Sunday, May 15, 2011

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)