Photo of the Week – Towering Thistle Tops

Bull Thistle Dried Flower Head
Bull Thistle Dried Flower Heads
Cirsium vulgare, Asteraceae
Blackie Spit, White Rock, British Columbia, Canada
Nikon D5100, 70-300 mm f/4.5-5.6
December 31, 2014

This week a break from Mexico photographs. I was out birding on New Years Eve trying to pad my year list. What first struck me was the height of these seed heads, which towered over my head (1.9 m), leaving me initially puzzled as to their identity. Great light from the low winter sun also helps to elevate this shot.

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