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July 1st. A good year for Canada Lilies (Lilium canadense).
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Looking up into one with the anthers just maturing.
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Fringed Loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata).
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A long-legged Fly (Family Dolichopodidae, Condylostylus sp.).
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Chicory (Chicorium intybus) where the trail crosses Route 207.
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Fragrant Water-lily (Nymphaea odorata) opposite the pond just east of Route 207.
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The trail crosses the Blackledge River and a path below beside it.
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A Whirligig Beetle (Family Gyrinidae, Dinutes sp.).
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They cause dark shadow patterns below.
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Exactly half of each beetle is submerged. Their eyes are split with half above and half below the surface.
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There are a number of caterpillars that look quite like this. I don't dare to try an ID.
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An American Copper (Lycaena phlaeas).
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Eastern Tailed Blue (Everes comyntas).
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A female Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) and six ducklings at the pond east of River Road.
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One Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodius) at the marsh this morning.
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July 3rd. Spotted Wintergreen (Chimaphila maculata).
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Very unusual flowers emit pollen through pores in the tan anthers.
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Meadowsweet (Spiraea latifolia). Note the male Flower Fly hovering at the right.
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Still hovering. (Family Syrphidae, perhaps Sphaerophoria sp.)
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Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodius) amid Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata).
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A double Day-lily (Hemerocallis fulva). Escaped ornamental variety or a genetic sport.
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A Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) family...
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...with at least 8 large ducklings.
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More Canada Lily (Lilium canadense) close-ups.
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A second Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodius).
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Smooth Sumac (Rhus glabra) in bloom.
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A second Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) family. Mom leading seven small ducklings.
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A short afternoon walk at the Lyman Viaduct west of Bull Hill Road.
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Rabbit's-foot Clover (Trifolium arvense).
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Little Wood-satyr (Megisto cymela).
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Spotted Touch-me-not or Jewelweed (Impatiens capensis).
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Bouncing Bet (Saponaria officinalis).
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A Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodius) at the pond just east of River Road.
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