Monday, June 26, 2023
My Yard ~ Ruby-throated Hummingbirds
Visit to Wolf's Hollow County Park
Yesterday, I decided to take a ride over to Wolf's Hollow County park to see what might be happening in relations to their plants and the fields where I saw so many butterflies last summer. I have been over several times since April but hadn't seen much. This time the Common Milkweed down the path was blooming so there were some butterflies and also some bugs. Next, I walked for about 2 hours on several paths. There was a little stream where there were some cool dragonflies named Ebony Jewelwing. I was able to take a good amount of pictures and uploaded about 50 of them to iNaturalist.
Eastern-tailed Blue |
Little Glassywing |
Little Glassywing ~ Dorsal View |
Pearl Crescent |
Meadow Fritillary |
Gray Hairstreak |
Silver-spotted Skipper |
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail |
Ebony Jewelwing |
Ebony Jewelwing |
Ebony Jewelwings Mating |
Ebony Jewelwing |
Sunday, June 25, 2023
Saturday, June 24, 2023
Home ~ More plants for the Gardens
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
National Pollinator Week ~ Nottingham County Park
Both yesterday and then, again, this afternoon, I went over to Nottingham County Park to look for pollinators. I was thrilled yesterday afternoon to see more Great Spangled Fritillaries than I had seen earlier in the day at Peacedale Preserve. Then, today there were at least 30-50 Great Spangled Fritillaries right near the parking lot on the common milkweed. It was exciting for me. Also, there were skippers, bumble bees and other pollinators there. I will return multiple times this summer to see the wildlife including the birds.
Monarch ~ First of Year |
Great Spangled Fritillary on Common Milkweed |
Great Spangled Fritillary |
Tawny-edged Skipper |
Little Glassywing |
Bumble Bee |
Large Milkweed Bug |
Red Milkweed Bug |
Brown-belted Bumble Bee |
Red Milkweed Bug |
Chipping Sparrows bring food back to the nest. |
Chipping Sparrows bring food back to the nest. |
Monday, June 19, 2023
"Peacedale Preserve" Natural Lands
Lifer ~ Great Spangled Fritillary |
Northern Broken Dash |
Eastern-tailed Blue |
American Cooper |
Tree Swallow |
Wednesday, June 14, 2023
Male Pileated Woodpecker
Sunday, June 11, 2023
Gardens
After a week away, I came back to lots of growth in the gardens. Now, we need more butterflies to nectar on the flowers that are growing. We have already had 8 species in the yard prior to me going away on June 2nd. I am looking forward to finish up planting those plants that didn't get into the ground before I left for Turks and Caicos Island.