Poison Ivy - Sit Spot #849 - May 26, 2021

Poison Ivy: 

Note different sizes and shapes of leaflets. 

Always 3 leaflets; always stem on middle leaflet. 

May be low growing plant. 

May be shrub up to 2 metres high and wide. 

May be a vine growing up many metres high in a tree. 

Vine can be as thick as a person's thigh. 

Vine may have "branches" 1 to 2 metres long

sticking out from the vine on the tree.

Wednesday, May 26, 2021 5:45 p.m.

Sit 849  : Brush Pile W : Mostly cloudy 

+23° (+26°)  W 35-50 kph 57% humidity 

Common Yellowthroat,

Wind in trees,

Crows,

Mourning Doves,

Towhee,

Song Sparrow,

Cardinals,

Unidentified bird chirps,

Mosquitoes,

Dames Rocket blooming,

Tall Buttercup blooming,

Extras:

5:30 a.m. -

Robins

House Wren,

Crows,

Red-winged Blackbirds,

Cowbird,

12:15 p.m. -

Just got in car from indoor work 

   all morning & found a tick 

   on my shirt. It must have been

   Waiting in my car for me  ( #17),

Along the trails 4:50 p.m. -

Large Garter Snake,

Baltimore Oriole,

Robins,

Red-winged Blackbirds,

Unidentified bird calls,

Flowers Seen in bloom today -

*= not native (T)=tree (S)=shrub

Alexanders, Golden

Baneberry, Red

Blue-eyed Grass, Common

Buttercup, Kidneyleaf

Buttercup, Tall *

Celandine *

Chickweed, Mouse-ear *

Cleavers

Clover, Alsike *

Columbine, Garden *

Columbine, Wild

Current, Wild Black

Dandelion, Common *

Dead-Nettle, Spotted *

Dogwood, Alternate-leaved (T)

Dogwood, Red-Osier (s)

Fleabane, Common

Forget-Me-Not, True *

Geranium, Wild

Ground Ivy *

Hawkweed, Field *

Herb Robert *

Honeysuckle, Morrow’s *

Jack-In-The-Pulpit

Lady’s Slipper, Yellow

Medic, Black *

Mustard, Garlic *

Olive, Autumn *

Peppergrass, Field *

Periwinkle *

Phlox, Wild Blue

Pussytoes, Smaller

Raspberry, Black (S)

Rocket, Dame’s *

Rocket, Yellow *

Solomon’s Seal, False

Speedwell, Thyme-Leaved *

Spiderwort *

Strawberry, Field

Strawberry, Woodland

Violet, Common

Violet, Dog

Wood Sorrel, Yellow

Cultivated Plants

Barberry * 

Cranesbill, Bloody *

Iris *

Lilac 

Lily-0f-the-Valley *

Quince *

Solomon Seal, Cultivated *

Woodruff *

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder -

Red-winged Blackbird,

Cardinals,

Goldfinches,

Grackles,

Rose-breasted Grosbeaks,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Hairy Woodpecker,

Black Squirrel.

Red Squirrel.

Photo Site #4 -North Ridge Trail