Wild Dedham

A few weeks ago hop clover was featured here as 100 species #53. It was secretly a quite tentative identification, but this developing fruit at least eliminates black medic as a competing rule out.


This goose was swimming in Mother Brook with a group of Canada geese, and at least one other similar goose. If you look closely, the shape of the bill is more like that of a graylag goose than of a Canada, and there is a ring of light colored feathers around the bill. Also the color of the feet is rather lighter than those of a typical Canada goose. I suspect that this is a hybrid Branta x Anser, between Canada and domestic geese.


This mushroom popped up in our compost container. It looks like it's in the Coprinus lagopus group.