July 22nd. Short walk east of Route 207. Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodius).

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Pretty sure this is a Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mostly Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor)...

 

...but at least one Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis) at the left.

 

Hedge Bindweed (Convolvulus sepium). Note the head and antennae.

 

 

 

Ah, a Sweat Bee (Family Halictidae, probably a Coppery-green Metallic Sweat Bee - Augochlorella aurata).

 

 

 

 

 

Button stage of a mushroom; probably Amanita sp.

 

This one further along but still not distinctive enough for an ID. Bill Yule suggests possibly Amanita canescens which isn't in my mushroom book.

 

July 24th. Three or four species of mushroom on horse dung.

 

Bill Yule narrows this ID down to the "Coprinid group", so family Coprinaceae.

 

 

 

Lousy pictures in low light and far away, of a Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus).

 

 

 

Spotted Joe-Pye-weed (Eupatorium maculatum).

 

A single flower of New York Ironweed (Vernonia noveboracensis) up close.

 

Second Growth (after mowing) Common Evening-Primrose (Oenothera biennis).

 

Possibly Jellied False Coral (Tremellodendron pallidium).

 

The "stems" are stiff but flexible, not snapping off when bent. Gives some weight to the tentative ID.

 

A brief stop at the pond east of River Road. Five young Wood Ducks (Aix sponsa) out there but none of my pictures were any good.

 

Lots of Fragrant Waterlilies (Nymphaea odorata).

 

 

 

Queen Anne's Lace (Daucus carota) against the sky.

 

Oleander Aphids (Aphis nerii), very common on Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca).

 

July 25th. A walk east from Route 207. More Hedge Bindweed (Convolvulus sepium) flowers.

 

Small Funnel-veil Amanita (Amanita multisquamosa).

 

Thanks again to Bill Yule for the ID. The veil on this one is ripped.

 

 

 

American Giant Millipede (Narceus americanus), about 4 inches long. I commonly see them crossing the trail at the same spot in damp conditions.
Read about them here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narceus_americanus

 

Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Field Milkwort (Polygala sanguinea).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 26th. American Dagger Moth (Acronicta amercana). Hairs and be urticating on sensitive skin. Rash unlikely on tough finger skin.