No Walk / Oswego Tea - Sit Spot #1557 - June 30, 2023

I did not walk the Hamilton Waterfront Trail today

because of the smoke in the air

from the forest fires 

in northern Ontario.

Oswego Tea in bloom today

Friday, June 30, 2023 4:50 p.m.

Sit 1557   :   Brush Pile W  :  Mostly cloudy 

+28° (+35°) SW 17-26 kph   58%humidity

Blue Jays,

(Jet - Air Canada Jazz flight 973...),

(Traffic noises),

Towhee,

Damselfly,

Extras:

12:35 a.m. -

Some Tree Frogs calling,

A few Fireflies flashing,

Cloudy,

3:30 a.m. -

Cloudy,

Quiet,

A few Fireflies flashing,

5:44 a.m. Sunrise -

Cloudy,

Light Rain,

Crows,

Carolina Wren,

(Merlin App -)

(Yellowthroat),

(Pewee),

Along the Trails -

Blooms:

Alfalfa,

Alsike Clover,

Birdsfoot Trefoil,

Black Medic,

1st Black-eyed Susan,

Blue Vervain,

Butterfly Bush,

Canada Anemone,

Catalpa Tree,

Celandine,

Clammy Ground Cherry,

Comfrey,

Common Mallow,

Common Speedwell,

Common Valerian,

Coreopsis,

Cow Vetch,

Daisy Fleabane,

Dames Rocket,

Dandelion,

1st Deptford Pink,

Enchanter’s Nightshade,

English Plantain,

Feverfew,

Field Hawkweed, 

Forget-me-nots,

Foxglove Beardtongue,

Geranium, 

Hairy Vetch,

Hemp Dogbane,

Herb Robert, 

Long-leaved Speedwell,

Lopseed,

Marigolds,

1st Meadow Evening Primrose,

Milkweed,

Mock Strawberry,

Monkey Flower,

Motherwort,

Mouse-ear Chickweed,

1st Narrow-leaved Cattail,  

Narrow-leaved Vetch,

Northern Bush Honeysuckle,

Orchard Grass,

1st Oswego Tea,

Oxeye Daisy,

Petunia 

Red Clover,

Red Osier Dogwood,

Red-stemmed Plantain,

Rose Campion,

Slender Vetch,

Smooth Bedstraw,

Spiderwort,

Spirea,

Staghorn Sumac,

Stringy Stonecrop,

Sulphur Cinquefoil,

Sweet William Catchfly,

Tall Buttercup,

Tall Meadow Rue,

Thimbleweed,

Thyme,

Timothy Grass,

Tulip Tree,

White Avens,

White Clover,

White Vervain,

Wild Basil,

Wood Avens,

Wood Sorrel,

Yarrow,

1st Yellow Avens,

Yellow lily

Birds:

Blue Jay,

Carolina Wren,

Field Sparrow,

Goldfinch,

Robins,

Rose-breasted Grosbeak,

Towhee,

Monarch Butterflies,

Green Frogs,

Tick (#16 ) in my hair in p.m. m.

Seen or heard from Kitchen -

Rose-breasted Grosbeak,

Red-bellied Woodpecker,

Carolina Wren,

House Wren.

Photo Site #8 - West Pond

Still has water and Green Frogs too

Timothy - Sit Spot 1556 - June 29, 2023

Timothy Grass

Thursday, June 29, 2023 10:50 a.m.

Sit 1556   :   Brush Pile W   :   Sunny 

+21°(+21°)  S 4-6 kph 43% humidity 

Mosquitoes,

Towhee,

(Traffic noises),

Red-eyed Vireo,

(Jet - Air Canada Jazz flight 969...),

Unidentified Warbler,

Extras:

3:20 a.m. -

Train noises,

A few Fireflies,

5:44 a.m. Sunrise -

Robins,

Carolina Wren,

Mourning Dove,

(Merlin App -),

(Phoebe),

(Pewee),

(Cardinal),

Along the Trails -

Blooms:

Alfalfa,

Alsike Clover,

Birdsfoot Trefoil,

Black Medic,

Blue Vervain,

Butterfly Bush,

Canada Anemone,

Catalpa Tree,

Celandine,

Clammy Ground Cherry,

Comfrey,

Common Speedwell,

Common Valerian,

Coreopsis,

Cow Vetch,

Daisy Fleabane,

Dandelion,

Dotted Loosestrife,

Enchanter’s Nightshade,

English Plantain,

Feverfew,

Field Hawkweed, 

Forget-me-nots,

Foxglove Beardtongue,

Geranium, 

Ground Ivy,

Hairy Vetch,

Heal-all,

Hemp Dogbane,

Herb Robert, 

Long-leaved Speedwell,

Lopseed,

Marigolds,

Milkweed,

Monkey Flower,

Motherwort,

Mouse-ear Chickweed,

Narrow-leaved Vetch,

Northern Bush Honeysuckle,

Oxeye Daisy,

Petunia, 

Red Clover,

1st Red-stemmed Plantain,

Rose,

Rose Campion,

Silvery Cinquefoil,

Slender Vetch,

Smooth Bedstraw

Spiderwort,

Spirea,

Staghorn Sumac,

Stringy Stonecrop,

Sulphur Cinquefoil,

Sweet William Catchfly,

Tall Buttercup,

Tall Meadow Rue,

Thimbleweed,

Thyme,

1st Timothy Grass,

Tulip Tree

White Avens,

White Clover,

White Vervain,

Wild Basil,

Winterberry,

Wood Avens,

Wood Sorrel,

Yarrow,

Yellow lily

Birds:

Blue Jay,

Carolina Wren,

Common Yellowthroat,

Crows,

Field Sparrow,

House Wren,

Pewee,

Robins,

Towhee,

1st Monarch Butterfly,

Green Frogs calling in West Pond,

1st White Sweet Clover on Powerline Road,

1st Mayweed on Powerline Road,

Seen or heard from Kitchen -

Blue Jays,

Cardinal,

Mourning Doves,

Goldfinches,

Grackle,

Rose-breasted Grosbeak,

Robins,

Carolina Wren,

House Wren,

Chipmunk,

Black Squirrel,

Grey Squirrel.

Photo Site #7 -

Sunrise Time from 2nd Floor Window