6-27-04

Indigo Bunting, Downy, House Finch, Hairy & Pileated Woodpecker, Chickadee, White-breasted Nuthatch.

Black-eyed Susan, Canada Violet, Garlic Mustard, Red and White Baneberry fruit, Rock Cress, May apple fruit , Swamp Raspberry fruit, False Solomon's-seal, Canada Anemone, Dame's Rocket, Swamp Saxifrage, Red-osier Dogwood, Cow Parsnip, Philadelphia Fleabane, Common Ninebark, Pale Dogwood, White Avens, Cleavers, Northern Bedstraw, Gray Dogwood, Canada Elderberry, Queen-of-the-meadow bud , Mock Orange, Fringed Black Bindweed, Bugbane in bud .Hooked Buttercup, Yellow Flag, Great Solomon's-seal, Smooth Solomon's seal, Swamp Candles. Showy Lady's-slipper, Wahoo. Creeping Charlie, Comfrey, Forget-me-not, Bittersweet Nightshade, Hairy Wood Mint Blephilia. Jack-in-the-pulpit fruit, Striped Maple fruit , Bladdernut fruit .Common Strawberry, Canada Anemone, Bastard Toadflax, Daisy Fleabane, Lesser Daisy Fleabane, Yarrow, Foxglove Beardtongue, White Clover, Thimbleweed, Canada Moonseed, Tall Meadow Rue, Grecian Foxglove, Blunt Leaved Sandwort, Prairie Indigo, Star Chickweed, Moonseed, Daisy bud , Enchanter's Nightshade. Leafy Spurge, Golden Alexanders, Tall Buttercup, Bush-honeysuckle, Goat's-beard, Asparagus, Yellow Day Lily, Clammy Ground Cherry, Oxeye, Sundrops, Sorrel, Rough fruited Cinquefoil, Whorled Loosestrife, Black-eyed Susan. Day Lily. American Vetch, Heart-leaved Four-o'clock, Red Clover, Alsike Clover, Veiny Vetchling, Fireweed. False Blue Indigo, Spiderwort, Bittersweet Nightshade. Horse Gentian, alumroot, Carrion Flower, Curly Dock. Reed Canary Grass, Kentucky Blue Grass, Smooth Brome, timothy, Needle Grass.

Black Maple White Elderberries

Camel Crickets 4 spot skimmer,12 spot skimmer, dot tailed whiteface, Cabbage Butterflies

6- 26-04

Barred Owl being attacked by a Blue Jay while trying to sleep in a tree off the bog trail, Indigo Buntings, Baltimore Orioles male and female chasing each other, Common Yellowthroat, Northern Cardinal with food hanging out of its mouth.

Sunny, beautiful-70's

Swamp Candles beautiful blooms in wetland, Northern Bedstraw, Fireweed, Penstemon Digitalis, Ox-eye Sunflower, Grecian Foxglove, Porcupine Grass, Canada Anemone, Thimbleweed, Black-eyed Susan, Indian Hemp, Curly Dock, Cinquefoil, White Avens, Day Lily, Culvers Root, Prairie Onion, Alumroot, Wild Four-O'clock.

Eastern Chipmunk, Gray Squirrel

Indigo Bunting Northern Cardinal American Crow, Downy Woodpecker

70's breezy, nice, cloud/sun mix

Grecian Foxglove, Yarrow, Yellow flag Iris, Northern Bedstraw, Foxglove Beardtongue, Tall Meadow Rue.

Groundhog Gray and Red Squirrels, Chipmunks, Fox

Whiteface Dragonfly.

Crow, Chickadee, Blue jay, Indigo Bunting, Cardinal, Gold Finch, House Finch, Cedar Waxwing, Great-crested Flycatcher, Common Yellowthroat, Pileated Woodpecker

