Catalpa - Sit Spot #873 - June 17, 2021

Catalpa Tree in Bloom

Already flowers on the ground so started

earlier but I am not sure when

Friday, June 18, 2021  9:55 a.m.

Sit 873  : Brush Pile W : Cloudy with rain 

+18° (+18°) S 17-26 kph  88% humidity 

Mosquitoes,

Raindrops on tarp,

Cardinal,

Robins,

(Traffic noises in distance),

Blue Jays,

Catbird,

Unidentified bird calls,

Dames Rocket  blooms,

Multiflora Rose  blooms,

(Prop Plane),

White Avens blooms,

Extras:

12:40 a.m.- Fireflies 

5:40 a.m. -

Cardinals,

House Wren,

Crows,

Along the trails -

House Wren,

Cardinal,

Rat in barn trap (#10)

Grackle,

Red-winged Blackbirds,

Cardinals,

Baltimore Oriole,

Catbird,

Robins,

Mourning Doves,

1st Common Yarrow in bloom,

1st Thimbleweed in bloom,

1st noticed our Catalpa tree in bloom

     flowers already on ground so today is not first bloom

Other Flowers Seen in bloom today -

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

Alfalfa *

Anemone, Canada

Avens, White

Beardtongue, Foxglove

Buttercup, Tall *

Celandine *

Cinquefoil, Sulphur *

Cleavers

Clover, Alsike *

Clover, Red *

Clover, White * 

Columbine, Wild

Comfrey, Common, *

Coreopsis, Lance-leaved,

Daisy, Oxeye *

Dandelion, Common *

Dead-nettle, Spotted *

Dogwood, Gray (s)

Fleabane, Common

Fleabane, Daisy

Ground Ivy *

Hawkweed, Field *

Herb Robert *

Honeysuckle, Northern Bush (S)

Medic, Black *

Motherwort *

Parsnip, Cow

Peppergrass, Field *

Rocket, Dame’s *

Rose, Multiflora * (S)

Sowthistle, Spiny-leaved *

Spiderwort *

Stonecrop sp *

Trefoil, Birdsfoot *

Tulip Tree

Valerian, Garden *

Vetch, Cow *

Vetch, Hairy *

Wood Sorrel, Yellow

Cultivated Plants

Campion, Rose *

Day Lily, Yellow *

Honeysuckle  sp. *

Loosestrife, Dotted *

Magnolia, “Fall” *

Spirea species *

Kitchen Window and Bird Feeder -

Red-winged Blackbirds,

Cardinals,

Goldfinches,

Grackle,

White-breasted Nuthatch,

Robin,

Rain for over half the day

     so not as much observed . . .

Photo Site #5 - Front "Forest" Trail