In the unheated garage in a pile of books
In a web low to the ground
I did not mean to kill this lady while putting up insulation in the peak of my attic
Flying around very clumsy at night next to a river in a rural part of the Rocky Mountain Trench. Something strange on one of its legs that we tried to capture in the 2nd photo.
Found laying on top of the snow in a small area of lodgepole pine (surrounded by a larger area of ponderosa/ Douglas fir open forest) in the Rocky Mountain Trench. My best guess is that it is either an owl pellet, or an exceptionally large cocoon of some sort. It is very light in weight and doesn't feel like a dense material. At first I thought it was a ball of duct tape due to the very silvery colour. What is this thing?
Found near a lake in a ponderosa pine, Douglas fir forest
Found laying on top of the snow in a small area of lodgepole pine (surrounded by a larger area of ponderosa/ Douglas fir open forest) in the Rocky Mountain Trench. My best guess is that it is either an owl pellet, or an exceptionally large cocoon of some sort. It is very light in weight and doesn't feel like a dense material. At first I thought it was a ball of duct tape due to the very silvery colour. What is this thing?
Found near a lake in mixed wood boreal forest on alder
Found along a path in the boreal forest. Not a wet area, however this area has experienced record rainfall this season.