Canada Violet, Northern Bedstraw, Veiny Vetchling, and Bittersweet Nightshade, Evening Primrose, Blue Indigo, Prairie Indigo, Leafy Spurge, Meadow Rue, Tall Meadow Rue, Horse Gentian, Whorled Loosestrife, False Solomon's-seal, Asparagus, Yarrow, Canada Anemone, Tumbleweed, Tall Buttercup, Common Fleabane, Foxglove Beardtongue, White Avens, Daisy Fleabane, Star chickweed, Tall Bellflower, Grecian Foxglove, Day Lily, Great Solomon's-seal, Heart-leaved Four-o'clock, Spiderwort, Leadplant buds, Downy Wood mint, Dame's Rocket, Low Parsnips, Forget-me-not, Yellow Flag, Creeping Charlie, Comfrey, Showy Lady's-slipper, Blue Flag, Wild Calmly. Ferns: Lady, Interrupted, Ostrich,Cinnamon, Sensitive, Maidenhair

Bush Honeysuckle, Gray Dogwood, Ninebark

Bladdernut Seed Pod, Elderberry Fruit

Mosquito

6-22-04

Hairy Woodpecker, Cardinal, Chickadee, Blue Jay, Indigo Bunting, Downy Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker.

Dry, sunny, low 60's-70 ish.

Canada Violet, Garlic Mustard, Red and White Baneberry fruit, Wild Calla, Rock Cress, May apple Swamp Raspberry, False Solomon's seal, Canada Anemone, Dame's Rocket, Swamp Saxifrage, Red-osier Dogwood, Cow Parsnip, Daisy Fleabane, Philadelphia Fleabane, Common Ninebark, Pale Dogwood, White Avens, Cleavers, Northern Bedstraw, Gray Dogwood, Canada Elderberry, Queen-of-the-meadow bud. Hooked Buttercup Yellow Flag, Golden Ragwort, Great Solomon's-seal, Smooth Solomon's-seal. Showy Lady's-slipper, Wahoo, Creeping Charlie, Comfrey, Forget-me-not, Blue Flag, Bittersweet Nightshade, Jack-in-the-pulpit, Striped Maple, Bladdernut Common Strawberry fruit, Lesser Daisy Fleabane, Yarrow,Foxglove Beardtongue, White Clover, Thimbleweed, Canada Moonseed, Tall Meadow Rue, Grecian Foxglove, Blunt Leaved Sandwort, Prairie Indigo, Star Chickweed, Moonseed, Tall Meadow Rue Daisy bud Leafy Spurge, Golden Alexanders, Tall Buttercup, Bush-honeysuckle, Goat's-beard, Asparagus, Long Bracted Indigo Day Lily, Clammy Ground Cherry, Oxeye , Sun drops, Sorrel, Cinquefoil, Whorled Loosestrife. Orange Day Lily, American Vetch, Heart-leaved Four-o'clock, Red Clover, Alsike Clover, Veiny Vetchling, Wild Geranium. False Blue Indigo, Spiderwort, Bittersweet Nightshade. Horse Gentian, Alumroot, Carrion Flower.

Gray Squirrel, Chipmunk, Raccoon, Groundhog, Red Squirrel.

Chorus Frog

Green irvedescent Beetle with orange legs, Spittle Bugs, Fly, ant, Bumblebee, blue type Damselfly, Whitetail-type Dragonfly, small blue Butterfly, Wood Nymph

6-21-04

Blue Jay , Black-capped Chickadee, House Finch, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Cardinal, Red-eyed Vireo, Pileated Woodpecker Crows Indigo Bunting, Goldfinch, Grackle, Great crested Flycatcher.

Wild blue Indigo, False Solomon's Seal, Yellow Flag Iris, Forget-Me-Not, Showy Lady slipper, Canada Violet, White Avens, Daisy Fleabane, Canada Anemone, Dame's Rocket, Low Parsnip, Veiny Meadow Rue, Virginia Waterleaf, Tall Buttercup, Bittersweet Nightshade, Leafy Spurge, Alumroot, Northern Bedstraw, Horse Gentian, Whole Loose leaf, Evening Primrose, Veiny Vetchling, Purple Clover, Spiderwort, Heart-leaved Four-o'clock, Day Lily, Grecian Foxglove, Common Fleabane, Yarrow, Great Solomon's-seal, Golden Alexander, Asparagus, Dandelion, Foxglove Beardtongue, Comfrey, Water Horsetail, Blue Flag, Wild Calla. Maidenhair, Lady, Interrupted, Sensitive, Ostrich, Cinnamon. Wild Garlic, Swamp Saxifrage, Berries: Blue Cohosh, Jack-in-the-Pulpit.

