October 10th. Minutes after the rain shower passed by.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An afternoon walk west from the East Hampton train station.

 

American Copper (Lycaena phlaeas).

 

 

 

Surprised to find a few Chicory (Cichorium intybus) blossums this late in the year.

 

Looked like second growth after being mowed.

 

Woolly Bear caterpillar (Pyrrharctia isabella) on Butter and Eggs (Linaria vulgaris).

 

 

 

Evening Lychnis (Lychnis alba) flower.

 

 

 

 

 

Note the Stilt Bug (Neoneides muticus) atop the flower base.

 

Japanese Knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum). Highly inmvasive.

 

Shorn Sheep just east of Cranberry Bog.

 

Lunch? ...or bedding?

 

October 12th. Leaves are falling even as they change color.

 

 

 

A small flock of Common Grackles (Quiscalus quiscula).

 

A distant Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus).

 

 

 

Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus) in the same spot where it was calling a few days ago.

 

The Brownstone Bridge carrying the Air Line Trail over River Road.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Blackledge River Bridge.

 

 

 

A Woolly Bear, caterpillar of the Isabella Tiger Moth (Pyrrharctia isabella).

 

Fungi in a decaying log.

 

 

 

 

 

The pond just east of River Road.

 

Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus).

 

 

 

 

 

October 13th. 44 degrees and clear.

 

 

 

 

 

A group of Red-winged Blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) passing through.

 

 

 

 

 

Some Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) on the south side of trail. Town of Hebron open space designation protects them from hunters.

 

October 14th. 44 degrees and overcast.

 

Red Maple (Acer rubrum), Giant Reed Grass (Phragmites australis), and Red Oak (Quercus rubra) leaves.

 

 

 

Old Man's Beard Lichen (Usnea sp.).

 

Under loose bark a Slug (Class Gastropoda) and a Wood Cockroach (Order Blattaria, Parcoblatta sp.)

 

Female Wood Cockroaches are flightless and typically found under loose bark, logs, rocks and such.