On the Trails of IES

Views

• Last week's old apple in the Old Gravel Pit was shedding its white petals in earnest.
• Garlic mustard surrounding the tree was also in bloom with white flowers.
• The result under the tree was a little too much like snow.
• Farther along the path, a stand of ferns, seen through the camera, looked like a miniature forest viewed from the air.
• In the Fern Glen, clintonia was in bloom.
• Common alum root looked a lot like the miterwort, already in bloom for some time.
• In the geranium family, herb robert was out in many places.
• One of my spring time favorites, columbine was starting.
• Baneberry was in bloom, too.
• The occasional sprinkles now turned into honest rain and I was half pleased that I had half my rain gear on.

Plants

• Clintonia
• Common Alumroot
• Herb robert
• Columbine
• Baneberry

Birds

• 1 Mourning Dove
• 1 Northern Flicker
• 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee
• 2 Eastern Phoebe
• 1 Yellow-throated Vireo
• 2 Red-eyed Vireo
• 2 American Crow
• 1 Black-capped Chickadee
• 1 Tufted Titmouse
• 1 White-breasted Nuthatch
• 1 House Wren
• 1 Winter Wren
• 2 Eastern Bluebird
• 9 Veery
• 2 Wood Thrush
• 6 American Robin
• 2 Gray Catbird
• 2 European Starling
• 2 Black-throated Green Warbler
• 4 Ovenbird
• 2 Louisiana Waterthrush
• 3 Eastern Towhee
• 1 Field Sparrow
• 2 Northern Cardinal
• 1 Red-winged Blackbird
• 1 House Finch