July 9th. The usual baby bunny - Eastern Cottontail, (Sylvilagus floridanus).

 

Tame enough for me to walk by it before it sought shelter.

 

 

 

Canada Lily (Lilium canadense).

 

 

 

The aberrant Canada Lily I photographed several days ago. Deformed and pale colored. There are three plants near each other with this strange form.

 

Large Lace Border (Family Geometridae, Scopula limboundata).

 

Spotted Wintergreen (Chimaphila maculta).

 

Possibly a Panther (Amanita pantherina). In any case, an Amanita sp.

 

Flowers of Tall Meadow Rue (Thalictrum polygamum) captured by a vine (Possibly of Ground Nut. See below.)

 

 

 

These are the Tall Meadow Rue's leaves.

 

Ground Nut (Apios americana).

 

 

 

 

 

Fragrant Water-lily (Nymphaea odorata) and Pickerelweed (Pontedera cordata).

 

American Hazelnut (Corylus americana).

 

Buttonbush or Honeyballs (Cephalanthus occidentalis) is preparing to bloom.

 

Bracted Plantain or Buckhorn (Plantago aristata).

 

 

 

Boletes. I won't guess which species. Boletes have pores underneath the cap, not gills.

 

Wild Indigo (Baptisia tinctoria).

 

Selfheal (Prunella vulgaris).

 

 

 

Ornamental Day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva) at the Route 85 parking area.

 

Note the beetle.

 

July 10th. A walk shortly after heavy rain passed by. Turtles were out on the trail through the marsh where much of the surface was an inch or two under water in puddles. Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata).

 

 

 

Next a Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta).

 

 

 

...and finally a Snapping Turtle (Chelydra serpentina) waded along ahead of me.

 

 

 

Its carapace was maybe 4 or 5 inches long.

 

 

 

 

 

A young male Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) was the only waterfowl I saw.

 

A female Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus).

 

 

 

 

 

Lots of Pickerelweed (Pontedera cordata) where the channel side slows and has broadened out.

 

July 11th. Northern Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon). Very few at the marsh this year.

 

Flicky tongue, tasting the air around it.

 

Eastern Ribbon Snake (Thamnophis sauritus).

 

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias).

 

 

 

A second Heron across the trail from the first one.

 

When I walked by about 20 minutes later, the Heron hadn't moved much.

 

A male Blue Dasher dragonfly (Pachydiplax longipennis) ia a typical tail high resting pose.

 

 

 

Four more males along the trail, each in their own territory.