebird has landed:

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Thats awesome....we have bluebirds in the swamp as well and they have
made their nest so the babies should arrive soon... :D
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Spring is officially here: Got our (well, their) first bluebird egg of the season today.
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aphids want the daylilies. I want ladybugs...
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littlemamma wrote:aphids want the daylilies. I want ladybugs...

http://www.arbico-organics.com/product/Live-Ladybugs
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Some recent pictures in the swamp...
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Awesome stuff there, Mrs. Swamp.
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scotto wrote:Awesome stuff there, Mrs. Swamp.


Thank you so much!!!~ :)
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Behold the true sign of the coming apocalypse. The 17-year cicadas emerge in massive numbers: Coincidence?

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Flowers are blooming all over the swamp :P
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"...and chances are something of that nature, won't be dropping by, this neighborhood again..."

They always gotta close with a tongue-in-cheek catch phrase. I can't believe that eagle was able to carry the fawn around. Crazy. I'm underestimating the might eagle.
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This is badass.

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Here is a video of some bird`s that visit the swamp....


and some flower`s to :D
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Anyone know what kind of trip these take you on? Lol. Seriously, any foragers out there know if this is edible? Found growing on/near dead oak tree by my driveway. See hat for scale...its big. Could probably feed a whole family....or a commune of hippies.

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Nice Sulphur Shelfs there GTUS. They can be quite good, especially when they're just starting - more tender.

Mrs. Scratch is an obsessed mushroom hunter and all around foraging enthusiast. We had some rain the last few days and she came home with this little batch of treasure today.

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Guitarman, here's a link to the Sulphur Shelfs (aka Chicken of the Woods) you found: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laetiporus
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Lord I miss morels. There used to be some on my property in Illinois. I wonder if they'll be there when I'm there this weekend?
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'Scratch wrote:Guitarman, here's a link to the Sulphur Shelfs (aka Chicken of the Woods) you found: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laetiporus


Many thanks Scratch! I cooked some up yesterday. Turned out right nice. :D
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