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Ashley Hillman, a plant biologist, is lining up a weekend-long wildflower identification course in Hinton starting June 23.

Do you know your wildflowers?

Do you know your wildflowers? Ashley Hillman can help you spot Yellow Lady Slippers in the great outdoors. If you didn't know that it was a plant, then she could help you with that, too.

Bitterroot Outdoor Journal A walk along the trail up Blodgett Canyon west of Hamilton is always a good idea. Bob Danley of the Bitterroot Outdoor Journal did that recently and here's where he saw on a fine spring day. Bob recorded 11 different types of birds, 7 butterfly species, a chipmunk and a squirrel and 12 various wildflowers. Up on the spectacular Blodgett Canyon cliffs he saw the White-throated Swift. They look small up by the rocks, but are fairly large with a 15-inch wingspan that looks like a boomerang when they dart about, catching beetles in flight. They nest on the cliff ledges...

Article content Last week’s photo was of some tree roots on the Sifto loop. The Sifto loop is notable for having a very old oak tree which began life around 1780. This area is also a good place to see birds, both among the bushes and in the Maitland River. Two birders were out recording some bird songs on May 4. The Sifto loop is also part of the “Sort of Scavenger hunt.” Sometimes a windfall exposes an interesting entanglement of tree roots, such as one seen at Bannockburn Tract. There are many places on our trails where tree roots are exposed, having started on a rotting log, which ha...