See, here’s how it goes. Yellow:
Crab Spider Up to No Good
Red…
Mushroom Shrooming
See how this works? Let’s practice some more. Yellow …
Tiger Lily
Red…
Beetle on Milkweed
Red and yellow together …
Paintbrush and Tiger Lily
It works well, right? When you blend them you get orange…
Western Trumpet Honeysuckle in Bloom
Orange is good. See how this works? Flower…
Bird…
Ruffed Grouse, Blending in
Flower …
Mushroom …
Hunh?…
Some People are Too Fast
Here he is in a calmer moment, sort of staying still (but the kayak wasn’t)…
Western Tanager
Blending in
Categories: Nature Photography
Looks like scarlet trumpet honeysuckle but I am not sure.
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Thanks! Lovely stuff. There was some beautiful columbine, too, but, sadly, a lot of failed photos of it.
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Lonicera ciliosa, orange honeysuckle, western trumpet honeysuckle would be my guess. Looks like you had a nice weekend in the woods.
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Thanks!
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The Western tanager is gorgeous, whether you call it bird or flower. I think the orange flower you ask about must be a species of honeysuckle. The tubular flower shape and joined-up opposite leaves certainly seem to indicate that. Hope this helps!
Gloria
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Thanks, Gloria. I suspected as much, but really didn’t know. But, it has been identified now, thanks to Stanze, a reader wiser than I: western trumpet honeysuckle Harold
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The plant is Honeysuckle
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