May 4th. An afternoon visit to Cranberry Bog to check on the Canada Geese (Branta canadensis). The slightly older family was way over by the far edge of the pond. The goslings well near invisible in the vegetation - but there are six in this photo.

 

Three in this photo.

 

Field Speedwell (Veronica agrestis).

 

Gill-over-the-ground (Glechoma hederacea)..

 

 

 

Wild Geranium (Geranium maculatum) has begun to bloom.

 

 

 

 

 

Looks like an Andrenid Bee (Family Andrenidae, probably Andrena sp.).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A female Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I found the younger goose family at the edge of the little pond across Spring Street to the west.

 

Impossible to get a clear view of the goslings.

 

Back to the east side of Spring Street, the other goose family were gathered right beside the trail. They came running to a parent when called...

 

...huddling close. (I didn't go any closer.)

 

 

 

 

 

May 6th. An afternoon walk east from Route 207 to the power lines. Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) on one leg each.

 

Show off.

 

Lots of Pink Lady's-slipper Orchids (Cypripedium acaule) in bud.

 

 

 

 

 

Some Red Trillium (Trillium erectum) still blooming...

 

...as are Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema atrorubens).

 

I temporarily folded back the striped spathe to reveal the cylindrical spadix inside.

 

A nice clump of Violets (Viola sp.).

 

Wild Oats or Sessile Bellwort (Uvularia sessilifolia).

 

 

 

Wild Sarsaparilla (Aralia nudicaulis)...

 

...in bud. Flowers are borne on a short separate stalk at the base of the plant.

 

Wild Lily-of-the-valley or Canada Mayflower (Maianthemum canadense).

 

Turn around point.

 

Juvenal's Duskywing Skipper (Erynnis juvenalis).

 

I saw several Wood Frogs (Rana sylvestris) in the trailside ditches.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My first male Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) of the year.