Loved your vultures, Bob! Our friend Gladys Black insisted on calling them BUZZARDS - much to the consternation of many other ornithologists! And thanks for your Cedar Creek notes, which inspire those of us don't take the time and energy to get out and hike!
Interesting. We called them buzzards when I was growing up. Grandpa Leonard called Goldfinches "wild canaries," and ground squirrels "squinnys." I think I snuck "squinny" in a NY Times piece once...
The photo of thistles is especially yummy. And it's great to see praise for a thistle.
Your white flower looks like boneset that hasn't opened yet.
The other wildflowers you were looking to ID look like round-headed bush clover: https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2017/09/06/iowa-wildflower-wednesday-round-headed-bush-clover/
Ah!
I love the "h".
Loved your vultures, Bob! Our friend Gladys Black insisted on calling them BUZZARDS - much to the consternation of many other ornithologists! And thanks for your Cedar Creek notes, which inspire those of us don't take the time and energy to get out and hike!
Interesting, what Gladys said, because of course they are not really "vultures" in the old world sense, are they?
Interesting. We called them buzzards when I was growing up. Grandpa Leonard called Goldfinches "wild canaries," and ground squirrels "squinnys." I think I snuck "squinny" in a NY Times piece once...
Thanks Larry, and thanks for your earlier emails!
The yellow flowers are from the evening primrose. They usually close by noon.
The plants with striking yellow flowers are common evening primrose. Many medicinal uses! https://www.bleedingheartland.com/2021/09/08/iowa-wildflower-wednesday-common-evening-primrose-2/