On the Trails of IES

Views

• It was a rather quiet day on the trails.
• Eastern tent caterpillar tents were frequently encountered.
• A small tree can easily be stripped leaving the caterpillars themselves hanging by a thread.
• In the Old Pasture an unfortunate Juvinal's duskywing apparently had had trouble unfolding its wings when it hatched from its chrysalis. It may get by well enough.
• By the way, that blur near the edge of the left forewing was probably a shad fly on the camera lens. They were unfortunately abundant.
• Earlier in the week a rustling of the leaves at the Fern Glen lead my eye to a pair of amorous water snakes. Two heads can be seen at the left.
• Later that same day as I pulled around Gifford House parking lot something out of place drew my attention: a snapping turtle.
• She, I presume, had very ambitious plans for her eggs.
• She kept a wary eye on me the whole time; check back in each photo...

Butterflies

• 1 Cabbage White
• 1 Compton Tortoiseshell
• 1 Juvenal's Duskywing

Moths

• 1 Snowberry Clearwing

Birds

• 1 Turkey Vulture
• 1 American Woodcock
• 1 Mourning Dove
• 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 1 Downy Woodpecker
• 1 Pileated Woodpecker
• 2 Blue Jay
• 3 American Crow
• 1 Tree Swallow
• 4 Black-capped Chickadee
• 1 House Wren
• 1 Eastern Bluebird
• 8 American Robin
• 1 Gray Catbird
• 1 European Starling
• 1 Blue-winged Warbler
• 1 Ovenbird
• 1 Louisiana Waterthrush
• 3 Eastern Towhee
• 2 Chipping Sparrow
• 2 Song Sparrow
• 1 White-throated Sparrow
• 3 Northern Cardinal
• 4 Red-winged Blackbird
• 1 Brown-headed Cowbird
• 3 American Goldfinch
• 2 House Sparrow