Donkey - Sit Spot #1619 - August 31, 2023

Leroy, waiting for winter hay delivery

Thursday, August 31, 2023 7:50 p.m.

Sit 1619   :   East Porch    :   Clear

+20°(+21°)  S 7-11 kp.        53% humidity 

Mosquitoes,

(Traffic noises),

(Lawn mower in distance),

Crickets,

(Train),

Carolina Wren,

Extras:

12:45 a.m. -

Crickets and Insects calling,

Stars shining,

Jupiter in east,

Moon in southwest,

Moon shadows,

3:30 a.m. -

Quiet,

Moon shadows,

6:44 a.m.  Sunrise Chorus -

One lone Cardinal,

Morning Activities -

Gym,

(Not feeling well, so did not swim),

Moved/re-stacked last years hay,

Cleaned barn for new hay,

Afternoon Activities -

Worked on Whirligig,

80 bales of hay delivered, 

Neighbours - Nancy & Sophia- helped move and stack,

Dave (hay person) brought another man

   and 2 boys to help,

Seen or heard from Kitchen -

Cardinal,

Hummingbird,

Carolina Wren.

Photo Site #3 - West Meadow Viewpoint

Jack-in-the-Pulpit Berries - Sit Spot #1618 - August 30, 2023

Red & Green Berries

on two Jack-in-the-Pulpits

Wednesday, August 30, 2023 5:35 p.m.

Sit 1618   :   East Porch   :   Cloudy 

+17°(+16°)  NW 19-29 kph  77% humidity 

Mosquitoes,

(Traffic noises),

Crows,

(Wind Chimes),

Hummingbird,

Goldfinch,

Extras:

2:45 a.m. -

Cloudy,

Crickets & other insects calling,

6:42 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

Cardinals,

Morning Activity -

Plan B Organic Farm work,

To Dundas for another blood test,

This one very painful - almost fainted.

Afternoon Activity -

To Costco for shopping and gas,

More work on Whirligig,

Walked trails but did not record flowers.

Seen or heard from Kitchen -

Cardinal.

Photo Site #2 - East Willow

Sunflower - Sit Spot #1617 - August 29, 2023

A Volunteer Unplanted Sunflower

and friends

Tuesday, August 29, 2023 10:00 a.m.

Sit 1617   :   Brush Pile W   :   Sunny 

+16°(+16°)  Calm                  88% humidity 

Mosquitoes,

Flicker,

(Jet - Delta Connection flight 5471...),

Extras:

12:00 a.m. -

Crickets & other insects calling,

Stars shining,

Jupiter in east,

Moon in southwest,

3:45 a.m. -

Light clouds,

Crickets calling,

6:41 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

Carolina Wren,

Cardinal,

Along the Trails -

Blooms:

Alfalfa,

Arrow-leaved Aster,

Beggar Tick,

Big Bluestem Grass,

Birdsfoot Trefoil,

Black Medic,

Black-eyed Susan,

Blazing Star,

Borage,

Bull Thistle,

Bush Clover,

Butter and Eggs,

Canada Goldenrod,

Carpenter's Square,

Catnip,

Celandine,

Chicory,

Chocolate Mint,

Clammy Ground Cherry,

Comfrey,

Common Mullein,

Common Saint John's wort,

Coreopsis,

Cow Vetch,

Creeping Bellflower,

Cup Plant,

Cut-leaf Coneflower,

Daisy Fleabane,

Dandelions,

Dragon’s Blood,

Enchanters Nightshade,

Everbearing Strawberry

Field Hawkweed,

Flat-topped Aster,

Four O'Clock,

1st Foxtail Grass,

Garden Phlox,

Geranium, 

Giant Ragweed,

Golden Alexanders,

Great Lobelia,

Grey-headed Coneflower,

Hairy Vetch,

Heal-all,  

Horseweed,

Hosta,

Indian Grass,

Indian Tobacco,

Kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate,

Knotgrass,

Lance-leaved Goldenrod,

Late Goldenrod,

Marigolds,

Meadowsweet,

Morning Glory,

Motherwort,

1st New England Aster,

Nodding Onion,

Oregano,

Orpine (Live-forever),

Pale-leaved Sunflower,

Pennsylvania Smartweed,

Petunia,

Prairie Dock,

Purple Coneflower

Queen Anne's Lace,

Ragweed,

Red Clover,

Rose Campion,

Rose of Sharon,

Slender Mountainmint,

Smooth Bedstraw,

Spiderwort,

Spotted Lady’s Thumb,

Spotted Touch-me-not,

Sulphur Cinquefoil,

Sunflower,

Switch Grass,

Tall Buttercup,

Tall Coneflower,

Tall Coreopsis,

Tall Goldenrod  

Thin-leaved Coneflower,

Thyme,

Trumpet Vine,

Turtlehead,

Upland White Aster,

Upright Hedge Parsley,

Virginia Mountainmint,

Water Horehound,

Water Parsnip,

White Clover,

White Sweet Clover,

White Vervain,

White Wood Aster

Wild Cucumber,

Wild Mint,

Wood Sorrel,

Yarrow,

Yellow Goatsbeard,

Zigzag Goldenrod  

Zinnia

  

Birds -

Flicker,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Crows,

Cardinal,

Blue Jay,

Chickadees,

Goldfinch,

Carolina Wren,

Pileated Woodpecker,

Seen or heard from Kitchen -

Cardinal,

Hummingbird,

Carolina Wren.

Photo Site #1 - East Pond Site

(We had water for 2 or 3 days

after the last hard rain but

now it is all gone again.)