Jeff, Stopping by Woods

@jeffontherock

Hiker, backpacker, forager, fisher, gardener, fossil finder, iPhone nature pic taker, nature nerd. Retired (biologist, ec. dev. practitioner, entrepreneur). 🇨🇦

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Jeff, Stopping by Woods@jeffontherock· 27d

Our provincial flower here in Newfoundland and Labrador, the Purple Pitcher Plant.

Jeff, Stopping by Woods@jeffontherock· Jun 25

Common Bearberry Flowers. Northwest Territories, Canada. #flower #wildflower

Close up of a cluster of small, white, bell shaped flowers with pink petal tips. The flowers are surrounded by green, long-oval leaves.

Jeff, Stopping by Woods@jeffontherock· Jun 23

Midnight, June 21, ten years ago. My backyard, when I lived in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. #midnightsun #stackedstone #landscaping sub #arctic

Photo of a yard that is comprised of gravel walkways through exposed pink granite bedrock with stacked stone fence and planters. Deciduous trees and shrubs are planted here and there. Photo is taken at midnight but the light conditions are day-like due to the all-day light you get at high latitude locations.

Jeff, Stopping by Woods@jeffontherock· Jun 19

#hiking a near-to-home section of the East Coast Trail, this morning. #hike #trail #Newfoundland Canada

Photo of seaside landscape with ocean to the left and tree-topped cliffs to the right.

Photo of a snowshoe hare sitting (side view) on mossy forest floor. The hare is brown.

Photo of a cluster of developing balsam fir tree cones. The cones are light green at this stage of development.

Photo of a seaside scene with ocean to the right. To the left, grey cliffs rise from the ocean, transitioning to light green shrubby ground and then to coniferous forest. A trail winds through the shrubby ground.

Jeff, Stopping by Woods@jeffontherock· Jun 7

A very toothy young #fern. #Newfoundland, Canada. Nature #hike

Close up photo of a young fern “fiddlehead”. The top of the fern consists of a shaggy orange-brown circle with bright/light green teeth in the centre of the circle.

Jeff, Stopping by Woods@jeffontherock· Jun 6

Cladonia sp #lichen. Northwest Territories, Canada. #fungi #fungifriends

Close up photo of several Cladonia lichen podetia which look like light grey bowls on short stalks…the bowl rims are decorated with numerous bright red blobs.

Jeff, Stopping by Woods@jeffontherock· Jun 4

Seaside cliff close ups. Conception Bay North, #Newfoundland Canada. Nature #Art

Close up photo of grey, flat, slate surface highlighting several block-like sections in the middle.

Photo of a vertical cliff surface with red, orange, yellow and grey sections. The surface looks like abstract art featuring multi-coloured blocks of various lengths and widths.

Photo of a flat, grey cliff surface. The surface is “cracked”, making what looks like hundreds of tiny building blocks stacked to create a wall.

Photo of a grey cliff surface featuring hundreds of cracks and crevices.

Jeff, Stopping by Woods@jeffontherock· Jun 4

On a follow-the-river (or brook, as we call them in NL) hike on Tuesday. This brook (Broad Cove Brook) was our favourite place for swimming when I was growing up here in the 70’s and 80’s. No indoor pools in rural (outport) Newfoundland. Water temps are a smidge above “numb”. #hike #waterfall

Jeff, Stopping by Woods@jeffontherock· May 23

The lichen world is surreal! And unfortunately, because many species are small, they’re often overlooked/unseen.

Jeff, Stopping by Woods@jeffontherock· May 23

Lots of Cladonia #lichen on a hike through high, barren hills yesterday at #Newfoundland, Canada. #fungi #fungifriends

Photo of a number of Cladonia lichen podetia which look like golf tees ringed with bright red blobs.

Jeff, Stopping by Woods@jeffontherock· May 22

Nice list! I once drove from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories to San Bernardino, CA for an Ozzfest concert.

Jeff, Stopping by Woods@jeffontherock· May 22

Ochrolechia sp #lichen. Pic from a hike on high barren hills yesterday. #Newfoundland, Canada. #fungi #fungifriends #hike #trail

Photo of a lichen featuring several apothecia (reproductive structures). The body of the lichen looks like a layer of tiny off-white beads. The apothecia, which sit flat on the lichen surface, look like slices of candied oranges.

Jeff, Stopping by Woods@jeffontherock· May 17

Iceberg at my town (Logy Bay), today…along a section of East Coast Trail. #iceberg #trail #hike #Newfoundland Canada.

Photo of a narrow iceberg. The iceberg is white in colour. The water around the iceberg is a tropical-looking green. The rest of the ocean looks dark blue-grey.

Jeff, Stopping by Woods@jeffontherock· May 15

Lichen Acarospora glaucocarpa. Northwest Territories, Canada. #lichen #fungI #fungifriends

Photo of a crustose lichen on rock. The lichen is made up of discs of various sizes that range in colour from green to brown to peach.