Pale and Red osier Dogwood, Ninebark, Bush Honeysuckle. Pagoda Dogwood, Elderberry, Gooseberry,High bush Cranberry.

Yellow Swallowtail, Mosquito small Orange Lady Beetle, Blue Darner,Damsel fly, Daddy Longlegs, small white Moth with gray/brown markings.

Great-crested Flycatcher, Indigo Bunting, Goldfinches, Chickadees, White-breasted Nuthatches, Broad-winged Hawk, Downy Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, House Finch, Cardinal, Blue jay,Coopers Hawk, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Pileated Woodpecker.

Sunny, cool and breezy – High in the 70's. Perfect! Late in afternoon – mostly cloudy.

Bumblebees, Hawk Moth, Mosquito Spittle bugs, Leaf Miners.

6-19-04

Hairy Woodpeckers, Downy Woodpeckers, Blue Jay, Cardinal, Red-tailed Hawk, Indigo Bunting, Flicker, Red-winged Blackbird, Pileated Woodpecker.

75 degrees, sunny and breezy

Day Lily, Star Chickweed Wild Basil, Canada Hawkweed, Hoary Alyssum long flowered anemone.

Fungi: Pluteus cervinus (fawn mushroom), exida alba (white jelly Mushroom), Barron, Crepidotus, Coral Slime matured, and Stemonitis?

Blooming Bush honeysuckle, gray Dogwood, pale Dogwood, Ninebark, Blackberry, Dewberry, Black Raspberry, Raspberry.

Gray Squirrels, Eastern Chipmunks, Groundhog, Raccoon family,

Slug, Water Spider, Darner, little Wood Satyr, 8 Spotted Skimmer, Spittle bugs, Dot-tailed Whiteface Dragonfly, Common Whitetail, 12 spotted Skimmer,

Indigo Bunting, Chickadee, Barred owl

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Canada Violet, Garlic Mustard, Red and White Baneberry fruit , Wild Calla, Rock Cress, May apple.Swamp Raspberry, Red-osier Dogwood, Daisy Fleabane, Philadelphia Fleabane, Common Ninebark, Pale Dogwood, White Avens, Cleavers, Northern Bedstraw, Gray Dogwood, Canada Elderberry, Queen-of-the-meadow bud. Hooked Buttercup Yellow Flag, Golden Ragwort, Great Solomon's-seal, Smooth Solomon's-seal. Dame's Rocket, Showy Lady's-slipper. Creeping Charlie, Virginia Waterleaf, Comfrey, Forget-me-not, Blue Flag, Bittersweet Nightshade. Jack-in-the-pulpit, Striped Maple, Bladdernut, Common Strawberry, Canada Anemone, Bastard Toadflax, False Solomon's-seal, Black Raspberry, Lesser Daisy Fleabane, Yarrow, Foxglove Beardtongue, White Clover, Thimbleweed, Canada Moonseed, Tall Meadow Rue, Grecian Foxglove, Blunt Leaved Sandwort, Prairie Indigo, Moonseed, Leafy Spurge, Golden Alexanders, Tall Buttercup, Great Solomon's-seal, Bush-honeysuckle, Goat's-beard, Asparagus, Long Bracted Indigo, Day Lily. Columbine, Shooting-star, American Vetch, Heart-leaved Four-o'clock, Red Clover, Alsike Clover, Veiny Vetchling, Wahoo. False Blue Indigo, Willow Amsonia, Spiderwort, Bittersweet Nightshade. Horse Gentian, Alumroot, Wild Grape, Carrion Flower.

Mosses: Coral Slime dried up

Red osier Dogwood, Ninebark, River Birch fruit, maturing Grey Dogwood.

Blue Jay, Indigo Bunting, Black-capped Chickadee, Hairy Woodpeckers,

Bittersweet Nightshade, Forget-Me-Not, Dame's Rocket, Wild blue Indigo, Yellow Flag Iris, Showy Lady Slipper, Wild Geranium, Yarrow, Red Clover, Fleabane, Asparagus, False Solomon's Seal, Spiderwort, Golden Alexander, Tall Buttercup, Leafy Spurge, Canada anemone, Tall Meadow Rue, Creeping Charlie. Lupine is getting fuzzy seed pods.

