New York

Ward Pound Ridge Res

Sherry Felix10 Comments

On the second day with the rental car, after a later than desired start, we arrived at the Ward Pound Ridge Reservation around 9:30 am on May 21st.

The highlight of the day was the Pileated Woodpecker deep in the woods on the FH trail by Fox Hill. It was very far away. I was lucky to get a blurry couple of photos at 600mm. We saw about 26 species of birds, but not many butterflies. Tiger Swalllowtails, Cabage Whites, Silver-spotted Skipper, and a Mourning Cloak.

The second gallery is landscapes and plants. I would like to know the names of all the insects. I sent some of the pictures to bugguide.net.

Tomorrow I’ll show part two of the trip – Jamaica Bay.

  • Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus), Ward Pound Ridge 5/21/2020
  • Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus), Ward Pound Ridge 5/21/2020
  • Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis), Ward Pound Ridge 5/21/2020
  • Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura), Ward Pound Ridge 5/21/2020
  • Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Ward Pound Ridge 5/21/2020
  • Tiny grasshopper on Buttercup(Ranuncula), Ward Pound Ridge 5/21/2020
  • Spider, Ward Pound Ridge 5/21/2020
  • Tiny fly, Ward Pound Ridge 5/21/2020
  • Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus), Ward Pound Ridge 5/21/2020

Doodletown

Sherry Felix12 Comments

We rented a car to free our wings for a bit. Doodletown is an hour out of New York City by the Hudson River. It is a steep walk on dirt paths past old foundations of a hamlet.

The first set is flora and landscapes and the second is avian. The highlight of the day was the nesting Redstart. The indigo bunting was one quick shot from the back.

  • Doodletown Brook 5/20/2020
  • Green leaves, Doodletown 5/20/2020
  • Dame’s Violet or Rocket (Hesperis matronalis ), Doodletown 5/20/2020
  • Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea), Doodletown 5/20/2020
  • Moissy fence, Doodletown 5/20/2020
  • The Timp Brook dam, Doodletown 5/20/2020
  • old house wall, Doodletown 5/20/2020
  • Silver-Spotted Skipper (Hesperia comma) on Dame’s Violet or Rocket (Hesperis matronalis ), Doodletown 5/20/2020
  • Doodletown Brook 5/20/2020
  • Doodletown Brook 5/20/2020
  • Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea), Doodletown 5/20/2020
  • Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea), Doodletown 5/20/2020
  • Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea), Doodletown 5/20/2020
  • American Redstart Warbler (Setophaga ruticilla) nest, Doodletown 5/20/2020
  • American Redstart Warbler (Setophaga ruticilla) nest, Doodletown 5/20/2020
  • American Redstart Warbler (Setophaga ruticilla) nest, Doodletown 5/20/2020

Fahnestock Flora

Sherry Felix5 Comments

I love moss and Lichen. There was plenty there to photograph. Autumn leaves and rushing streams too. I was luck to catch a kinglet with a large grub. I didn’t have me long lens so missed photographing the others I saw.

  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Three Lakes, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Leaves, Three Lakes, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Red Leaf, Three Lakes, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Leaves, Three Lakes, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Lichen, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Sunken Mine Road, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Partridge Berry and Moss, Sunken Mine Road, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Moss, Sunken Mine Road, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Fungi, Sunken Mine Road, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Moss, Sunken Mine Road, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Moss, unken Mine Road, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Leaf, Sunken Mine Road, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Leaf, Sunken Mine Road, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Yerllow leaves, Sunken Mine Road, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019

Fahnestock Scenery

Sherry Felix12 Comments

A wonderful trip to Fahnsetock State Park with Sierra Photo NYC. I took so many pictures that I liked that it was hard to choose which ones to post.

It was a cloudy day which made photography a challenge. I wanted to capture the gloomy mood and bring out the colors.

  • Red tree, Three Lakes Trail Old Mine Road, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Three Lakes Trail Old Mine Road, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Three Lakes Trail Old Mine Road, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Three Lakes Trail Old Mine Road, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Three Lakes, Old Mine road, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Three Lakes, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Three Lakes, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Red, Three Lakes, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Three Lakes, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Sunken Mine Road, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Marsh, Sunken Mine Road, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Marsh, Sunken Mine Road, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Sunken Mine Road, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Rock, Sunken Mine Road, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Sunken Mine Road, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Pelton Pond, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Pelton Pond, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Pelton Pond, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Pelton Pond, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Pelton Pond, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Rock at Pelton Pond, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Pelton Pond, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Pelton Pond, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Pelton Pond, Fahnestock SP, NY 10/17/2019
  • Cold Srings, NY 10/17/2019
  • Cold Srings, NY 10/17/2019

Sam’s Point 2 of 2

Sherry Felix7 Comments

The flora was striking and surreal with brilliant colors of red blueberry bushes and black pitch pine skeletons set among white rocks and a blue sky.

Other things… (click to play the slide shows)

I found a quartz snake. Also Katydids, stinkbugs, and many Crickets.