Grackle, Chalk Fronted Dragonfly, Cinnamon Fern, Tamarck, Wild Calla, Common Yarrow, Pitcher Plant, Blanding’s Turtle, Tachinid fly.
Common Grackle preening …
Yellow Pond Lily with visitor …
Male Chalk Fronted Corporal …
Unknown Odanate …
Fern ID exercise …
Hmmmm. Nice little flower about a 2 cm in diameter, occurring in some damp roadside ditches ….
Three unknown Lepidoptera …. If you can ID any of these unknowns please give us your thoughts by commenting. Thanks.
EDIT: I think that the above is not a butterfly but the Common Gray Moth aka Anavitrinella pampinaria. (I’m still working on the two below!)
Tamarack cones are maturing …
Calla palustris (bog arum, marsh calla, wild calla, and water-arum)
Common Yarrow are starting to blossom, providing nectar for visiting pollinators …
We went back to the site of the Pitcher Plants on Hwy 529 to find some visible “pitchers”. All were hidden by dense tangles of grass, sedges, and various leaves. I decided not to disturb any as they provided places for insects to drop into the “pitchers” thereby feeding the plants. At this time of flowering they need all the nutrient they can get.
Species at Risk: Blanding’s turtle.
Tachinid fly on first day of a blooming Ox Eye Daisy.
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