resulting in an amazing symphony of calls and melodies by the competing males. But the bird ladies also get to enjoy impressive, dramatic and sometimes hilarious visual displays, like here from Redwinged Blackbird and Grackle.
Giant puffballs look uncanny in the woods, like someone just left a volleyball on the forest floor. This aged puffball looks even more absurd with the tread of someone's shoe imprinted upon it.
the giant puffball is a saprotrophic fungus from the family agaricaceae. it often grows in meadows or deciduous forests, & can be found in temperate areas across the world :-)
the big question : can i bite it??
when young, this fungus is edible !! as it matures, it becomes inedible.
c. gigantea description :
"most giant puffballs grow to be 10 to 50 centimetres (4 to 20 inches), sometimes to be 90 cm (35 in) in diameter; although occasionally some can reach diameters up to 150 cm (60 in) & weights of 20 kg (44 lb). yhe inside of mature giant puffballs is greenish brown, whereas the interior of immature puffballs is white."
Though how Gourmand manages to be that stealthy in the middle of winter is a mystery never to be solved...
That, or Saint's ears were too frozen to hear them
(Aj;dlskajfd, sorry for the slightly unorthodox take compared to the rest of these, but if you want anything different you're more than free to request it !)