Blueflag Iris

Blueflag Iris

Iris versicolor is also commonly known as the blue flag, harlequin blueflag, larger blue flag, northern blue flag,^[1] and poison flag, plus other variations of these names,^[2][3] and in Britain and Ireland as purple iris.^[4]
It is a species of Iris native to North America, in the Eastern United States and Eastern Canada. It is common in sedge meadows, marshes, and along streambanks and shores. The specific epithet versicolor means "variously coloured".^{[5]  Wikipedia}

^{I feature this flower yearly here because it grows in the edges of the pond at Gorman.  I greatly enjoy seeing it.}

Blueflag Iris

^{The little light brown heads behind it are some kind of sedge and, of course, behind that you see lilypads.  Kyle tells me the dragonflies are awing.  I need to get there to photograph them and shall as soon as I feel like it.}

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Canada Geese

Canada Goose

If I see birds on the water when I enter the prairie I try to move to the east end of the pond for the best light.  I don't have a fast lens so I feel that I need a sunlight.  I then must be careful of exposure on the white parts.  I use spot metering and dial in -1 exposure compensation to protect detail in the white. 

I noticed that they seem to lean forward when swimming swiftly.

slow

faster

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Jack-in-the Pulpit

Jack-in-the-Pulpit

It is time for Jack-in-the Pulpit.  I personally have not seen any but my visits to the nature center are not as frequent as they used to be.

The flowers are unisexual, in small plants most if not all the flowers are male, as plants age and grow larger the spadix produces more female flowers. Wikipedia

Jack-in-the Pulpit

When leaving the visitor center turn right after crossing the tiny bridge.  You should find them until you leave the woods.

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Malus domestica

Apple Blooms

The blooms are quite showy initially.  They become white or pink as they develop.  They are in bloom currently.  The surprise here is that they bear no fruit.

Apple Tree

The bark looks like apple.  They seem quite common.

Keith Kisling has one in his pasture

Apple Tree

His bears no fruit also.

Most, if not all that I have observed are possibly a woody shrub or a shrub where the multitudinous shoots have been thinned so that just one "truck" can benefit from the root system.

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