Monday, August 19, 2024

Pond - Sit Spot #1458 - August 19, 2024




Ponds are shrinking



Monday, August 19, 2024 4:35 p.m.

Sit 1458    :     Screen Tent    :     Mostly cloudy 

+19° (+19°)    N 19-28 kph         58% humidity 


Turkey Vulture overhead,

Blue Jay, 

Crows, 

Mosquitoes, 

Red Squirrel,


Extras:

12:25 a.m. -| Crickets  & other Insects Calling,

2:30 a.m.   -| 

4:00 a.m.   -| Cloudy,


6:31 a.m. - Sunrise,

   No birds singling this morning


Morning Activities -

.6 km trail walk with Marigold,

Trimmed some low branches in north lawn,

Cut sumacs at end of driveway,

Weeded along our walk,

(Did not go to the gym nor 

   Take a long walk today)

(Ankles and knees sore during night.)

(Feeling very tired in general.)


Afternoon Activities -

Took an hour nap,

1.9 km trail walk with Marigold,

   Fewer mosquitoes so walked sans mask,

Birds heard:

    Crows,

    Blue Jays,

    Goldfinches,

Flowers seen:

    Arrow leave Aster

    Big blue stem grass

    Bird’s -foot Trefoil

    Black-eyed Susan

    Black Nightshade

    Blue Jay,

    Blue Vervain

    Canada Goldenrod

    Carolina Wren,

    Chocolate mint

    Clammy ground cherry

    Common Mullein

    Cow Vetch

    Crow

    Cup plant

    Daisy Fleabane

    Alsike Clover

    English Plantain

    Everlasting Strawberry

    Geranium

    Goldfinches,

    Grey Coneflower

    Heal-all

    Horseweed

    Hosta

    Indian grass

    Joe Pye weed

    Lance -leaved Goldenrod

    Live-forever (Orpine)

    Marigold

    Marjoram

    Mouse-ear chickweed

    New England Aster

    Nodding onion

    Old Switch Panicgrass

    Oxeye Daisy

    Panicled Tick-trefoil

    Petunia

    Queen Anne’s Lace

    Red Clover

    Rose Campion

    Saint Johnswort

    Sharp-leaved Cancerwort

    Spotted Touch-me-not

    Sweet Everlasting

    Tall Buttercup

    Tall Coreopsis

    Tall Goldenrod

    Thin-leaved Coneflower

    Thyme

    Trumpet vine

    Two-row Stonecrop

    Virginia Mountain mint

    White Clover

    White Sweet Clover

    White Vervain

    Wild Cucumber

    Zigzag Goldenrod

    Zinnias


Seen or Heard from Kitchen -

Blue Jay,

Cardinal,

Crows,

Goldfinches,

Carolina Wren,

Red Squirrel.




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