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May 12, 2020


Belted Kingfisher

Notes and Changes since last report

  • It was 56°F, partly cloudy and blustery at 2:15 PM on May 12, 2020.
  • This week's trail report covers the Wappinger Creek Trail side of the trail system.
  • It's still been cold and wet - there were even snow squalls over the weekend. The spring ephemerals have endured
  • On the other hand, few butterflies have been out. Only one eastern comma today, but there have been spring azures and even a couple eastern pine elfins recently.

The Trails

  • From the Gifford House trailhead the grass has grown long, but the tree leaves have barely begun.
  • In the usual corner of the field, bird's-eye speedwell had just started blooming.
  • On the Sedge Meadow Trail, wild strawberry had been blooming for a week.
  • It is always accompanied by dwarf cinquefoil.
  • It was getting quite green around the boardwalk at the end of the swamp.
  • As if in reverse motion, what appeared to be a leaf blew by, then up and onto the tip of a branch where it should have come from.
  • It was an eastern comma come to sun itself in an unconventional position.
  • Off the side of the boardwalk, clumps of violets were pretty in the dappled light.
  • You could smell the apple before you saw it.
  • Trees around the Sedge Meadow were just beginning to get green.
  • By now, the tussock sedge was in full bloom.
  • Compare these flowers to those of Pennsylvania and plantain-leaved sedges in recent trail reports.
  • In the back Old Hayfield, an invasive bush honeysuckle had a little white on top.
  • The first blossoms were opening.
  • Farther along the path, invasive olive had buds, but they would be a while yet.
  • In the back of the field, invasive Japanese barberry was blooming and adding a little fragrance to the air.
  • Burningbush is not known for its flower. The fruit are showy and the brilliant autumn leaves are what brought this invasive to our region.
  • In the Old Pasture, honeysuckle looked more pink.
  • Maple leaves were just beginning to unfold.
  • The Wappinger Creek was full today.
  • Pennsylvania sedge and Canada mayflower would make a great "no mow lawn", I keep thinking - they don't get much bigger thank this.
  • Baltimore oriole had been calling, but what suddenly streaked by was the wrong color.
  • It did not stay long in any one spot, but it was long enough to tell it was a scarlet tanager.
  • At the same time, a belted kingfisher was calling as it worked its way up the creek towards me.
  • If that weren't enough, a pack of warblers was also passing by overhead. They got away without even a blurry photo.
  • At the bottom of the hill, wood anemone was still looking good since their appearance two weeks ago.
  • It was almost looking summery along the floodplain even if it still felt like March.
  • Toothwort was still holding up.
  • Some trout lily were still blooming, some were finally forming fruit.
  • Next week: The Cary Pines Trail side of the trail system.

Sightings

Birds
  • 1 Red-tailed Hawk
  • 1 Mourning Dove
  • 3 Chimney Swift
  • 1 Belted Kingfisher
  • 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
  • 2 Downy Woodpecker
  • 1 Northern Flicker
  • 1 Pileated Woodpecker
  • 3 Eastern Phoebe
  • 2 Blue Jay
  • 1 Black-capped Chickadee
  • 1 Carolina Wren
  • 1 Eastern Bluebird
  • 1 Veery
  • 1 Wood Thrush
  • 2 American Robin
  • 3 Gray Catbird
  • 2 Magnolia Warbler
  • 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler
  • 1 Black-and-white Warbler
  • 1 Ovenbird
  • 1 Scarlet Tanager
  • 4 Eastern Towhee
  • 3 Field Sparrow
  • 1 Song Sparrow
  • 1 Northern Cardinal
  • 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  • 1 Red-winged Blackbird
  • 1 Brown-headed Cowbird
  • 3 Baltimore Oriole
  • 4 American Goldfinch

Butterflies

  • 1 Eastern Comma
Plants
  • 1 Apple
  • 1 Burning bush
  • 1 Honeysuckle
  • 1 Japanese barberry