Alphabet Hunt Challenge ~ Letter C

This is my entry in the Alphabet Hunt Challenge by @barbara-orenya. You can read more about the Alphabet Hunt and how to join in HERE!

Here are my six photos for the letter C

Coneheads aka Coneflowers
These are some Conehead flowers that I planted in my garden last summer. They are suppose to be a perennial so I'm hoping that they come back up this year. Coneheads are a type of Echinacea that are drought and heat resistant. The Conehead flower is rich with nectar and they will attract bees and butterflies to your gardens.

Cardinal
Here is a pretty male Cardinal on the fence by the bird feeders. I put safflower seeds in the feeders as the Cardinals love safflower and a lot of other wild birds dislike it. Both the male and female are song birds and may mate for life. They have a very distinct chirp and will usually let me know when the bird feeder needs to be filled.

Crown Vetch
Crown Vetch is a wildflower that I see a lot when I walk along the trails at the parks here. Although it is very pretty, it's considered a very invasive plant/vine. It can grow extremely fast with a spreading root system. I will stick with seeing them along the trails and not in my yard as I'm already tackling other invasive vines in my yard.

Cemetery
This is a photo I took in the cemetery that my parents are interred at. The day that I took this was such a beautiful day and the birds were singing so loudly. I still have my good days and bad days when I think of the people that I love that have passed but I know that they are all in a "good place" and I will see them all again one day.

Chicory
Chicory is a perennial plant that is in the dandelion family. I see it mostly by the roads here. I photographed this Chicory flower that was growing along the road right out in front of my house. The flower is blue but sometimes looks purple-ish. I read that they can sometimes be white or pink which is rare and I've only seen a pink-ish flower a couple of times.

Conowingo Dam
The Conowingo Dam is located in both Harford County, Maryland and Cecil County, Maryland. It is also known as the Conowingo Hydroelectric Generating Station or (as most people around here call it) The Conowingo. They have a visitor center and trails that you can walk. While there you will probably see the Black Vultures and Bald Eagles that live there and the Conowingo is known for. The water was very high on this visit and several flood gates of the Dam were open. They do allow fishing in some areas. When the water isn't so high then you may see people fishing near the Dam. They will sound an alarm when they open a flood gate to alert the people fishing and give them time to exit the water. The last time that I was there I heard the Bald Eagles but they were flying so high that I wasn't able to get a photo. I did see several other water birds though and, of course, the Black Vultures!

Those are my six photos for the letter C!
Thank you @barbara-orenya for #alphabethunt!!