August 7th. An afternoon visit to Cranberry Bog. This looks like a Red-banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops),
a rare species in Connecticut more common further south. Perhaps expanding its range as the climate changes.

 

On spotted Joe-Pye-weed (Eupatorium maculatum), as were most of the insects pictured below.

 

Monarch (Danaus plexippus) on Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata).

 

 

 

Honey Bee (Apis mellifera).

 

 

 

Bumble Bee (Family Bombidae).

 

 

 

Another Bumble Bee, on Buttonbush or "Honey-balls" (Cephalanthus occidentalis).

 

August 8th. One of several immature Cedar Waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum) at Raymond Brook Marsh.

 

August 9th. The skinny Great Blue Heron at the pond by the Colchester Spur junction.

 

The older successful bird at Raymond Brook Marsh.

 

The group of Cedar Waxwings (Bombycilla cedrorum) was back, barely resting for seconds between flights.

 

 

 

While most birds have yellow tail feather tips, immature birds can have orange tips in Fall.

 

 

 

Five Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta) at the pond east of River Road.

 

A yellow Bullhead or Pond Lily (Nuphar variegatum) and white Fragrant Water-lily (Nymphaea odorata). See the damselfly?

 

August 10th. A distant Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus).

 

 

 

 

 

That's the hawk as seen without telephoto or cropping.

 

A Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) near the Beaver lodge.

 

 

 

 

 

The first of two Wood Ducks (Aix sponsa). A female.

 

The second, a male, a few feet away.

 

The usual Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodius).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The other Great Blue Heron near the Colchester Spur junction.

 

Leggy.

 

 

 

 

 

August 12th. Part of a tree split off up high. I think the whole tree should come down. I told the Hebron Park & Rec Director about it.

 

This picture shows the split.

 

Ol' Reliable, the Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodius) that owns the Wood Duck perch.

 

The Great Blue Heron at the left, but a Green Heron (Butorides virescens) at the right.

 

Telephoto and cropped.

 

 

 

Looks like a young Flycatcher to me. Help?

 

Another Great Blue Heron perched high above the marsh. Maybe the skinny one that has been around.

 

See it? I wouldn't have, but I heard it squawk.

 

Late afternoon at Cranberry Bog. Wood Ducks (Aix sponsa).

 

 

 

 

 

Red-eyed male, and white teardrop eye of female.