The Yellow
Pond-lilies (Nuphar advena) are up. By July all of Raymond
Brook Marsh will be carpeted with the blossoms of Water-lilies (Nymphaea
odorata).


Male
Red-winged Blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) display and call
from every conceivable perch.

Bluets
or Quaker-ladies (Houstonia purpurea).

Highbush
Blueberries (Vaccinia sp.)

False
Hellebore (Veratrum viride).


Blackberries
(Rubus sp.).

The dam
on Raymond Brook at Grayville Road.

Ledges
at Grayville Falls.



A Dusky
Wing skipper (Erynnis sp.). The skippers, superfamily Hesperoidea,
are a distinct group allied to the butterflies and moths. The antennae
are clubbed like butterflies but hooked at the tips and wideset at
the base.
