White Mountain Laurel Flower s and Buds

Mountain Laurel is an evergreen shrub and grows up to 9m (30 feet) height (but usually grows up to 3m height). This plant prefers to grow in south faced mountain slope area (as the name implying) and can grow well in rocky or relatively high acidic soil. Mountain Laurel blooms white or light pink color flowers in spring season. As you can see on the pictures, these cluster flowers are very showy and often planted as landscape plant or back yard plant even though whole parts of plant are poisonous for human.

Mountain Laurel is native to eastern USA and now many cultivar species are developed these days.

Pale Pink Flowers of Mountain Laurel

Flowers and Buds of Mountain Laurel

Mountain Laurel : Flowers & Buds

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Buttery Yellow Rose Flower "Julia Child"

This warm buttery yellow colored flower is “Julia Child” rose. “Julia Child” grows up to 1.2m (4 feet) height and mostly forms round shape. This rose prefers to grow in full sun (or partial shade) area and has great resistance against diseases. So it is pretty easy to grow it in your garden. As you can see on the pictures, “Julia Child” blooms neatly rounded shape flowers from spring to summer seasons and emit spicy-sweet fragrance through these seasons.

“Julia Child” is the winner of All-America Rose Selections in 2006.

Rose Flowers - Julia Child

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Yellow Flower of Calendula Officinalis

Calendula Officinalis (Pot Marigold) is a short term perennial plant and often treated like as annual plant. Calendula Officinalis is one of most easy to grow herbal plant and prefers to grow in full sun area in almost any well drain soil types (sandy to clay or high acidity to high alkaline). Pot Marigold usually grows up to 80cm (32 inches) height and blooms flowers from late spring to fall season so you can enjoy its bright color pretty flowers for long period. Also not only for herbal purpose, Calendula Officinalis is an edible plant and often used in salad or tea.

Calendula Officinalis (Pot Marigold)

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Sharp Shinned Hawk Captured a Brown Headed Cowbird

This time Female Sharp Shinned Hawk caught a male Brown Headed Cowbird which was at the feeder of my yard. Sharp Shinned Hawk appeared suddenly and attacked the prey. This Female Sharp Shinned Hawk stayed there for a few minutes standing on the prey for killing it completely and flied away in woods to eat it in hidden area. Female Sharp Shinned Hawk is a little bit smaller than American Crow but larger than male Sharp Shinned Hawk like other hawks.

Female Sharp Shinned Hawk

Sharp Shinned Hawk Attacked Brown Headed Cowbird

Pink Flowers of Phlox Subulata "Fort Hill"

Phlox Subulata is an evergreen perennial plant and blooms small but beautiful flowers over the foliages in spring season for quite a long term. Phlox Subulata grows up to 15cm(6 inches) height and 50cm(20 inches) width in full sun (or partial shade) area so this plant is used as ground cover plant or edge plant. Phlox Subulata is a drought, humidity and deer tolerant plant so to grow this perennial plant is relatively easy.

As you can see on these picture, Fort Hill is a pink flower version of Phlox Subulata and White Delight is s white flower version of it.

White Flowers of Phlox Subulata "White Delight"

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Red Shouldered Hawk

Red Shouldered Hawks are pretty common hawk in this area (upper state of South Carolina). These photos are taken in a relatively open woodland area. This hawk flied just a few meter s away from me and perched on a tree and was looking around on the ground for finding preys. This Red Shouldered Hawk pays almost no attention to me so I could approach pretty close and took the pictures.

Red Shouldered Hawk Searching Prey

Male Brown Headed Cowbirds

Brown Headed Cowbirds are a little bit smaller than Cardinals and except mating season they form flocks. These pictures were taken early March of this year and they were still forming a flock when they came to my bird feed stand. They are a little bit noisy and act as if the feed stand is their own property so other birds such as house finches, chickadees, cardinals and even Eurasian Doves tend to avoid joining them. So when these Brown Headed Cowbirds come to my feed stand, no other birds can be seen around there.

The birds on first and second photos are all male Brown Headed Cowbirds and the right side bird of third picture is female Brown Headed Cowbird.

Noisy Brown Headed Cowbirds

Male & Female Brown Headed Cowbirds

Flowers of Smiling Forest Lily Tree

White Flowers & Green Foliages of Smiling Forest Lily Tree

Buds of Smiling Forest Lily Tree

Smiling Forest Lily Tree is a medium size Magnolia. This magnolia is an evergreen tree and grows 9m (30 feet) height or more. This magnolia prefers to grow full sun or partial shade area with well drained moist soil. Smiling Forest Lily Tree blooms fragrant white flowers (the size of them are about 15cm (6 inches) diameter)in late winter (the buds pictures were taken mid December). Smiling Forest Lily Tree is native to south east China.

Leaves & Buds of Smiling Fores tLily Tree

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Posing Male American Robin

American Robin is very common yard bird (even though American Robin can be seen most of the area of USA). The sizes of American Robin are a little bit smaller than Eurasian Collared Doves. Mostly American Robins are seen on ground looking for earth warms. Both of male and female have similar color (female is a little bit paler than male color and belly is whiter than male one).

American Robin belong to the group of thrushes and totally different species from European Robin (a kind of flycatcher) even though both of them are named Robin.

Backside of American Robin

American Robin

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Skip Laurel - Prunus Laurocerasus "Schipkaensis"

Prunus Laurocerasus-Schipkaensis is a botanical name of Skip Laurel. Skip Laurel is a evergreen shrub and grows around 4.5m (15 feet) height and 2.4m (8feet) width in full or partial shade area. This shrub blooms white tiny cluster flowers in spring season (on these pictures, they are still buds and just started blooming). Prunus Laurocerasus-Schipkaensis forms dense dark green foliages and suitable for screen shrub or hedge shrub. Even though Skip Laurel is pretty easy to grow shrub but prefer moist and well drained soil for forming solid shape.

Buds and Foliages of Skip Laurel

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