Blazing Star - Sit Spot - July 26, 2020

Our Dense Blazing Star

is densely blooming.

July 31, 2020 10:40 a.m.

Sit 552  : Brush Pile W : Sunny 

+24° (+28°) ne 6-9 kph  59%humidity 

Mosquitoes,

Red-tailed Hawk, 

(Jet, traffic noise),

(Air Canada Jazz flight 21...),

Flies,

(Very quiet today!),

Field Sparrow,

White Vervain blooming nearby,

Enchanters Nightshade blooming nearby,

Daisy Fleabane blooming nearby,

Catbird,

Extras :

1:30 a.m. - Crickets sounding out,

5:45 a.m. - Cardinal calling,

Along the Trails -

Pewee, 

House Wren,

Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 

Cicada, 

Crows, 

Chickadees, 

Catbird, 

Cabbage White Butterflies, 

Soldier Beetles, 

Japanese Beetles, 

Flicker, 

Snake,

15 egg laying Gypsy Moths, 

Ambush Bugs,

1st Purslane blooming,

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder -

Blue Jays,

Cardinals,

Chickadees,

Mourning Doves,

Goldfinches,

Grackles,

Rose-breasted Grosbeaks,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Robin,

House Wren,

Chipmunk,

Rabbit,

Black Squirrels.

Photo Site #5 - Front "Forest" Trail

Spurge - Sit Spot - July 30, 2020

Spotted Spurge
euphorbe maculée
(Euphorbia aculata)

July 30, 2020 10:40 a.m.
Sit 551  :  Brush Pile W : Partly cloudy 

+23° (+26°)  n 7-11 kph  59% humidity 

Field Sparrow,

(Jet, traffic noise)

(Republic Airlines Flight 8809...)

Mosquitoes,

Unidentified chirps 

(Prop Plane)

White Vervain blooming nearby,

Daisy Fleabane blooming nearby,

Enchanters Nightshade blooming nearby 

Leaves moving in breeze,

Extras:

1:45 a.m. -

       No Fireflies but Crickets calling,

       (for last three nights),

5:40 a.m. - 

       Cardinals singing,

       Towhee singing,

       Bats flying over yard,

Along the trails-

Pewee,

1st Big Bluestem Grass blooming,

Song Sparrow, 

Towhee, 

Cardinal, 

Crows, 

Goldfinches, 

Gypsy Moths, 

Leaflets of Walnuts falling, 

Catbird, 

Little Wood-Satyr butterflies, 

Cabbage White Butterflies, 

Cicada,

Robins,

Blue Jays,

Monarch Butterfly,  

Chickadees,

Barn Swallows in evening

Black-billed Cuckoo, 

Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder -

Red-winged Blackbirds,

Blue Jays,

Cardinals,

Mourning Doves,

Goldfinches,

Grackles,

Rose-breasted Grosbeaks,

Hummingbird,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Robin,

Chipping Sparrow,

Barn Swallows west side of kitchen,

House Wren,

Chipmunk,

Rabbit,

Black Squirrels.

Photo Site #7

Sunrise time from 2nd floor window.

PS  I have never had so much difficulty making a blog. Background and type were the wrong colours!It is now correct on my machine. Hope it works on yours.

Virgin's Bower - Sit Spot - July 29, 2020

Virgin's Bower aka Virginia Clematis

clématite de Virginie

(Clematis virginiana)

July 29, 2020 11:00 a.m.

Sit 550  : Brush Pile W : Partly cloudy 

+23° (+27°)  w 22-31 kph  70% humidity 

Cardinal,

(Traffic noises),

Goldfinches, 

Mosquitoes, 

White Vervain blooming nearby, 

Enchanters Nightshade blooming nearby, 

Daisy Fleabane blooming nearby ,

Extras:

5:50-

Many Crows calling, 

Mourning Doves, 

Cardinal, 

Along the trails -

Flicker,

Ambush Bug, 

Towhee, 

Cardinal, 

1st Virgin's Bower in bloom,

Catbird, 

1st Lesser Daisy Fleabane recognized, 

1st Water Horehound blooming, 

Indigo Bunting, 

1st Spotted Spurge blooming,

1st Blazing Star blooming,

Soldier Beetles,

Monarch Butterfly,

Fewer Gypsy Moths laying eggs today!

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder -

Red-winged Blackbirds,

Blue Jays,

Cardinals,

Mourning Doves,

Flicker,

Goldfinches,

Grackles,

Rose-breasted Grosbeaks,

Hummingbird,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Robin,

Chipping Sparrow,

Barn Swallows west side of kitchen,

Carolina Wren,

House Wren,

Chipmunk,

Rabbit,

Black Squirrels,

Red Squirrel.

Photo Site #4 - North Ridge Trail

Cup Plant - Sit Spot - July 28, 2020

Some of our Cup Plants

in the early morning fog.

July 28, 2020 4:50 p.m.

