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Trail Reports
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July 31, 2019
Notes and Changes since last report
It was 75°F, calm and the rain was just stopping at 2:00 PM on July 31, 2019.
It had showered several times through the day.
A giant swallowtail made it worth risking wet feet on the trails.
This week's trail report covers the Cary Pines Trail side of the trail system.
The Trails
As the 3rd shower of the day subsided
blue sky
appeared over the Old Hayfields.
The front seemed to be over the
Carriage House
.
Drops were still splattering on the camera lens when
orange
appeared in the knapweed along the side.
It was a
monarch
drying off. The message was, butterflies won't be so easy to find, but they should be easier to watch.
The view across the
Little Bluestem Meadow
suggested another round of showers was on the way.
Of course, that's when the sun came out. It coaxed a few things up out of the grass to bask including a
red-spotted purple
. This one was showing a touch of the white of the other sub-species, the white admiral.
In the Old Gravel Pit,
elderberry berries
were ripening.
At the bottom of the Old Gravel Pit, harmless
false nettle
was looking dangerous.
Not far along,
white snakeroot
was all wet.
A little bit closer to the ground was
Indian tobacco
.
That was when a
robber fly
landed. It looked like it was mimicing a wasp.
At the Fern Glen pond,
Culver's root
had finally appeared.
The
spotted Joe-Pye weed
was doing well now.
New York ironweed
was just getting started.
Across the pond,
green-headed coneflower
was catching up to other locations. Note the aphids on the stems.
At the back of the pond,
sweet pepperbush
was getting read to bloom.
Purple loosestrife
had progressed from the week before.
Turtlehead
would soon be in bloom - if the deer don't get it first.
Boneset
was starting to bloom.
A number of
ambush bugs
were lurking between the blossoms. The enlarged "raptorial" forelegs can even hold a bumblebee.
Off the side of the trail,
water parsnip
had started blooming the week before.
Back by the yellow lady's-slipper,
whorled aster
was forming buds.
The
Wappinger Creek
was pretty noisy after the morning's rain.
On the way out of the 'Glen,
Indian cucumber root
was now forming berries.
Next week: the Wappinger Creek side of the trail system.
Sightings
Mammals
Birds
Butterflies
Moth
Insects
Caterpillars
Arthropods
Fungus
Herp
Plants
Other
1 Red-tailed Hawk
1 Giant Swallowtail
1 Culver's-root
1 Mourning Dove
2 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
1 False nettle
1 Pileated Woodpecker
2 Cabbage White
1 New York ironweed
1 Red-eyed Vireo
1 Pearl Crescent
2 Blue Jay
1 Red-spotted Purple
1 Black-capped Chickadee
2 Common Wood-Nymph
1 House Wren
2 Monarch
1 American Robin
1 Silver-spotted Skipper
1 Cedar Waxwing
2 Northern Broken-Dash
1 Pine Warbler
1 Eastern Towhee
1 Indigo Bunting
1 American Goldfinch
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