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April 28, 2020


Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Notes and Changes since last report

  • It was 50°F, partly cloudy with light winds at 11:00 AM on April 28, 2020.
  • This week's trail report covers the Wappinger Creek Trail side of the trail system.
  • It's still been cool and wet; spring ephemerals have still been hanging on to their petals.
  • Lovelace Drive (by the Fern Glen) is being closed to cars for safety. Walking is welcome with parking at the main building and other designated areas.

The Trails

  • On the way to the Gifford House trail head, the Carriage House was picturesque under the clouds.
  • There, the grass was green but the trees were still bare.
  • The sky behind me was free of pursuing tree swallows; they must be getting used to people.
  • Alien purple dead nettle was still in bloom along the edge of the field.
  • Above the corner of the field was a thin layer of blossoms.
  • Shad bush is a pretty early bloomer.
  • At its base were some unremarkable dead stalks from last year's weeds.
  • But they were of burdock, the remarkable inspiration for Velcro.
  • An eastern bluebird was calling from the tree line farther along.
  • Back at the front of the field, a tree swallow seemed to be claiming one of the bird houses.
  • A female bluebird seemed to have other ideas.
  • Just at the beginning of the Sedge Meadow Trail, invasive garlic mustard was flowering.
  • In the Sedge Meadow, things had continued to get taller.
  • With two other sedges still in bloom, the possibility of tussock sedge joining in was exciting.
  • It looked like it was getting close.
  • In the back of the far Old Hayfield, a male yellow-bellied sapsucker was drumming.
  • It hung around long enough to present plenty of good views.
  • Back on the Sedge Meadow Trail again, violets were scattered along one stretch.
  • The Wappinger Creek was full after the recent rains...
  • ... full of mallards - about 30 of them.
  • Dabblers, rather than divers, they stay on the surface when they feed.
  • That was a male.
  • A more elegant technique was better suited for feeding closer to the surface.
  • That was a female...
  • At the bottom of the trail, trout lily was still looking fresh.
  • I'd been waiting for the rue anemone to bloom.
  • But I'd never noticed it also came with red leaves.
  • Finally, a bud, and opening! Pink will fade to white, but that's ok.
  • The crotch of a tree made a nice frame to show off the form in an un cluttered view.
  • False hellebore was rising farther along the creek bank.
  • Something was missing here... barely a stump remained of the dead trunk that always sported big round shelf fungi.
  • Nearly invisible, only a slight rustle betrayed it...
  • ... a garter snake - the first of probably four that I would encounter this day.
  • The creek was really moving along. Time for me to do the same.
  • Next week: The Cary Pines Trail side of the trail system.

Sightings

Birds
  • 30 Mallard
  • 1 Red-tailed Hawk
  • 1 Mourning Dove
  • 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
  • 2 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
  • 2 Northern Flicker
  • 1 Pileated Woodpecker
  • 1 Eastern Phoebe
  • 1 Blue-headed Vireo
  • 1 Blue Jay
  • 1 Common Raven
  • 3 Tree Swallow
  • 2 Black-capped Chickadee
  • 1 White-breasted Nuthatch
  • 2 Carolina Wren
  • 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  • 1 Eastern Bluebird
  • 3 American Robin
  • 2 European Starling
  • 1 Louisiana Waterthrush
  • 3 Eastern Towhee
  • 2 Chipping Sparrow
  • 3 Field Sparrow
  • 2 Song Sparrow
  • 1 Northern Cardinal
  • 2 Red-winged Blackbird
  • 1 Brown-headed Cowbird
  • 3 American Goldfinch
Butterflies
  • 1 Cabbage White
Plants
  • 1 Garlic mustard
  • 1 Shad bush
  • 1 Violet
  • 1 Wood anemone