Shared Garden May 22nd

Eastern Cottontail Rabbit

Lives under the front steps and in the Indigo bushes.

Eno River

Many Summer Flowers:

(Houstonia purpurea)

Fire Pink (Caryophyllaceae)

Chrysanthemum (not native)

Penstemon

Blue toadflax (Nuttallanthus canadensis)

Southern sundrops (Oenothera fruticosa)


Dead Man's Fingers (Xylaria polymorpha)

Bobbitt Swimming Hole

Sophie did not like swimming!

13 year cicadas were out in full force

These are their emergence holes. Saw swarms of them in the canopy tops.

The forest sounded like this:




Here is a neat time lapse video of a 13 year cicada molting taken near the Eno River:

Brood XIX Periodical Cicada 2011 from Mark Dolejs on Vimeo.

Saw many Gulf Fritillary butterflies in the powerline cut:

New Yard Bird

Yard bird number 76: Chestnut-sided Warbler

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Also 2 male Summer Tanagers and a Yellow-throated Vireo in the backyard this am.

Mason Farm May 14th

Birds of note:
Many female Common Yellowthroats
Orhard Oriole (1st yr male)
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo
Prothonotary Warbler
Many Indigo Buntings
Blue Grosbeak
Brown Thrashers feeding nestlings
Pileated Woodpecker foraging on fallen log a few feet from trail


Other of note:
Soft-shelled Turtle getting ready to lay eggs
Many Question Mark butterflies
13 year cicadas

Path to 13 year cicada cove

Many flowering plants of note including:

Southern Swamp-dogwood (Cornus stricta)

Triodanis perfoliata

Porcelainberry (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata) non-native invasive

Grape fern

Blue toadflax (Nuttallanthus canadensis)

Erigeron

Dogbane

Penstemon

Fields of penstemon

Southern sundrops (Oenothera fruticosa)

Tufted Titmouse Chickens

5-6 days old.

*Update: Fledged on Sunday May 22nd am.

New Yard Bird

Yard bird number 75: Veery

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Vines

Everlasting Pea, Lathyrus latifolius, european (do not eat, ever).

New Yard Bird

Yard bird number 74: Common Yellowthroat.

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Late Spring Yard Blooms