Alfalfa - Sit Spot #866 - June 11, 2021

One of a few  Alfalfa plants left 

from a field full 40 years ago

Friday, June 11, 2021 10:45 a.m.

Sit 866  : Brush Pile W : Sunny 

+22° (+23°) NE 9-14 kph  50% humidity 

Yellow-billed Cuckoo,

Mourning Doves,

Red-winged Blackbirds,

Mosquitoes,

Flies,

Tick on my neck (#28),

Dames Rocket blooms,

Multiflora Rose blooms,

Song Sparrow,

Crows,

Extras:

5:35 a.m. -

Robins,

House Wren,

Cardinals,

Along the trails -

House Wren,

Field Sparrow,

Phoebe,

Chickadees,

1st Heal-all in bloom,

1st Curled Dock in bloom,

1st Spirea in bloom,

Green Frogs,

Common Yellowthroat,

1st Hemp Dogbane in bloom,

Crows,

Willow Flycatcher,

Crows,

Another tick on my neck (#29)

   while working in the asparagus patch

And another tick on my back (#30),

1st Foxglove Beardtongue in bloom

Other Flowers Seen in bloom today -

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

Avens, Wood *

Blackberry, Common; (S)

Buttercup, Tall *

Carrion Flower, Common *

Celandine *

Chickweed, Mouse-ear *

Cleavers

Clover, Alsike *

Clover, Red *

Clover, White * 

Columbine, Wild

Comfrey, Common, *

Daisy, Oxeye *

Dandelion, Common *

Fleabane, Common

Fleabane, Daisy

Forget-Me-Not, True *

Geranium, Wild

Ground Ivy *

Hawkweed, Field *

Herb Robert *

Medic, Black *

Ninebark

Orchard Grass *

Parsnip, Cow

Plantain, English *

Rocket, Dame’s *

Speedwell, Common

Spiderwort *

Stonecrop sp *

Trefoil, Birdsfoot *

Tulip Tree

Valerian, Garden *

Vetch, Hairy *

Vetch, Cow *

Wood Sorrel, Yellow

Cultivated Plants

Burning Bush *

Cranesbill, Bloody *

Iris *

Loosestrife, Dotted *

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder -

Red-winged Blackbird,

Cardinals,

Mourning Doves,

Goldfinches,

Grackle,

Rose-breasted Grosbeak,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Robin,

Chipmunk

Black Squirrels,

Grey Squirrels,

Red Squirrel.

Photo Site #1 - East Pond

slowly disappearing again . . .