Welcome to the ninth entry in our Backyard Science “Alphabet” series. Today’s Bucket is brought to you by the letter “I”. The geological side gets the title photo this week.
The Daily Bucket is a regular feature of the Backyard Science group. It is a place to note any observations you have made of the world around you. Insects, weather, meteorites, climate, birds and/or flowers. All are worthy additions to the bucket. Please let us know what is going on around you in a comment. Include, as close as is comfortable for you, where you are located. Each note is a record that we can refer to in the future as we try to understand the patterns that are quietly unwinding around us.
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(Galapagos photo courtesy of my parent’s slide collection which I scanned in 2015.)
While I was in the reptile house at the Memphis Zoo and the Indigo snake was just crawling around a woman with a stroller entered, saw the snake, literally said “Nope!”, and turned around and went back out.
The jewelweeds are an invasive in some areas but is a native in western New York state. Orange jewelweed itself is an invasive plant in Europe. It is also locally called touch-me-not because ripe seed pods will “explode” to fling seeds a considerable distance when disturbed. (Entertaining for small children!)
And we close with more rocks. :)
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Now It's Your Turn
What nature related things have you noted related to the letter “I” in your area or travels? As usual post your observations as well as their general location in the comments.
(Link to the "H" Bucket)
(Link to the "J" Bucket)