Tall Coreopsis - Sit Spot #1623 - September 4, 2023

Tall Coreopsis

Monday, September 4, 2023 10:10 a.m.

Sit 1623   :   Brush Pile W   :   Sunny 

+22°(+26°)  SW 17-26 kph     83% humidity 

Mosquitoes,

Blue Jays,

Chickadees,

(Traffic noises),

(Jet - Air Canada flight 1043...),

Extras:

3:00 a.m. -

Cloudy,

Crickets & other insects calling,

6:00 a.m. -

Venus peeking through clouds,

6:48 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

Carolina Wren,

Mourning Doves,

Crows,

Along the Home Trails -

Blooms:

Alfalfa,

Arrow-leaved Aster,

Beggar Tick,

Big Bluestem Grass,

Birdsfoot Trefoil,

Black Medic,

Black-eyed Susan,

Blazing Star,

Borage,

Bull Thistle,

Canada Goldenrod,

Catnip,

Celandine,

Chicory,

Chocolate Mint,

Comfrey,

Common Mullein,

Cup Plant,

Cut-leaf Coneflower,

Daisy Fleabane,

Dandelions,

Dragon’s Blood,

English Plantain,

Evening Primrose,

Field Hawkweed,

Flat-topped Aster,

Four O'Clock,

Foxtail Grass,

Garden Phlox,

Geranium, 

Giant Ragweed,

Great Lobelia,

Grey Goldenrod 

Grey-headed Coneflower,

Heal-all,  

Horseweed,

Hosta,

Indian Grass,

Joe Pye weed 

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

Knotgrass,

Lance-leaved Goldenrod,

Late Goldenrod,

Marigolds,

Meadowsweet,

Morning Glory,

Motherwort,

Mouse-ear Chickweed,

New England Aster,

Nodding Onion,

Oregano,

Orpine (Live-forever),

Pennsylvania Smartweed,

Petunia,

Poppy,

Prairie Dock,

Queen Anne's Lace,

Red Clover,

Silvery Cinquefoil,

Slender Mountainmint,

Smooth Bedstraw,

Spiderwort,

Spotted Lady’s Thumb,

Spotted Touch-me-not,

Stiff Goldenrod,

Sunflower,

Tall Buttercup,

Tall Coneflower,

Tall Coreopsis,

Tall Goldenrod  

Thin-leaved Coneflower,

Thyme,

Trumpet Vine,

Turtlehead,

Upright Hedge Parsley,

Virginia Mountainmint,

Water Horehound,

Water Parsnip,

White Clover,

White Sweet clover  

White Wood Aster

Wild Cucumber,

Wild Mint,

Wood Sorrel,

Zigzag Goldenrod  

Zinnia

  

Birds, etc.

Carolina Wren,

Crow 

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Blue Jay,

Goldfinch 

Garter Snake,

Micrathena Spider 

Seen or heard from Kitchen -

Carolina Wren,

Crows,

Mourning Doves,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Blue Jays,

Goldfinches 

Hummingbird

Whirligig - Sit Spot #1622 - September 3, 2023

My new Whirligig - "Dancer"

see https://www.facebook.com/dean.gugler?ref=name

for action

Sunday, September 3, 2023 5:00 p.m.

Sit 1622   :   East Porch   :   Partly cloudy 

+27°(+36°) SW 19-29 kph   70% humidity 

Wind in trees,

(Wind Chimes),

(Traffic noises),

Yellow leaflets falling from Walnut Trees,

(Train),

1:00 a.m. -

Crickets & other insects calling,

Moon high in south,

Moon shadows,

Jupiter high in east,

2:00 a.m. -

Crickets & other insects calling,

Moon shadows,

3:05 a.m. - 

Crickets & other insects calling,

Moon shadows,

4:00 a.m. - 

Crickets & other insects calling,

Moon shadows,

6:00 a.m. -

Venus shining in east,

6:47 a.m. Sunrise Chorus -

Cardinal,

Crows,

Squirrel chattering,

Blue Jay,

Carolina Wren,

Mourning Activities -

Bought food at Bulkbarn in town,

Bought gas for lawn mower in town,

Tested out whirligig with fan,

Afternoon Activities -

Took Whirligig to Hamilton you me gallery

(It came apart on ride into town due to road bumps),

(Repaired at the gallery - hope it survives now),

Walked trails in Dundas Valley Conservation Area

Observed flowers in bloom on walk,

Avens, Catling's *

Basil, Wild

Beggar Tick

Boneset

Buttercup, Tall *

Chicory, Wild *

Clearweed

Clover, White *

Coneflower, Gray-Headed

Dandelion, Common *

Fleabane, Daisy

Goldenrod, Blue-Stemmed

Goldenrod, Canada

Goldenrod, Tall

Goldenrod, Zigzag

Groundnut

Heal-All

Hedge-Parsley, Upright *

Herb Robert *

Hog Peanut

Joe-Pye Weed, Spotted

Knapweed, Brown *

Lobelia, Great

Mullein, Common *

Queen Anne's Lace *

Ragweed, Common

Snakeroot, White

Thistle, Bull *

Touch-Me-Not, Pale

Touch-Me-Not, Spotted

Turtlehead

Vervain, White

Wood Sorrel, Yellow

Yarrow, Common *

Seen or heard from Kitchen -

Cardinal,

Blue Jays

Hummingbird,

Carolina Wren,

Blue Jays,

Goldfinches,

Crows.