Sit 549  :  East porch : Cloudy, rain drops

+26° (+31°) sw 22-33 kph 52% humidity 

(Prop Plane, Traffic noises),

House Wren,

Mourning Doves,

Goldfinches, 

Robins, 

Oswego Tea blooming nearby,

Woodland Sunflower blooming nearby,

Cup Plant blooming nearby,

Wild Bergamot blooming nearby 

Queen Anne's Lace blooming nearby,

Grackle,

Grey-headed Coneflower blooming nearby,

Cardinal,

Chipping Sparrow,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Rose-breasted Grosbeak,

Extras :

5:50 a.m.-

       Cardinal,

       Pewee,

Along the trails-

Towhee,

Common Yellowthroat, 

Egg laying Gypsy Moths - still…,

Crows, 

Yellow-billed Cuckoo,

1st Prairie Dock blooming,

1st Purple Loosestrife blooming beside road,

1st  Brown Knapweed blooming beside road,

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder -

Red-winged Blackbirds,

Cardinals,

Mourning Doves,

Goldfinches,

Grackles,

Rose-breasted Grosbeaks,

Hummingbird,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Robin,

Chipping Sparrow,

House Wren,

Rabbit,

Black Squirrels,

Red Squirrel.

Photo Site #6 - Close up of east Willow

Seeds - Lobelia - Sit Spot - July 27 2020

Seeds of Yellow Goatsbeard

Great Lobelia

July 27, 2020 11:00 a.m.

Sit 548  : Brush Pile W : Mostly cloudy 

+29° (+39° = 102F) W 24-36 kph  69% humidity

Warbling Vireo, 

Towhee, 

(Traffic noises),

Wind in trees, 

White Vervain blooming nearby, 

Enchanters Nightshade blooming nearby, 

Agrimony blooming nearby, 

Daisy Fleabane blooming nearby, 

Lopseed blooming nearby, 

(Prop Plane),

Blue Jays, 

Extras:

5:50 a.m. -

       Towhee,

       Robins,

       Crows,

       House Wren,

Along the Trails - 

1st Great Lobelia blooming,

Barn Swallows, 

Turkey Vulture, 

Little Wood-Satyr caught by Ambush Bug, 

Song Sparrow,

Little Wood-Satyrs flying, 

Towhee, 

Monarch, 

Indigo Bunting, 

Field Sparrow, 

Common Yellowthroat, 

Robins, 

Flicker, 

Chickadees, 

Cabbage White Butterflies, 

Northern Pearly-eye Butterflies,

Soldier Beetles,

1st Globe Thistle blooming,

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder -

Red-winged Blackbirds,

Blue Jay,

Cardinals,

Mourning Doves,

Goldfinches,

Grackles,

Rose-breasted Grosbeaks,

Robin,

Chipping Sparrow,

Barn Swallows on west side of kitchen,

House Wren,

Rabbit,

Black Squirrels.

Photo Site #5 - Front "Forest" Trail

Grosbeak - Squirrel - Sit Spot - July 26, 2020

Female Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Possibly a young one?

Looks like a cross among

Red Squirrel / Grey Squirrel/ Raccoon

July 26, 2020 10:25 a.m.

Sit 547  : Brush Pile W : Sunny 

+28° (+35°)  sw 19-28 kph  58% humidity 

(Prop Plane),

(Jet, traffic noise),

(Delta Airlines flight 766…),

Mosquitoes, 

Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 

Wind in trees,

Unidentified chirps, 

Common Yellowthroat, 

Cicada, 

Towhee, 

White Vervain blooming nearby, 

Enchanters Nightshade blooming nearby, 

Agrimony blooming nearby, 

Daisy Fleabane blooming nearby, 

Lopseed blooming nearby, 

Extras:

5:50 a.m.-

Cardinal, 

Goldfinches, 

Pewee, 

House Wren, 

Along the trails-

Mourning Doves, 

Ambush Bug,

Soldier Beetles, 

Monarch Butterfly, 

Catbird, 

Northern Pearly-eye Butterfly,

Still many Gypsy Moths, 

Song Sparrow, 

Robins, 

Field Sparrow, 

Little Wood-Satyr Butterflies,

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder -

Red-winged Blackbirds,

Blue Jay,

Mourning Doves,

Goldfinches,

Rose-breasted Grosbeak,

Wshite-breasted Nuthatch,

Robin,

Chipping Sparrow,

House Wren,

Black Squirrels,

Grey Squirrels.

Photo Site #2 - East Willow

Coneflower - Sit Spot - July 25, 2020

Cutleaf Coneflower

aka Outhouse Plant

(Guess where people used to grow them.

They were very tall so might have hidden

a smaller "house" behind them.)

July 25, 2020 4:20 p.m.

Sit 546  : Brush Pile W : Mostly Sunny

+30° (+35°) sw 15-23 kph  41% humidity 

Towhee,

Goldfinches, 

Mosquitoes, 

Flies, 

White Vervain blooming nearby, 

Enchanters Nightshade blooming nearby, 

Daisy Fleabane blooming nearby, 

Agrimony blooming nearby, 

Lopseed blooming nearby, 

(Traffic noises),

(Prop Plane),

Chickadees, 

Extras:

5:50 a.m.

       Crows calling,

Along the trails -

1st Thin-leaved Coneflower blooming,

1st Lemon Balm blooming,

House Wren, 

Rabbit,

Robin, 

Ambush Bug, 

Catbird, 

Gypsy Moths, 

Little Wood-Satyrs,

Lady Bugs,

Soldier Beetles,

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder -

Red-winged Blackbirds,

Cardinal,

Mourning Doves,

Goldfinches,

Grackle,

House Wren,

Black Squirrels.

Photo Site #1 - East "Pond"