New Jersey

Willowwood Doors

2022-07-142022-07-14Sherry Felix12 Comments

Willowwood Arboretum has lovely old buildings. Check out the history: About Willowwood.

For Thursday doors by Dan https://nofacilities.com/2022/07/14/return-to-old-wethersfield/.

Scherman Hoffman Insects

2022-07-102022-07-06Sherry Felix8 Comments

These are the few insects I captured. My last photo is of the invasive Spotted lanternfly – Wikipedia. I was sorry to see so many nymphs there.

Little Wood Satyr (Hermeuptychia hermes), Scherman Hoffman 7/3/2022

Scherman Hoffman and Great Swamp

2022-07-092022-07-06Sherry Felix5 Comments

Our small group of Linnaean NY birders led by Richard Z tried to stay cool by hugging the shade on Sunday, July 3. The highlight was a Ruby-throated Hummingbird sitting on its tiny golf ball sized nest at Great Swamp in Morris County, New Jersey. The rest of these photographs were made at the New Jersey Audubon Sherman Hoffman Sanctuary.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), Great Swamp 7/3/2022

Willowwood Arboretum

2022-07-062022-07-01Sherry Felix6 Comments

Another lovely place to visit next to Bamboo Hook is the Willowwood Arboretum in Morris County, New Jersey.

Bamboo Brook

2022-07-052022-07-01Sherry Felix10 Comments

I found a new place to visit in Morris County, New Jersey: Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center / Gardens | Morris County Parks (morrisparks.net). It is about an hour’s drive from New York.

“Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center, located on 687 acres, was once known as Merchiston Farm and was the home of William and Martha Brookes Hutcheson from 1911 to 1959. Bamboo Brook’s original 100 acres was donated by the daughter of Mrs. Hutcheson. Ms. Hutcheson one of America’s first women landscape architects attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s School of Architecture and Planning, along with other famous women garden designers of that time, including Marion Coffin and Beatrix Farrand. …”

Sandy Hook

2022-07-042022-07-04Sherry Felix8 Comments

We went on a botanical walk during the annual Littoral Society (littoralsociety.org) picnic at Sandy Hook, part of Gateway National Recreation Area.

I learned how a little window on the seed pod opens on the Clasping Venus’ Looking-glass (Triodanis perfoliata) and the seeds tumble out.

American Copper (Lycaena phlaeas), Sandy Hook, NJ 6/25/2022

OPTIC Cruise NJ

2022-06-252022-06-21Sherry Felix4 Comments

The Beach Party at Sandy Hook Bay, New Jersey, by OPTIC sponsored by Sony had an open Bar. They didn’t offer any decent non alcoholic drinks. I threw the sugary lemonade away and went for a walk. I found a restaurant by the bay and ate two tasty seafood tapas. Then I went to a little park with some birds and an empty beach. An oriole proceeded me along the path. I enjoyed some quiet time there before heading back to the party.