Jeff, Stopping by Woods@jeffontherock· May 11

East Coast #Trail #hike, yesterday. Stiles Cove Path. #hiking #Newfoundland, Canada. Training for my very first race (The ECT 50 km Ultramarathon) since tenth grade…I’m 60:)

Photo of a seaside scene. Green coloured ocean is seen in the lower left corner. Seaside cliffs (brown and grey) can be seen to the right and top of the photo. There is a small, rocky beach (grey) in front of the cliffs. A small waterfall drops to the beach before flowing to the sea. The sky is blue with a few wispy, white clouds.

Jeff, Stopping by Woods@jeffontherock· May 5

Icebergs along my East Coast Trail (Sugarloaf Path) hike/run today. #hike #trail #iceberg #run

Photo of a high tree-clad ridge jutting out into blue ocean. The foreground is a mottled colour lb(yellow, brown, grey) due to low shrubs (early spring colours) and rocks. The sky is blue with rays of white cloud.

Photo of a plateau-type iceberg just off shore from grey, rocky cliffs. The sky is light blue and the can is grey-blue.

Photo of a coastal scene. The foreground shows grey rocky ground. Ocean is to the left. The background is of green, tree-clad hilly shoreline.

Photo of an iceberg in the ocean. It looks like an island. The ocean appears grey. The Sun casts a sheen on the ocean to the right of the photo. The sky is various shades of blue.

Jeff, Stopping by Woods@jeffontherock· Apr 25

Yes it was and is surreal. I was out there yesterday…my dad was moving back home (Blackhead) after a long restoration related to smoke damage. The ice covered trees made for an interesting contrast with the black ground.

Jeff, Stopping by Woods@jeffontherock· Apr 21

Hiking the rugged, glacier-carved high barrens hills of the central Bay de Verde Peninsula. #Newfoundland, Canada. #hiking #backpacking, no #trail

Photo of a landscape comprised of dark, jagged rock. The sky above is full of dark clouds with the sun visible behind them. A light dusting of snow is on the ground.

Jeff, Stopping by Woods@jeffontherock· Apr 20

Another area of seaside cliffs near my home town in #Newfoundland, Canada. #geology #hike #trail

Photo of a large rock face comprised of many thin layers. The photo shows jagged layers overlapping other layers, looking like large, pointy saw teeth. The rock face is grey with some lighter streaks.

Jeff, Stopping by Woods@jeffontherock· Apr 19

I don’t, but I have some from this area. This area has much less species diversity than Mistaken Point because it’s from after 550 million years when a mass extinction occurred. Here‘s a pic from my recent hike in this area.

Jeff, Stopping by Woods@jeffontherock· Apr 19

Yep, constantly falling off due to our numerous freeze thaw cycles each year. Here’s a photo taken nearby showing rock that’s fallen off in recent months.

Jeff, Stopping by Woods@jeffontherock· Apr 19

After you park you can take a trail toward this area. The stretch of cliff is in the red circle. Feel free to DM or text (709-770-7922) for more details. This is actually where I grew up, and I still visit there regularly.

Jeff, Stopping by Woods@jeffontherock· Apr 19

Happy to. It’s in the community of Small Point-Adams Cove, in Conception Bay. At Adams Cove you take this short lane toward the rocky beach where’s there’s room to park a vehicle or two. Continued…

Jeff, Stopping by Woods@jeffontherock· Apr 19

Coastal hiking in Newfoundland, Canada is a treat for the eyes. Another view (last week) of the seaside cliffs near my hometown in Conception Bay North. #hiking #trail #ediacaran

Photo of a grey, sheer cliff face. The surface looks like it’s comprised of puzzle pieces. Blue sky is visible at the top of the photo.

Jeff, Stopping by Woods@jeffontherock· Apr 18

Totally! Even more so in other places.

Jeff, Stopping by Woods@jeffontherock· Apr 17

While on a coastal hike, yesterday. #Newfoundland, Canada. #hike #trail #ocean

Jeff, Stopping by Woods@jeffontherock· Apr 16

Syntrichia ruralis #moss. Northwest Territories, Canada. #bryophytes #plants #botany

Photo of a tuft of moss that’s green-yellow in colour. The top down view shows that the moss plant tops are star shaped. The moss leaf tips have hairs extending out from the tips. The moss tuft fills the entire photo except for a sliver of light grey rock on the right side of the photo.

Jeff, Stopping by Woods@jeffontherock· Apr 15

A bog full of cotton grass. #Newfoundland, Canada. #flowers #wildflowers #botany #plants #bog

Photo of a bog that’s chock full of fluffy white cotton grass flowers. Some trees and rock can be seen in the distance. The bog looks green (other than the white from the cotton grass)…from grasses, sedges and other bog flora.

Jeff, Stopping by Woods@jeffontherock· Apr 15

White Fringed #Orchid. A July/August #wildflower here in #Newfoundland, Canada. Another beauty of our ubiquitous #bogs. #flower #botany #plants