June 07, 2017

Notes and Changes since last report

  • It was 65°F, partly cloudy and calm at 2:00 PM on June 7, 2017.
  • This week's trail report covers the Cary Pines Trail side of the trail system.
  • Red-spotted purple, monarch and Peck's Skipper were out today.
  • There were a few surprise plants too...

The Trails

  • With the recent rains I was hoping for butterfly activity on the Carriage House road.
  • There wasn't much, but there was an interesting centipede crossing the road.
  • Behind the Carriage House, rhododendron was still looking well.
  • A nessus sphinx was too busy to allow a good photo.
  • The Little Bluestem Meadow had been mowed - that will set back the dogbane patch.
  • On the other side of the Scots Pine Alleé, a wild turkey was skulking along.
  • In the Old Gravel Pit, an ebony jewelwing was sampling leaves for the best sun.
  • Above the Fern Glen, a common whitetail was trying to warm up too.
  • Around the limestone cobble, exotic vancouveria was in bloom.
  • On the way back to the fen, our only greenish-flowered pyrola had been damaged, but was still able to bloom.
  • Red baneberry was forming its long-stalked fruit, making it easy to distinguish from white baneberry.
  • The railing above the fen made a nice sun room for a daddy-long-legs.
  • In the fen, pitcher plants were in full bloom now.
  • From the little bridge by the deck, hidden trumpet honesuckle was now obvious.
  • Zooming in showed how handsome this native vine's flowers are.
  • I wasn't sure about black snakeroot - I'd been thinking avens.
  • A few blossoms were left on the swamp azalea - I got straightened out on that one...
  • Near the kiosk, Bowman's root was blooming - that's had a name change a little while ago.
  • I didn't think the diervilla by the kiosk would be blooming yet.
  • And I never saw the blue flag at the pond coming.
  • The carrion flower had been easy to follow.
  • As I was going, a curved-line looper moth was obliging.
  • Not far into the Cary Pines Trail, maple-leaved viburnum was doing well.
  • Next week: the Wappinger Creek Trail side of the trail system.
Sightings