Voilà: my last batch of photos, this time a small selection from Norm Gilinsky, including two species we have in Botany Pond. Norm’s captions are indented, and you can enlarge his photos by clicking on them.
All of these photos were taken with an ordinary iPhone on June 1 on the eastern shore of Lake Washington just east of Seattle.
Extravaganza:
Here in the Pacific Northwest, the poikilotherms have come back to life, finding homoiotherms by their sides. This picture, and the others, are from the Kirkland side (east side) of Lake Washington. Mallard ducks (Anas platyrhynchos) and Red-eared Sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans) living the lush life:
Red-eared Sliders close-up:
Red-eared Sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans), ebullient in the late spring warmth. Red-eared Sliders have driven our Western Pond Turtle (Actinemys marmorata) almost to the brink of extinction, but we love them nonetheless:
Afternoon snooze:
We came across this sleepy bunch of Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) just off a walking path in the Lake Washington nearshore wetland. People were gawking at them and photographing them, but they didn’t care. Maybe they even liked the attention:
Lounging Cottontails:
June 1 was a warm one in western Washington this year, and these Eastern Cottontail bunnies (Sylvilagus floridanus) were taking dust baths and lounging. Living life to the max.
Nootka Rose:
One of our native roses (Rosa nutkana). As with all the life form in this set, this Nootka was all puffed up at its showy best:
