Nature

Bombay Hook

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On our way to and from Chincoteague we stopped at Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (fws.gov) in Delaware. The drive through is excellent. The place was full of migrating shorebirds. The first thing I saw was a Virginia Quail on the road. Then a frog by the car at our first stop. The pictures aren’t great but they show a couple of the best birds.

Bombay Hook 5/17/2022
Northern Bobwhite or Virginia Quail (Colinus virginianus), Bombay Hook 5/17/2022
Northern Bobwhite or Virginia Quail (Colinus virginianus), Bombay Hook 5/17/2022
American Toad (Bufo Americanus), Bombay Hook 5/17/2022
American Toad (Bufo Americanus), Bombay Hook 5/17/2022
Bombay Hook 5/17/2022
Sand Fiddler Crab (Uca pugilator), Bombay Hook 5/17/2022
American Acocet (Recurvirostra americana), Bombay Hook 5/22/2022
Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), Bombay Hook 5/22/2022
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), Bombay Hook 5/22/2022
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus), Bombay Hook 5/22/2022
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola), Bombay Hook 5/22/2022
Forster’s Tern (Sterna forsteri), Bombay Hook 5/22/2022

Doodletown

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A trip with the Linnaean Society of NY to Doodletown, near Bear Mountain, Rockland, New York. Fascinating place: Doodletown, New York – Wikipedia

I have this book on the houses Doodletown: Hiking through history in a vanished hamlet on the Hudson by Elizabeth Stalter – 1996-06-07 (biblio.com)

Doodletown 5/14/2022
American Wisteria (Wisteria frutescens), Doodletown 5/14/2022
American Wisteria (Wisteria frutescens) and Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida), Doodletown 5/14/2022
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), Doodletown 5/14/2022
Sensitive Fern (Onoclea sensibilis), Doodletown 5/14/2022
Marsh Fern (Thelypteris palustris), Doodletown 5/14/2022
Blue Violet (Viola sororia), Doodletown 5/14/2022
Beautiful Tiger Beetle (Cincindela formosa), Doodletown 5/14/2022
Autumn-Olive (Elaeagnus umbellata), Doodletown 5/14/2022
LSNY group, Doodletown 5/14/2022
Doodletown 5/14/2022
Horse-chestnut Tree (Aesculus hippocastanum), Doodletown 5/14/2022
Doodletown 5/14/2022
Dame’s Violet or Rocket (Hesperis matronalis), Doodletown 5/14/2022
Young leaves, Doodletown 5/14/2022
Young leaves, Doodletown 5/14/2022
Field Mustard (Brassica rapa), Doodletown 5/14/2022
Doodletown 5/14/2022
Mouse-ear Chickweed (Cerastium fontanum), Doodletown 5/14/2022
Juvenal’s Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis), Doodletown 5/14/2022

Ft Tryon and the Cloisters Flowers

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Flowers from the park and the Cloisters (owned by the Met museum The Cloisters – Wikipedia).

Iris, Ft Tryon Park 5/5/2022
Tulips, Ft Tryon Park 5/5/2022
Peony, Ft Tryon Park 5/5/2022
Rhododendron, Ft Tryon Park 5/5/2022
Tulip, Ft Tryon Park 5/5/2022
Pansy, Ft Tryon Park 5/5/2022
Tulip, The Cloisters 5/5/2022
Tulip, The Cloisters 5/5/2022
Laudenum, The Cloisters 5/5/2022
Larger Blue Flag (Iris vesicolor),, The Cloisters 5/5/2022

Ft Tryon and Cloisters

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A trip to Ft. Tryon Park at the north end of Manhattan with the Sierra Photo NYC group on May 5, 2022.

Ft Tryon Park 5/5/2022
Ft Tryon Park 5/5/2022
The Cloisters 5/5/2022
The Cloisters 5/5/2022
The Cloisters 5/5/2022
The Cloisters 5/5/2022
The Cloisters 5/5/2022
The Cloisters 5/5/2022
The Cloisters 5/5/2022
The Cloisters 5/5/2022
The Cloisters 5/5/2022

BBG Fairy Door

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A bit of whimsy for Thursday Doors May 19, 2022.

Fairy door in a Weeping Cutleaf Birch Betula pendula ‘Laciniata’ Brooklyn Botanic 4/41/2022
Fairy door in a Weeping Cutleaf Birch Betula pendula ‘Laciniata’ Brooklyn Botanic 4/41/2022

BBG Closeups

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A few flowers at the Brooklyn Botanic.

Cherry with Spray, Brooklyn Botanic 4/27/2022
Gardinea, Brooklyn Botanic 4/27/2022
Daffodil, Brooklyn Botanic 4/27/2022
Magnolia, Brooklyn Botanic 4/27/2022
Tulip, Brooklyn Botanic 4/27/2022

Brooklyn Botanic in May

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A friend and I went to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) in May to see the spring flowers and cherries. Next post includes some closeups.

Cherries, Brooklyn Botanic 4/27/2022
Cherries, Brooklyn Botanic 4/27/2022
Cherries, Brooklyn Botanic 4/27/2022
Brooklyn Botanic 4/27/2022
Cherries, Brooklyn Botanic 4/27/2022
Japanese Garden, Brooklyn Botanic 4/27/2022
Japanese Garden, Brooklyn Botanic 4/27/2022
Brooklyn Botanic 4/27/2022
Brooklyn Botanic 4/27/2022
Brooklyn Botanic 4/27/2022
Brooklyn Botanic 4/27/2022
Brooklyn Botanic 4/27/2022

Central Park Flora in April

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Photographed during the Linnaean NY field trip.

Crabapple (Malus sp.), Central Park 4/26/2022
Trillium (Trillium erectum), Central Park 4/26/2022
Virginia Bluebell (Mertensia virginica), Central Park 4/26/2022
Young leaves, Central Park 4/26/2022
Tulkip, Central Park 4/26/2022
Watercolor leaves, Central Park 4/26/2022