On the Trails of
The Cary Institute

The Trails

• The borrowed binoculars can focus a good deal closer now, but only at the expense of distance. And there was a prism out of alignment last time.
• Spotted Knapweed had started blooming in the front Old Hayfield.
• I'm used to Appalachian Browns leaking over from the Sedge Meadow, but a Northern Pearly-eye was a surprise.
• The Northern Broken-dash, the Little Glassywing and the Dun Skipper look very similar and often fly together. Collectively they are referred to as "The Witches" The back Old Hayfield held many NBDs and a fair number of Duns in the dogbane: an excellent opportunity to explore the source of their name.
• The skies opened up briefly while I was passing through the Sedge Meadow. It made for a quiet walk afterwords.
• As usual, while at the Appendix, I heard the Eastern Wood Pewee across the creek. I did not linger as usual with the threat of further rain...
• After a brisk walk it was rather warm with the 100% humidity. I slowed to cool off in the Scot's Pine Alleé and caught sight of a blue bird and heard an indigo bunting.
• Much preferable to the blue arc of lightening and sound of thunder.

Butterflies

• 2 Cabbage White
• 1 Orange Sulphur
• 1 American Copper
• 3 Great Spangled Fritillary
• 2 Pearl Crescent
• 2 Northern Pearly-eye
• 4 Appalachian Brown
• 1 Little Wood-Satyr
• 1 Common Ringlet
• 23 Common Wood-Nymph
• 1 Monarch
• 4 Silver-spotted Skipper
• 10 Northern Broken-Dash
• 1 Little Glassywing
• 7 Dun Skipper

Birds

• 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
• 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee
• 1 Red-eyed Vireo
• 3 Blue Jay
• 8 Black-capped Chickadee
• 2 House Wren
• 1 Eastern Bluebird
• 2 Wood Thrush
• 10 American Robin
• 5 Gray Catbird
• 1 Cedar Waxwing
• 1 Prairie Warbler
• 1 Ovenbird
• 1 Scarlet Tanager
• 2 Eastern Towhee
• 1 Chipping Sparrow
• 1 Field Sparrow
• 1 Northern Cardinal
• 1 Indigo Bunting
• 1 American Goldfinch

Plants

• 1 Spotted Knapweed

Moths

• 1 Hummingbird Clearwing
• 1 Snowberry Clearwing