Some randoms from this past weekend in Terra Nova:
First up, the Great Black-backed Gull and flatfish (flounder) fiasco.
Barry Day and I were walking along Buckley Trail (I didn't name it!!) when we noticed this GBBG perched up on a rock preparing its lunch. It didn't take long for it to finish its meal:
In the old burn site in the park the ground was covered in Labrador Tea plants and these matchstick-like lichen:
Turns out that they're called Cladonia cristatella - also known as British Soldiers.
They're an important food source for woodland caribou of Newfoundland.
First up, the Great Black-backed Gull and flatfish (flounder) fiasco.
Barry Day and I were walking along Buckley Trail (I didn't name it!!) when we noticed this GBBG perched up on a rock preparing its lunch. It didn't take long for it to finish its meal:
In the old burn site in the park the ground was covered in Labrador Tea plants and these matchstick-like lichen:
Turns out that they're called Cladonia cristatella - also known as British Soldiers.
They're an important food source for woodland caribou of Newfoundland.
