Scenic Sunday at the Nature Preserve at Dike 14
September 23, 2007
| Species lists | Photos © Chris Trepal |
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Bird list:
Canada Goose Wood Duck Mallard Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Turkey Vulture Sharp-shinned Hawk Cooper's Hawk Red-shouldered Hawk Red-tailed Hawk Killdeer Ring-billed Gull Herring Gull Caspian Tern Mourning Dove Yellow-billed Cuckoo Chimney Swift Ruby-throated Hummingbird Belted Kinfisher Red-bellied Woodpecker Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Yellow-throated Vireo Red-eye Vireo Blue Jay Black-capped Chickadee Tufted Titmouse Red-breasted Nuthatch Carolina Wren House Wren Swainson's Thrush American Robin Gray Catbird Northern Mockingbird Brown Thrasher Cedar Waxwing Yellow-rumped Warbler Common Yellowthroat Wilson's Warbler Field Sparrow Song Sparrow Lincoln's Sparrow Swamp Sparrow White-throated Sparrow Rose-breasted Grosbeak Indigo Bunting Red-winged Blackbird House Finch American Goldfinch Butterflies
Common Buckeyes (7) This is a
large amount of Buckeyes for just one spot (around my table). There
were probably many more on the dike. They are migrants from the
Southern US.
American Ladies (2) Orange Sulphurs Cabbage Whites Question Mark Eastern Tailed Blue Red Admiral Fiery Skippers Wild Indigo Duskywing Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillars: Woolly Bears (Isabella Tiger Moth) Yellow Bears (Moth) Hickory Tussock Moth Fall Web Worms (moth) Blooming Plants: (Nectar sources for butterflies and other insects
Goldenrods: Tall, Canadian,
Narrow leaved, Flat topped, Early (some still hanging on)
Asters: New England, Calico, Field.
Thoroughwort: Tall, Narrow
leaved, Snakeroot,
Spotted Knapweed Yarrow (White) Field Thistles Crown Vetch Queen Ann's Lace Wingstem Insects: Bees (Many kinds) Dragonflies Praying mantis (Chinese) Spiders Mosquitoes (HA!) Snakes Brown snake Mammals
Juvenile male white-tailed deer
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 Dawn |
 Waivers signed |
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 Registration |
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 Bikes |
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 Family |
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 Buck |
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 Snakes |
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 Snakes & kids |
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 Trail |
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 Trail |
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 Sails |