On the Trails of
The Cary Institute

The Trails

• First stop was the Fern Glen Large-flowered Bellwort was just starting to bloom.
• Twinleaf was just starting last week; this week seed pods were forming! Look closer; they're still small.
• Fiddleheads of maidenhair and cinnamon fern were unfurling.
• On opposite sides of the pond Red Trillium and Large-flowered Trillium could be found.
• The tree by the dam has apparently been taste-tested by a beaver.
• All around shrubs like Spicebush and Leatherwood were blossoming.
• Near the kiosk Mayapple leaves were opening like umbrellas
• A quiet walk through the Old Gravel Pit brought me out into the Little Bluestem Meadow where I came upon a mole tunnel.
• As I passed Gifford House an accipiter came upon a robin from behind and in an instant had carried it off. All that remained was a few feathers.
• Working my way back along the Wappinger Creek Trail I enjoyed seeing the Pennsylvania Sedge in blossom.
• On the Cary Pines Trail the carpet of Canada Mayflower was just coming up.

Plants

• 1 Large-flowered Bellwort
• 1 Large-flowered Trillium
• 1 Leatherwood
• 1 Pennsylvania Sedge
• 1 Red Trillium
• 1 Shrub
• 1 Spicebush

Birds

• 1 Ring-necked Pheasant
• 1 Wild Turkey
• 1 Great Blue Heron
• 1 Mourning Dove
• 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
• 1 Northern Flicker
• 2 Eastern Phoebe
• 2 Blue Jay
• 2 American Crow
• 4 Black-capped Chickadee
• 1 Tufted Titmouse
• 1 White-breasted Nuthatch
• 1 Winter Wren
• 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
• 1 Eastern Bluebird
• 3 American Robin
• 1 European Starling
• 1 Pine Warbler
• 1 Louisiana Waterthrush
• 2 Field Sparrow
• 1 Song Sparrow
• 1 Dark-eyed Junco
• 1 Northern Cardinal
• 1 Red-winged Blackbird