Barne's Preserve
Early February |
Mid February |
Observations:
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Observations:
Needle ice, very cold wind, evergreen rosettes (Avens?) |
Early March |
Late March |
Observations:
Warm enough to smell again!, More trees down after Feb storm, Ice mud on primitive trail, trees in bud, rabbit tracks on pond, bluejay, cardinal, robin, bluebirds, redtail, cool shaggy fungi |
Observations:
Phoeby, Turkey vulture, chipmunk, dead mole, redwing blackbird, mockingbird, cardinal, bluejay, black squirrel, cold cold wind blowing, vernal pools filling with water, dead raccoon is gone, honeysuckle buds are opening |
Mid April |
May |
Observations:
Plant Greens: Wild Geranium, Jack in the Pulpit (spur), Ramps, Mayapple Blooms: Cutleaf Toothwort, Spring Beauties, Bluets, cut leaf toothwort bloom, kidney leaf buttercup bloom, jack in the pulpit bloom, huge green catkin, dandelion, white and purple violets, rue anemone, pussy toes blooming, creeping Charlie, yellow rocket Buds: Hickory Buds, Colt's foot fuzz (seed), mayapple, honeysuckle buds, tulip tree buds Other: towhee, vernal pools shrinking, Mockingbird singing all the songs, startled deer, Turtle at the pond, tadpoles vibrating water, tree sparrow chasing insects through the meadow, six spotted tiger beetle, willow tree vibrant yellow/green |
Observations:
Blooms: Fleabane, ash tree, cinquefoil, whorled loosestrife (bud), Japanese Honeysuckle, Columbine bud Other: Mockingbird singing all its songs, oriole, tiger swallowtail. Bluebird couple taking turns feeding babies in box. Fighting off house sparrows. |
June |
July |
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Observations:
Blooms: Whorled loosestrife, Dog rose, Autumn olive, Jewelweed beginning to bloom, Oxeye daisy, Fleabane, Blue eyed grass bloom and pods, Yarrow, Lance leaf coreopsis, Elderberry, Moneywort Other: Sedges at peak, Honeysuckle berries ripe, Rushes, Dark Green bulrush, Very muddy alt trail, Blackberries forming |
Observations:
Blooms: Dogbane, milkweed, blue vervain, queen Anne's lace, enchanter's nightshade, bluets, bee balm, st john's wort, monkey flower, boneset (bud), bull thistle (bud), bramble fruit ripe, nutsedge, Joe pye weed, sweet Joe pye weed (in the woods), Ironweed bud Other: Small orange fungi, luna moth wings 3of4, hickory trees heavy with mast |
August |
September |
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Observations:
Blooms: Goldenrod, ragweed, boneset, monkey flower, ironweed, nutsedge, Joe pye weed, obedient plant, new England aster, tick trefoil of sorts, jewel weed still blooming Other: Elderberries are ripe, Canada thistle in fluff, mantis eating tiger swallowtail, red dragonfly, tree mast falling, squirrels have chewed up most of the mast (signifies a mild winter?), mud nests on goldenrod have hatched, jack o lantern mushrooms growing in large cluster, ducks no longer afraid of people, |
For whatever reason I didn't take a photo from this angle in September (but I did the other angle from the same spot)
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October |
November 6 |
Observations:
Asters are nearing their end White lettuce has round fluffy seed pods. Solomon's plume fruits are still red and plump. Aspen leaves are brown and fallen, tree getting bare bu still some hold on. Tupelo faintly turning, a few bold colored leaves on the ground. Red belly hammering on trees by benches in wooded paved area. Seems like the red bellied were gone all summer, only the past week have I seen them at the home feeders. Lots of good size maples - Majority of trees are maples dotted with oversized oaks? The squirrels seem to be building large nests in the oak trees with the oak leaves (something to do with the size? Tannins? bugs or lack of? On the border where there are more hickories the squirrels are nesting there too. Goldenrod is done blooming, now turning to fluff. Boneset is all dark gray fluff. Monkey flower is in seed. Knocked a mantis off one of the last blooming aster plants. Snakeroot finishing, starting to fluff. Multiflora fruit ripening. New additional parking area looks nice. Bittersweet is beginning to fruit - still in yellow casing. Hickory leaves are starting to turn yellow, all others are still very green. |
Observations:
Majority of leaves down Still holding are oaks and understory maples. Few inner forest hickories are still holding leaves. One shagbark hickory is without leaves but full of ripe mast. ~Cat tails in fall hold the memory of summer, listen closely and you can almost hear the reading blackbird calling from the reeds~ Heavy chipmunk chuts echo through the woods. Goldfinches in winter plumage. Mockingbird hopping around. |
November 15
Observations: Snow!
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December
Observations:
Upon arrival I was greeted by a titmouse Sun is trying to shine but the clouds are far too thick. Along the path just before the overlook there are earth toned spots. Looking closer-the pores of the pavement are filling with moss. This is only where the canopy has opened. Juncos along the path! Frozen pond with rabbit tracks (and a slipping rabbit slide track). 2 new bat houses! Japanese honeysuckle vine is still green. |