The Trails
- In the back Old Hayfield an eastern tiger swallowtail presented the first opportunity to discover how unpredictably the new camera focuses.
- As I peeked into the Sedge Meadow I heard the chatter of a hummingbird. Two whizzed by, the male hovering for several seconds a foot in front of my face.
- The camera... well, I got a shot of the purple loostrife blooming.
- No appalachian browns to be found this day, but some young birds presented an ID problem. Perhaps they were towhees.
- Of the several mushrooms along the Wappinger Creek Trail, a clutch of tiny orange ones and a pair in moss were most attractive.
- The weather two weekends ago left its mark by the foot bridge near trail post #9.
- And farther down stream in the flood plain, our grounds crew left their mark too.
- One more spot - the little spur to the water's edge was dramatic too.
- Square-stemmed monkey-flower was blooming along the other foot bridge by the "Appendix".
- A bouquet of fern and partridgeberry was tucked along the side of the Cary Pines Trail.
- Spotted jewelweed was blooming in the Fern Glen; it's juices is reported to relieve the itch of poison ivy.
- I recall horsebalm having a lemony scent, but not at all today - more skunky I'd say.
- A tiger moth caterpillar climbed up a jewelweed and perched on a leaf.
- Although it is not native, the alien orchid, helleborine is tollerated in the Glen.
- At the pond's edge, New York ironweed was beginning to bloom.
- The only little wood-satyr seen today was sunning on the alien and invasive bush honeysuckle.
- A spicebush swallowtail in the Scots Pine Alleé made for a delightful conclusion to today's walk: the camera can focus!
Plants
- 1 Horse-balm
- 1 New York ironweed
- 1 Purple Loosestrife
- 1 Spotted Jewelweed
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Birds
- 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- 1 Pileated Woodpecker
- 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee
- 2 Red-eyed Vireo
- 2 Blue Jay
- 1 American Crow
- 1 Black-capped Chickadee
- 1 White-breasted Nuthatch
- 1 Eastern Bluebird
- 4 American Robin
- 2 Gray Catbird
- 1 Prairie Warbler
- 2 Eastern Towhee
- 1 Chipping Sparrow
- 1 Field Sparrow
- 1 Song Sparrow
- 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- 2 Indigo Bunting
- 2 American Goldfinch
Butterflies
- 3 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- 2 Spicebush Swallowtail
- 15 Cabbage White
- 7 Clouded Sulphur
- 4 Great Spangled Fritillary
- 10 Pearl Crescent
- 1 Eastern Comma
- 2 Red-spotted Purple
- 1 Northern Pearly-eye
- 1 Little Wood-Satyr
- 15 Common Ringlet
- 33 Common Wood-Nymph
- 2 Monarch
- 4 Silver-spotted Skipper
- 2 Northern Broken-Dash
- 2 Dun Skipper
Moths
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