June 24th. East of Depot Hill Road in Cobalt. Deptford Pink (Dianthus armeria).

 

Venus's Looking-glass (Specularia perfoliata).

 

Crown-vetch (Securigera varia).

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Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) flowers start out white...

 

...and turn yellow as they age.

 

Raspberries (Rubus idaeus) in bud...

 

...and Highbush Blackberries (Rubus allegheniensis) in fruit.

 

Clouded Sulphur (Colias philodice).

 

 

 

Cabbage White (Pieris rapae).

 

 

 

 

 

Yet another Skipper (Family Hesperiidae) that I can't confidently identify to species.

 

Probably a Summer Azure (Celastrina neglecta)...

 

...on White Sweet Clover (Melilotus alba).

 

 

 

 

 

Bumble Bee (Family Bombidae).

 

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina).

 

 

 

The end of the line. These power lines have been diverted in anticipation of restoring the trail ahead under Route 66.

 

June 25th. Chicory (Cichorium intybus) blooming at the parking area where the trail crosses Route 207.

 

 

 

They share their pollen and shrivel up by noon. New flowers every day.

 

 

 

 

 

Afemale Syrphid Flower Fly (Best guess Epistrophe sp.).

 

June 26th. Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) mom and eight ducklings. Same group I saw crossing the trail two days ago at about the same time.

 

Canada Lilies (Lilium canadense).

 

An afternoon visit to Cranberry Bog. The two Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) families.

 

 

 

Sheep at the little barnyard just east of Cranberry Bog.

 

Enchanter's Nightshade (Circaea quadrisulcata). The seeds have "Velcro" hooks to follow you home.

 

A brief stop at the East Hampton trail station on the trail.

 

 

 

Lots of ornamental plants near the station. This is Echinacea.

 

 

 

Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta).

 

An ornamental variety of Lance-leaved Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata).

 

Purpletop Vervain (Verbena bonariensis).

 

Cabbage White (Pieris rapae) on Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron annuus).

 

June 28th. On June 23rd and 26th, I saw a family of Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) walking down the trail. Today I saw a different family with much younger ducklings in the same spot.

 

 

 

Mating callypterate Muscoid flies.

 

The same flies. Photo taken with my new Samsung Galaxy cell phone. Not bad.

 

June 29th. A young Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) I've seen before.

 

Green Frog (Rana clamitans).

 

 

 

Showy Tick-trefoil (Desmodium canadense) just starting to bloom.

 

Later their seeds ("ticks") will stick to our clothes as we pass by them.

 

First Goldenrod (Solidago sp.) of the summer.

 

Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) showing pink as the flowers begin to open.

 

Highbush Blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum) coming right along. Best year for them ever.

 

An afternoon stop at Cranberry Bog. The first family of Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) returning from the neighboring yard...

 

...to join the second family under the shady tree. Nearly impossible to distinguish adults from goslings except by behavior.

 

Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) blossoms close up.