Ninebark

Mosquito

Great-crested Flycatcher, Blue Jay, Northern Cardinal, Black-capped Chickadee, American Goldfinch, Common Yellowthroat, Indigo Bunting Cedar Waxwings.

Olive-sided Flycatcher, Tennessee Warbler, Nashville Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Golden-winged Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Cape-may Warbler, American Redstart, Ovenbird, Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, Oriole,Red-eyed Vireos, Indigo Buntings, Goldfinches, House Wren, Flicker, Red-bellied, Downy& Hairy Woodpeckers, Least Flycatcher, Coopers Hawk, Great-crested Flycatcher, Chimney swifts, Scarlet Tanager, Swainson's Thrush,

A.M. cool and sunny – 36 degrees. By midmorning cloudy.

Yellow Lady's Slipper May apple, Red Baneberry, Prairie Violet! Bog: Goldthread, Bog Violet, Wild Calla, Starflower, Bog Bean. Budding:Labrador Tea

Western Chorus Frog , Spring Peepers

Blackburnian Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Golden-winged Warbler, Scarlet Tanager, Wilson's Warbler, Palm Warbler, Great-crested Flycatcher, Indigo Buntings, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Red-headed Woodpecker, Warbling Vireo

Cool, (rained all yesterday am) afternoon sunny 60's.

Wood Poppy, Columbine, Shooting Star, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Baneberry, Swamp Saxifrage, Foam Flower, Wild Geramium, Bellwort, Downy Yellow Violet, Fumewort,Virginia Bluebells, Wood Anemone, Yellow Lady's Slipper, May apple,Blue Cohosh.

Great Crested Flycatcher

Pileated Woodpecker, Goldfinch, Black-capped Chickadee, Downy Woodpecker, Northern Cardinal, Mallard, Blue Jay, Indigo Bunting.

Tennessee Warbler

Choke Cherry

Western Chorus Frog

Heavy Rain last night.

Chipmunk, Gray Squirrel

Nashville Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Palm Warblers, American Redstart, Green Heron, Common Yellow-throated Warbler, Pileated Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker& Downy Woodpecker. Lincoln's Sparrow, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Flicker, Goldfinches, Great Blue Heron, Ovenbird, Chipping Sparrow, Phoebe, Blue -gray Gnatcatcher, Red-eyed Vireo

Blunt leaved Sandwort, dwarf Raspberry (Rubus Pubesciens) False Solomon's Seal blooming. Virginia Waterleaf budding. Maidenhair ferns beginning to unfold. Ohio Buckeye blooming.

Tartarian Honeysuckle, Budding: Dogwoods

Red & Grey Squirrel, Chipmunk, Woodchuck

Dragonflies- green Darner. Wooly bear Caterpillar, Ichneumon

Swainson's Hawks, Chipping Sparrow, Goldfinch, Canada Goose, Black-capped Chickadee, Blue Jay, White-crowned Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Common Grackle, Northern Water Thrush, American Crow, Brown Thrasher, Green Heron, Great Egret, Mallard, Pine Siskin, Northern Cardinal, Blue -gray Gnatcatcher, Red- winged Blackbird, Wood Duck, Sage Sparrow, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker, Ruby-crowned Kinglet.

Purple large flowered Yellow Trillium, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Two leaf Toothwort, Cut-leafed Toothwort, Twinleaf, Yellow Trout Lily, Virginia Bluebells, marsh Marigolds, Swamp Buttercup, Violet.

Sunny, breezy & warm.

Twinleaf, Yellow Trillium is blooming.

Striped Maple in bloom, American Black Currant just beginning, Gooseberry

Fox den and two KITS near Birch pond.and remains of Squirrel

Tiger Swallowtail

Black capped Chickadee, Downy Woodpecker, White breasted Nuthatch, Red bellied Woodpecker, Cardinal, Hairy Woodpecker

Sunny & warm leading to cool overcast, occasional light drizzle.

Common Blue Violet, Drooping Trillium. Virginia Bluebells, Culver's Root Plant, Yellow Trillium is about to bloom!

Birch tree. Bladderwort is budding!

A. M.: cold & sunny, Marsh marigold covered in frost. -P.M. partly cloudy & cold.

Drooping Trillium, Running strawberry, Veiny Meadow Rue

Garter snake, Western Chorus frog.