Golden Plover and Fireweed Wood Print

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Still clad in gold-spangled breeding plumage, the Golden Plover (Pluuialis dominica) heads south in September on a phenomenal ocean flight from Nova Scotia to South America. Later, the young follow over land and sea to join the older birds in the pampas. Upon their return in the spring, they choose for their nest site a ridge top on the open, Canadian tundra. Scratching a hollow in reindeer moss and lining it with other lichens, the birds make little attempt to conceal their nest from predators. At the turn of the century, the Golden Plover was nearly destroyed by hunters, but protection has now helped restore the species.

The Fireweed's (Epilobium angustifolium) bright, rosy purple flowers keep Canadian hillsides aflame from early spring until fall. Appropriately named, the Fireweed is often the first plant to spring up following a fire. The Fireweed ranges in height from one to eight feet, and thrives in Canadian roadside marshes and in burned-over scarred areas. The plant's l...