On the Trails of IES

In the Fern Glen

• The sight of a caterpillar nest quickens the heart of those offended by non-native honeysuckles.
• I haven't looked them up yet.
• At the trail head in the Glen, Culver's root and Turk's cap lily stood tall.
• Farther along, fringed loostrife and swamp milkweed were in bloom.
• Along the road, tall bellflower was indeed tall.
• Take a closer look.

Trails

• Skippers are fast and wary, but seeking warmth on a gray day, this crossline skipper in the Old Gravel Pit allowed a look at how it got its name.
• Near the Fern Glen end of the trail, sulphur shelf was growing on the side of a big pine.
• Along the creek side of the Cary Pines Trail, mushrooms were frequently found toppled or nibbled.
• The quiet footstep is another feature of damp days; I saw the great blue heron at the "Appendix" before it saw (or heard) me.
• A perfect shroom on the Wappinger Creek trail had a satin appearance.
• I do like field growing up on both sides of the path in front Old Hayfield.
• And there was a fair butterfly turn out for a gray day; they're harder to find because they are not as active, but they do tend to stay put when you do find them.

Moths

• 1 Snowberry Clearwing

Birds

• 1 Great Blue Heron
• 1 Red-tailed Hawk
• 1 Northern Flicker
• 2 Eastern Phoebe
• 4 Red-eyed Vireo
• 3 Blue Jay
• 2 Black-capped Chickadee
• 1 White-breasted Nuthatch
• 1 Brown Creeper
• 4 House Wren
• 6 Veery
• 6 American Robin
• 2 Gray Catbird
• 2 Cedar Waxwing
• 1 Ovenbird
• 1 Louisiana Waterthrush
• 1 Common Yellowthroat
• 3 Eastern Towhee
• 1 Chipping Sparrow
• 1 Field Sparrow
• 1 Song Sparrow
• 2 Northern Cardinal
• 1 Indigo Bunting
• 1 American Goldfinch

Butterflies

• 1 American Copper
• 1 Coral Hairstreak
• 1 Little Wood-Satyr
• 69 Common Wood-Nymph
• 1 Crossline Skipper
• 2 Northern Broken-Dash
• 1 Delaware Skipper
• 2 Dun Skipper