Maritime sunburst lichen
/Xanthoria parietina ON GLACIER-SCOURED BEDROCK BY MACHIAS BAY
Xanthoria parietina ON GLACIER-SCOURED BEDROCK BY MACHIAS BAY
Sketches from a week as a “Puffin Islands” instructor for the National Audubon Society at Hog Island, Maine (with a trip to Eastern Egg Rock).
Early morning *
Midday
Late afternoon
* Bigleaf lupine, Lupinus polyphyllus, is native to western North America. I was (naively) surprised to see that the word “invasive” is absent from this Wikipedia article about iconic children’s book Miss Rumphius.
Abby McBride
SKETCH BIOLOGIST
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