I went to the patch near the bridge for a look at the whole plant.
Along the way, bright yellow called out from the stump of the huge white pine that had fallen: a shelf fungus.
Departing the Glen, I noticed tall bellflower just beginning to bud.
It was quiet along the Cary Pines Trail and most of the Wappinger Creek Trail until I got to that sunny spot where I knew banded hairstreaks would be basking. As I left that spot, a large butterfly came out of the shadows at me: the first northern pearly-eye of the season.
Near the top of the rise in the trail, banded hairstreaks could be seen in sillouette overhead.
Something else flew by overhead and perched above them all: a white admiral - our less common of the two subspecies, red-spotted purple being the other.
The back Old Hayfield was hopping this afternoon. A grapeleaf skeletonizer moth was intently feeding on spreading dogbane and allowed several photos.
A male little glassy-wing sunned itself as the temperature slowly dropped.
Farther along, another couple was courting with the female's wing patterns visible.
Oooh, a coral hairstreak landed in front of me, but left before I could get a shot.
A milkweed patch was active with a number of things, but one color stood out as different: a black dash. That's new for trails!
