Westchester

Lyndhurst Doors

Sherry Felix10 Comments

The mansion has some lovely doors. Posted for Thursday Doors.

Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022

Lyndhurst Mansion

Sherry Felix4 Comments

Next to the conservatory at Lyndhurst Mansion is a small rose garden.

Rose, Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Rose, Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Rose, Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Rose, Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022

Lyndhurst Mansion

Sherry Felix7 Comments

Lyndhurst Mansion Ground are not very extensive. Nice views though. The mansion is just below Tarrytown in Westchester County, New York.

Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Conservatory, Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022
Lyndhurst Mansion 10/31/2022

Ward Pound Ridge

Sherry Felix6 Comments

Second post for June 4 trip covering other flora and fauna.

Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Pickerel Frog (Lithobates palustris), Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Spider eating a cranefly, Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Arrowhead Spiketail (Cordulegaster obliqua), Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Cricket, Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Common Whitetail (Libellula lydia), Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Common Whitetail (Libellula lydia), Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Geometer moth, Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
cricket, Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Dwarf Dandelion (Krigia virginica), Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare), Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Agreeable Tiger Moth (Spilosoma congrua), Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Hickory Tussock Moth (Lophacampa caryae), Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Luna Moth (Actias luna), Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
White-blotched Heterocampa (Heterocampa umbrata), Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Crocus geometer (Xanthotype sospeta), Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Rose Hooktip (Oreta rosea), Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022

Ward Pound Ridge Butterflies

Sherry Felix21 Comments

On June 4, 2022 we went with members of Linnaean Society of NY and the NYC Butterfly club led by Rick Cech to observe butterflies at Ward Pound Ridge, Westchester, NY. I got some help identifying these by some of the experts in the group but it is more than likely that I misidentified a few. Skippers are such a challenge!

The rest will be in the post after next.

Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus), Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Horace’s Duskywing (Erynnis horatius), Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Little Wood Satyr (Hermeuptychia hermes), Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Hoary Edge (Archalarus lyciades), Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Zabulon Skipper (Poanes zabulon), Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Zabulon Skipper (Poanes zabulon) on clover, Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Appalachian Brown (Satyrodes appalachia), Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Little Wood Satyr (Hermeuptychia hermes), Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Juvenal’s Duskywing (Erynnis juvenalis), Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Harris’ Checkerspot (Chlosyne barrisii), Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta), Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Long Dash (Polites mystic) on Iris, Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Long Dash (Polites mystic) on Blue Wild Indigo (Baptisia australis), Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Peck’s Skipper (Polites peckius), Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Hobomok Skipper pocahontas (Poanes hobomok), Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Dusted Skipper (Atrytonopsis bianna) on Dwarf Dandelion (Krigia virginica),Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Long Dash (Polites mystic), Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Summer Azure (Celastrina neglecta), Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022
Eastern Tailed-Blue (Cupido comyntas), Ward Pond Ridge 6/5/2022

Ward Pound Ridge and Keeler Tavern

Sherry Felix2 Comments

On this cold a windy Easter Sunday we went for a drive to Ward Pound Ridge Reservation in Westchester, New York. It was so cold we ate our picnic in the car. On the way back I chose a scenic route through Connecticut. we stopped at the Keeler Tavern in Ridgefield, CT. The entry fees to the museum where too much. I had a brief look at their lovely grounds.

Ward Pound Ridge 4/17/2022
Ward Pound Ridge 4/17/2022
Ward Pound Ridge 4/17/2022
Ward Pound Ridge 4/17/2022
Keeler Tavern 4/17/2022
Keeler Tavern 4/17/2022

Rye and Meadowlands

Sherry Felix9 Comments

We had a lovely trip birding with the Linnaean Society of NY to Rye Playlands and the Meadowland Conservancy in Westchester County, New York. The highlights were a flock of Snow Buntings, a Cooper’s Hawk, and a White-Fronted Goose.

  • Rye Playlands 12/4/2021
  • Rye Playlands 12/4/2021
  • Rye Playlands 12/4/2021
  • Rye Playlands 12/4/2021
  • LSNY birders, Rye Playlands 12/4/2021
  • Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis), Rye Playlands 12/4/2021
  • Rye Playlands 12/4/2021
  • Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperii), Marshlands Conservancy 12/4/2021
  • Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus), Marshlands Conservancy 12/4/2021
  • Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), Marshlands Conservancy 12/4/2021
  • Thistle down, 12/4/2021
  • Marshlands Conservancy 12/4/2021
  • Marshlands Conservancy 12/4/2021
  • Marshlands Conservancy 12/4/2021