Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Bull Thistle

Bull Thistle, Cirsium vulgare
This beautiful thistle was all over West Perth Wetland in Mitchell, ON on 25 September. Its seeds furnish a nutritious and highly sought-after food source for the ubiquitous American Goldfinches, Carduelis tristis, that populate the area.
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David M. Gascoigne,
David M. Gascoigne,

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