Trails
- The recent rains have promoted mushrooms in several locations.
- "Three sombreros" came to mind when I saw a cluster on the Cary Pines trail.
- An unusual purple one was at the "Appendix" near the junction of the Wappingers Creek and Cary Pines trails.
- Then I looked up and noticed that a tree was down.
- One sign I always note of the the changing of the seasons is the appearance of grey dogwood berries
In the Fern Glen
- Turtlehead was blooming in more that one spot.
- Clusters of jack-in-the-pulpit berries were easy to spot.
- Maybe I've just been more observant, but I've seen many a monarch caterpillar this season.
- As I got in close to observe that one, I discovered stinging nettle, a food plant of a number of other caterpillars.
- Summersweet is truly a late bloomer among shrubs.
- Mushrooms were in the Glen, too. These, coming up right out of the path, suggested a question mark to me - or maybe a whale - or...
- At the pond's edge a dragonfly had apparently just emerged and was still clinging to it's old scuba equipment.
Moths
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Birds
- 1 Turkey Vulture
- 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- 1 Downy Woodpecker
- 2 Northern Flicker
- 1 Pileated Woodpecker
- 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee
- 1 Eastern Phoebe
- 1 Red-eyed Vireo
- 5 Blue Jay
- 4 American Crow
- 11 Black-capped Chickadee
- 1 Tufted Titmouse
- 4 Eastern Bluebird
- 2 American Robin
- 6 Gray Catbird
- 2 Eastern Towhee
- 2 Song Sparrow
- 5 American Goldfinch
Butterflies
- 1 Black Swallowtail
- 2 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- 1 Spicebush Swallowtail
- 48 Cabbage White
- 3 Clouded Sulphur
- 3 Orange Sulphur
- 2 Eastern Tailed-Blue
- 6 Great Spangled Fritillary
- 1 Meadow Fritillary
- 6 Pearl Crescent
- 6 Monarch
- 3 Silver-spotted Skipper
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