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2 Same plant I forgot to name : Clematis occidentalis Western (Blue) Clematis wild in the woods on the farm. In one shot you can see my tripod and a little bag I carry a lens in.
#nature #BorealForest #Alberta #Canada #wildflowers #NativePlants #GetOutside #GoOutsideForMe #SlowWalks

cohan Jun 1

1 This plant is only 20-30m from the edge of my acreage (on my cousin's farm) I only noticed it for the first time last year- my first time seeing the species nearby. I'd thought flowering was later and hadn't checked it, but decided to look on my last day to take pics for the #AlbertaMayPlantCount To my disappointment the flowers were past peak but on the + side a lot more flowers than last year :)
#wildflowers #BloomScrolling #Alberta #nature #photography #BorealForest #Florespondence

cohan May 20

Crazy beautiful! Not that many Drone /Flower flies yet, and not all of those willing to pose, so I was happy to find this person comfortably settled on a baby Aspen leaf (not a super warm day, so maybe basking?). Nature is amazing :)
#insects #flies #FlyDay #pollinators #nature #Alberta #Canada #spring #BorealForest

LM Little May 16

#Dogsofmastodon #LateSpring #BorealForest

RDN May 11

A comparison between primary (unlogged) and managed forest plots in Sweden found that the primary forests stored 72% more carbon than the managed forests. Most of the differential is soil carbon. This is 2.7 to 8 times larger than previously thought.

Summary: https://bigthink.com/science-tech/the-real-cost-of-logging-the-boreal-forest-may-be-buried-in-the-soil/

Original paper (not open access): https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz8554

#Science #CarbonSequestration #Forests #BorealForest

The real cost of logging the boreal forest may be buried in the soil

"Managed forests" store far less carbon than old-growth systems left untouched, recent findings suggest.

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cohan May 11

2- this view shows how tricky it is to see the plants at this time of year-- each arrow shows a plant, and no guarantee I got all of them!
#wildflowers #nature #BloomScrolling #BorealForest #Alberta #Canada #photography

cohan May 11

Another of the first few wildflowers: Viola adunca Early Blue Violet.
It's very common here, quite adaptable but generally in woodland edge/clearings, but I had to hunt around in a number of prominent colonies to find some plants flowering- on the sunny south edge of mixed woods, in quite a sheltered area. They will open many many more flowers over weeks and the plants will get quite a bit larger
#wildflowers #nature #BloomScrolling #BorealForest #Alberta #Canada #photography

LM Little May 8

For centuries the North has beckoned the #adventurers , #explorers , escape artists, #activists, and everybody in-between. Now a #Buddhist monk. We get them all in the North! https://cabinradio.ca/289640/news/yellowknife/meet-the-monk-camping-along-yellowknifes-ingraham-trail/

#NWT #SubArctic #BorealForest #CanadianShield

Meet the monk camping along Yellowknife’s Ingraham Trail

Life's Better at the Cabin

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cohan Apr 28

2 At first, just hearing them, I thought it was woodpeckers, but they were sounding not quite right + they were staying high up in the trees (Pileated Woodpeckers spend a lot of time on the lower parts of trees) + I caught a glimpse of undersides as they flew + was seeing some reddish brown, not right for Pileated Woodpeckers. This view of the area where I saw them shows you how easy it is to *not* see birds you know very well are there..lol
#birds #BorealForest #nature #Canada