Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis).

 

 

 

Whenever you see Evening Primroses, look for Primrose Moths (Schinia florida) buried head first deep in the flowers.

 

As the flowers fade through the day, the moths blend in even better.

 

They mate and lay eggs there.

 

Their caterpillars feed on the plant's seed capsules.

 

This Bumble Bee (Family Bombidae) spent the night on this Queen-Anne's-lace inflorescence...

 

...and was wet with dew this morning.

 

One young male Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) in the usual spot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta) warming up.

 

A female Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) perched near the flowers it was visiting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Only 3 or 4 Northern Water Snakes (Nerodia sipedon) out this morning.

 

 

 

August 8th. A male Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon),

 

 

 

A young Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus).

 

 

 

 

 

Hedge Bindweed (Convolvulus sepium).

 

 

 

Chicory (Cichorium intybus).

 

 

 

 

 

August 10th. Asiatic Dayflower (Commelina communis).

 

 

 

August 11th. Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor) massing before leaving for the coast soon.

 

Later, they'll migrate to Florida, Cuba, and Central America for the winter.

 

Lots of grooming.

 

First American Beaver (Castor canadensis) I've seen in months.

 

 

 

 

 

August 12th. "Stinkpot" Common Musk Turtle (Sternothaerus odoratus).

 

A brief afternoon stop at Cranberry Bog. 95 degrees. Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus).

 

Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) and Joe-Pye-weed (Eupatorium maculatum) at the far end of the bog.

 

 

 

Sheep at the little barnyard east of the bog.