Show me your state flower

Re:Show me your state flower (Foodbme)

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:10:35 GMT

1bbqboy

mar52

@ Foodbme
Driving I10 from Los Angeles to Texas I found it amazing how as soon as I entered Arizona I began to see Saguaros and when I entered New Mexico there wasn't one to be found.
I love them.

Saguaros only grow in the Sonoran Desert.

And only certain sections of the Sonoran Desert!
EVERYTHING you want to know about Saguaro Cacti!
http://www.nps.gov/sagu/planyourvisit/upload/the%20saguaro%20cactus.pdf

Re:Show me your state flower (mar52)

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 17:07:30 GMT

Hmmm, must have had too many views. I'll rehost the pic on photobucket

Re:Show me your state flower (kland01s)

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:58:21 GMT

Michael Hoffman

Looks like a killdeer to me.

You are correct Mr Hoffman, I know what killdeers looks like too because we have them all over too but I certainly knew that the bird was NOT a nuthatch as someone above suggested! Most killdeers I see here are along the edge of a road or flat area and never in amongst flowers. That's what threw me off, I see meadowlark in amongst the grasses and flowers like that but never killdeer.

Re:Show me your state flower (1bbqboy)

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:09:47 GMT

I'll always be a Jayhawker. Besides, the Oregon Grape isn't
picture friendly. We have so many nice flowers here, I'm not sure how they arrived at that decision.

Re:Show me your state flower (mar52)

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:43:41 GMT

Brad, that looks the closest yet. (Black tail missing)

Bill... did you move to Kansas?

Re:Show me your state flower (ScreamingChicken)

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 14:29:37 GMT

Mar, I believe your mystery bird is a horned lark.

Re:Show me your state flower (1bbqboy)

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:50:34 GMT

Re:Show me your state flower (mar52)

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:35:00 GMT

Ahhh, the killdeer. No. I finally know killdeers and their distinctive sound.

This bird was more the size of a sparrow although it shares the neck marking with the killdeer.

I love all the flowers.

I've heard of the Forget-Me-Not, but didn't know they were really a flower.

Re:Show me your state flower (Extreme Glow)

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 08:55:54 GMT

Mississippi's is the flower of the Southern Magnolia (magnolia grandiflora). Probably the largest and best smelling.

Re:Show me your state flower (MetroplexJim)

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 08:22:57 GMT

I'm learning something here. I thought the California State Flower was the bloom of Cannibus Sativa, a.k.a. "Bud".

Re:Show me your state flower (Michael Hoffman)

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 08:21:06 GMT

mar52

California poppies are in bloom!

Took this picture a little late in the day (2003) after the flowers started to close for the night.

What kind of bird is that?

Looks like a killdeer to me.

Re:Show me your state flower (mar52)

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 01:00:09 GMT

kland01s

Note to everyone.... the bird in the picture is a meadow lark. We have them around here, see them all the time and most important, hear their unique call.

http://www.allaboutbirds..../western_meadowlark/id

Thanks for the link. It doesn't look like a meadowlark. Not the right color and doesn't have that V marking on the chest. It's more like a ring neck marking.

Re:Show me your state flower (mar52)

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:57:39 GMT

What kind are those people looking cacti I saw?

I also like the Ocatillo I see in Palm Springs.

Re:Show me your state flower (1bbqboy)

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:42:07 GMT

mar52

@ Foodbme

Driving I10 from Los Angeles to Texas I found it amazing how as soon as I entered Arizona I began to see Saguaros and when I entered New Mexico there wasn't one to be found.

I love them.

Saguaros only grow in the Sonoran Desert.

Re:Show me your state flower (kland01s)

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 23:39:04 GMT

Note to everyone.... the bird in the picture is a meadow lark. We have them around here, see them all the time and most important, hear their unique call.

http://www.allaboutbirds..../western_meadowlark/id

Re:Show me your state flower (Michael Hoffman)

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 15:05:32 GMT

Alaska state Flower: Alpine Forget-Me-Not

Re:Show me your state flower (Michael Hoffman)

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 15:02:13 GMT

West Virginia State Flower: Rhododendren

Re:Show me your state flower (Michael Hoffman)

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:56:36 GMT

Connecticut and Pennsylvania state flower: Mountain Laurel

Re:Show me your state flower (Michael Hoffman)

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:52:00 GMT

The Ohio state flower: Scarlet Carnation

Re:Show me your state flower (mar52)

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 14:21:53 GMT

@ Foodbme

Driving I10 from Los Angeles to Texas I found it amazing how as soon as I entered Arizona I began to see Saguaros and when I entered New Mexico there wasn't one to be found.

I love them.

Re:Show me your state flower (Foodbme)

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 03:05:31 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Saguaro_cactus_blossoms.jpg
The Saguaro Cactus Blossom of Arizona.
The best place to see them is in Saguaro National Park outside Tucson between May & June.
http://www.saguaro.national-park.com/

Re:Show me your state flower (Foodbme)

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 02:52:45 GMT

mar52

California poppies are in bloom!

Took this picture a little late in the day (2003) after the flowers started to close for the night.

What kind of bird is that?

It's a Poppycock!!!

Re:Show me your state flower (6star)

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 22:31:53 GMT

For anyone who needs to find it, this website gives pictures of all the state flowers:
http://www.50states.com/flower/

Re:Show me your state flower (lleechef)

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 21:15:26 GMT

The Ohio state flower is the scarlet carnation. I have never seen one anywhere. On the other hand, the Alaska state flower is the Alpine Forget-me-not which can be found all over the state except the Arctic Tundra. Especially beautiful in Denali Park.

Re:Show me your state flower (felix4067)

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 20:20:43 GMT

Ours won't be out for a while yet...we're still trying to save the buds from the WAY early spring that went back to seasonal freezing. Apple blossoms are our state flower, by the way.

I was thinking your bird was maybe a nuthatch.

Re:Show me your state flower (DawnT)

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:58:51 GMT

I spent almost 2 years living in TN back in the 90's. The state flower back then apparently was satellite dishes. Those big, mesh black ones they used back then that moved around, not these little ones like Dish Network or DirectTV.

That bird looks like our sparrows.

Show me your state flower (mar52)

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 16:40:20 GMT

California poppies are in bloom!

Took this picture a little late in the day (2003) after the flowers started to close for the night.

What kind of bird is that?