SteveM Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Hit some small water on Saturday; fishing was slow, but managed a few to hand in a couple different spots... Found these funky-lookin' mushrooms streamside. Anyone know what they are??? This lady hung out for a while at dusk... Watched the sun set on my way back to the car... On Sunday afternoon, my daughter & I headed to the Highwood to look for snakes; we usually find lots of them out & about on a sunny afternoon. Becca @ the Highwood... Showing off my newly chromed dome... There were hundreds of wasps along the shore, but they never seemed to pay any attention to us; this one floated in the surface tension for a minute, then flew off... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveM Posted August 25, 2009 Author Share Posted August 25, 2009 More pics: Becca... Not sure what this fluffy stuff is, but it looked pretty cool up close... Found these flowers beside the road... Didn't find any snakes (maybe they knew about the cold front that was coming???), but we did find this little frog... Northern Leopard Frog; kinda neat to find one of these endangered critters... Really cool-looking frog; made up for the lack of snakes! Another fun weekend in the books, y'all! Peace out! Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jksnijders Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Nice pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reevesr1 Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Lordy, lordy. Flowers, weeds, fungi, frogs, bald men, tiny fish and a daughter who would need a dna test to prove to me she's yours. Far too cute to be your progeny. Looks like fun buddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveM Posted August 25, 2009 Author Share Posted August 25, 2009 Lordy, lordy. Flowers, weeds, fungi, frogs, bald men, tiny fish and a daughter who would need a dna test to prove to me she's yours. Far too cute to be your progeny. Looks like fun buddy. Har-de-har-har!!!! You funny, Tex! BTW, I'm still waiting for the call from the Maury Povich show; I'm kinda with you on the DNA thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorney Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Nice pics. Thanks for sharing. Must be easier to get away and go fishing when she wants to go to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Nice shots Steve. I remember seeing 1000's of those leopard frogs in just about every slough, pond, puddle when I was a young lad. Wasps have been crazy this year, I have a few nests to deal with in my yard but of course there nesting where its not easy to get at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TerryH Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 The pictures of the leopard frog got me thinking about a survey I recall being done a few years ago. Looking for info on the web led me to the following report (see link below), which shows (Fig. 1) the very sparse distribution of these critters. I note that the figure doesn't show much of a population in the Highwood area, so the folks studying this frog might be interested in your find. BTW, very nice pictures. Terry http://www.ab-conservation.com/go/default/...egy-Alberta.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrinhurst Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Nice pics. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjthom2 Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 The mushrooms are puff balls. They will eventually turn brown and if pop, releasing millions of spores like a puff of smoke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest girlsfishtoo Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Nice photos Steve! Thanks for sharing. Looks like it was a great weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxwell Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 schweet pics dude! looks like yall ahd fuN! i found a fe puffballs this weekend as big as a soccerball! trippy!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayhad Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 The puff ball mushrooms are very tasty..... if they haven't turned. Cut it open if it is still white flesh it is awesome, if it is brown and gooey it's like someone pooped in your mouth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 The puff ball mushrooms are very tasty..... if they haven't turned. Cut it open if it is still white flesh it is awesome, if it is brown and gooey it's like someone pooped in your mouth first off another set of great pics..glad u had a great weekend...now for you Jay...in Ontario those 'puff balls' are bigger than a soccer ball litterly..and I remember my family going on a 'hunt' for them and my Dad came back with one that fed 9 of us, my mom used to cut it up like 'steaks'...great way to get heavy protein.......................Wolfie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reevesr1 Posted August 27, 2009 Share Posted August 27, 2009 Cut it open if it is still white flesh it is awesome, if it is brown and gooey it's like someone pooped in your mouth Thanks for that. The second part sounds relatively yucky. Just curious, does it transition quickly from Awesome to Poo, or is it a gradual decline in eatability? That could be important. I would not want to eat it even if there were mere traces of the pooped in my mouth taste/sensation. Sorry for stealing your post Steve, but Jay asked for it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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