The eastern phoebes we found in that canoe a couple of weeks ago aren’t there any more. I don’t know if they met an ill end or if they have fledged and gone, but in their place we found these today:
Another Eastern Phoebe clutch
I took a lap around my woods to see if the dewdrops had bloomed yet. A few had!
Dewdrop (Dalibarda repens)
The wintergreen is still bearing last year’s berries. They seem to get bigger just before they drop. This one was about 50% larger (in diameter) than they are in the fall.
Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens)
I also found that the partridge berry was in bloom…
Partridge berry (Mitchella repens)
…as was the whorled loosestrife…
Whorled loosestrife (Lysimachia quadrifolia)
…and the cow wheat.
Cow wheat (Melampyrum lineare)
David and I took Penny down to Sandogardy Pond. I wanted to see if the sheep laurel was in bloom. It was. This might be the best shot I’ve ever gotten of it.
Sheep laurel (Kalmia angustifolia)
The beach at the pond was covered with these guys:
Pickerel frog (Rana palustris)
I think they are pickerel frogs, but it could also be some other species. They were so small that David thought they were insects at first glance. I knew better because I’ve seen them here before. They were only about a quarter inch long, and as we walked along the beach they were jumping out of the way. There were thousands of them.
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June 23, 2013 at 12:51 am
That’s not a canoe, it’s an aviary. You have some pretty things blooming. The sheep laurel is especially pretty. I’ve never seen such tiny frogs. We have some very small tree frogs living in a flower bed on the north side of our house but they are not that tiny.
June 23, 2013 at 12:54 am
The canoe is certainly starting to look that way!
June 23, 2013 at 7:36 am
That canoe must be a real safe place for birds! Except for the dewdrop and laurel I’ve seen each one of these blooming here.
June 23, 2013 at 9:40 am
I have only ever seen dewdrop in one other place, and I can’t remember where that was. I fear that it will fade away from where it grows in my woods since the neighbor cut all his trees down. I expect that with the additional sunlight the dewdrop will be outcompeted.
June 26, 2013 at 1:38 am
Love it, batch #2?
June 26, 2013 at 7:10 am
It’s the second batch we’ve noticed. For all I know it could be batch 3 or 4.
June 27, 2013 at 9:23 am
or a third possibility, that time goes backwards under an overturned canoe.. 🙂
June 27, 2013 at 8:09 pm
LOL.