Birding With Batt 08-11-26

This is the time of the asters, goldenrods, and sunflowers.

So they're the big flowers standing up, and they are fall's tip of the spear.

Wild cucumber.

If you drive around today, you will see evidence of it.

It's a native, aggressive, annual vine that's characterized by these star-shaped leaves.

It has fragrant, greenish-white, star-shaped flowers.

You can... detect their scent from quite a while away.

And they have spiny, bladder-like seed pods.

And those branching stems grow to 25 feet long.

They have these tendrils that just climb on shrubs and trees.

And they are attempting to cover the world right now.

So when you drive around, you will see them.

They'll look light-colored in all the foliage.

White snake root is blooming, and it blooms in shady areas throughout much of Minnesota, probably most of Minnesota.

And the plants are up to four feet tall.

They have clusters of small white flowers.

They have serrated leaves tapering to a point.

And it's a native perennial, but it's toxic to cattle, horses, goats, sheep, and pigs, particularly horses, I believe.

And if they eat the plants, it's believed that It's believed that Nancy Hanks, I believe was her name, Abraham Lincoln's mother died of milk sickness or the slows from drinking milk from a cow that had been fed on white snake root.

And commercial milk is diluted with the milk from countless cows before going on sale to consumers, and it makes milk sickness uncommon today.

Something else you'll see as you drive along, Curly Dock.

It's a common perennial.

It's also known as curled yellow or sour dock.

And it has these tall flower stalks that turn a rusty brown color as they mature and are noticeable in road ditches.

And they resemble well-used pipe cleaners.

This is the time of the asters, goldenrods, and sunflowers.

So they're the big flowers standing up, and they are fall's tip of the spear.

Wild cucumber.

If you drive around today, you will see evidence of it.

It's a native, aggressive, annual vine that's characterized by these star-shaped leaves.

It has fragrant, greenish-white, star-shaped flowers.

You can... detect their scent from quite a while away.

And they have spiny, bladder-like seed pods.

And those branching stems grow to 25 feet long.

They have these tendrils that just climb on shrubs and trees.

And they are attempting to cover the world right now.

So when you drive around, you will see them.

They'll look light-colored in all the foliage.

White snake root is blooming, and it blooms in shady areas throughout much of Minnesota, probably most of Minnesota.

And the plants are up to four feet tall.

They have clusters of small white flowers.

They have serrated leaves tapering to a point.

And it's a native perennial, but it's toxic to cattle, horses, goats, sheep, and pigs, particularly horses, I believe.

And if they eat the plants, it's believed that It's believed that Nancy Hanks, I believe was her name, Abraham Lincoln's mother died of milk sickness or the slows from drinking milk from a cow that had been fed on white snake root.

And commercial milk is diluted with the milk from countless cows before going on sale to consumers, and it makes milk sickness uncommon today.

Something else you'll see as you drive along, Curly Dock.

It's a common perennial.

It's also known as curled yellow or sour dock.

And it has these tall flower stalks that turn a rusty brown color as they mature and are noticeable in road ditches.

And they resemble well-used pipe cleaners.