Message:

[

Previous   Next

]

By Topic:

[

Previous   Next

]

Subject:

Indian Pipes

From:

James Tyler Bell

Reply-To:

James Tyler Bell

Date:

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 13:22:07 -0700

If it just sprouted recently, it's probably Indian Pipes. Take a look at this web site and see if this is the culprit:
http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/oct2002.html
I noticed a bunch of them had just come up in our yard since Saturday. They typically emerge in early July after rains.

Tyler Bell

California, Maryland


----- Original Message ----
From: Dan haas <>
To: 
Sent: Monday, July 7, 2008 3:58:42 PM
Subject: Re: [MDOSPREY] Severn River / Annapolis Area

Do let me know if we ID that odd white, translucent plant.  I need to
know if it's edible.  With food prices on the rise, I just thought...
mmm, maybe not.

-Dan

On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 3:46 PM, Warren Strobel <> wrote:
> Dan - thanks again for some great summer birding. Lisa topped off the day
> during our evening stroll by calling in the Great Horned Owl that has been
> hunting in Saltworks in recent weeks!
>
> Good Birding all
> Warren & Lisa Strobel
>
> www.birdcouple.com
>
>
> On Sun, 6 Jul 2008 20:13:46 -0400, Dan haas <>
> wrote:
>
>>Greetings Ospreyers,
>>
>>I trust everyone had a fine 4th of July weekend.  Here are some
>>results from today's excursions.
>>
>>My friend Josh and I set out on kayaks at the crack of dawn (or maybe
>>it was 10AM?) for the first annual 'Clean Up the Mess on the Bay Day'.
>>Our prize? We took home SEVEN fully-stuffed black garbage bags filled
>>with old cans, glass, styrofoam, nets, yards and yards of cloth, Tyvek
>>house wrap, rusty wire crab traps, and more plastic bits of junk than
>>one could ever imagine.  I hope everyone enjoys the new, much cleaner
>>looking Severn River.
>>
>>BIRDS SEEN:
>>-TWO PURPLE MARTINS. They have recently moved into one of the two
>>Martin gourd houses that I installed around Weems Creek in West
>>Annapolis.  The white gourds are easily visible from the Ridgely
>>Avenue Bridge just to the North. As for the second martin house, it's
>>up high on a hill at my friend's home (too difficult to reach today
>>with our garbage-collecting mission).  I did sent my friend an email
>>to inquire about his gourds. As of yet, I have no information on that
>>house and/or it's possible current residents.
>>-TWO PEREGRINE FALCONS.  After some extended observation, it is highly
>>likely that these two have a scrape and are in the process of raising
>>a family.  More soon.
>>-MANY Osprey and Barn Swallows
>>Returned home and took a much needed shower to remove that wonderful
>>marshy-mud smell.  Decided to get back out and do some more birding...
>>this time with less trash.
>>
>>Later, joined by Warren and Lisa Strobel (http://www.birdcouple.com/),
>>we spent a few hours at Waterworks Park and vicinity in Annapolis.
>>Blue Grosbeaks, Indigo Buntings, Northern-Rough Winged Swallows,
>>Grasshopper Sparrows, Eastern Meadowlark, Belted Kingfisher and
>>Orchard Orioles were just some of the highlights. We also found some
>>really interesting plants and empty eggs that will be fun to ID.  Got
>>home and took another shower to remove the bug-repellent.
>>
>>And now... relaxation.
>>
>>Good Birding,
>>
>>Dan Haas
>>West Annapolis, MD
>>
>>http://wahzoh.blogspot.com/
>
>
>
>