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Cattails are so common and ordinary so often providing backdrops for birds and other subjects, but when backlit they can be extraordinary.
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At the Colusa National Wildlife Refuge.
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Some of the many cattails along the last Vermilion Lake at sunset. The left shoulder of Mt. Rundle on the right.
Who knew (I didn't):
"No green plant produces more edible starch per acre than the Cat O’ Nine Tails; not potatoes, rice, taros or yams. Plans were underway to feed American soldiers with that starch when WWII stopped. One acre of cattails can produce 6,475 pounds of flour per year on average.
Cattails are the supermarket of the wilds. It is said that if a lost person has found cattails, they have three of the four things they need to survive: Water, food, shelter and a source of fuel for heat—the dry old stalks. The young cob-like tips of the plant are edible as is the white bottom of the stalk, spurs off the main roots and spaghetti like rootlets off the main roots. They have vitamins A, B,and C, potassium and phosphorus. The pollen can be used like flour." eattheweeds.com
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A group of sparrow birds land on some cattails to feed on the seeds! Ah! -Springtime is here!
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Yellow-headed blackbirds are not entirely uncommon west of the Cascades but they usually stay well clear of people. For whatever reason, on this day in late April, I was able to get close. A nice treat! Apparently this was an aberration as on several days since they stay at least 50 yards away.
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I was hoping to return to Cardinal Marsh today after work, but with the dark sky conditions and cold rain falling that plan didn't happen. So here's another view of the marsh from yesterday when this Canada goose couple was staking out a nesting territory near all those dense dead cattails due to be a green screening jungle later on this spring.
A female Calliope Hummingbird gathers nesting materials from a cattail.
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I was out yesterday looking for Great Horned Owls, but as it happens, they were no shows. I found this beautiful male red-winged blackbird singing away. It looks to me like he is singing into a cattail microphone. A real crooner!
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Many birds and especially hummingbirds love cattails for use when they build their nests. We always put out several in our garden reach spring.
Happy Macro Monday!
Back from my vacation and will try and catch up.
Important:
I will be on and off over the next few weeks. I am in process of selling my house and waiting for one to be built so have to arrange moving and temporary housing - which will occupy a lot of my time.
A song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) sings sweetly on the morning light, splitting its time between eating and defending its territory. Song sparrows are one of the most widespread and abundant sparrows in North America, displaying regional variation in the color and patterning of their feathers and size. The northern populations tend to be larger and darker than the southern populations, possibly for thermal benefits and defense against parasites.
Cattails in the inlet of the pond at sunset. The pond is starting to thaw, soon the ducks will be coming back.