A mixture of wildlife that I found in the park. There is a little wetland area with a pond by the Bridge View Lawn.
Brooklyn Bridge Park
amphibians
Stonecrop Fauna
I just love that frog.
Chincoteague Marsh Trail 2
Some more form our walk (see the post before this one). The Fowler’s toad is dark one.
The last two photos were taken the next day as we left Chincoteague on June 8. The black vultures are eating a terrapin killed by a car. Marc was interviewed by a reporter for WBOC/Fox 21, of Delmarva on June 6. The young lady reporter wanted our opinion about terrapin road kills and what should be done. We said signs are needed, especially during nesting season. It is the female terrapins that are getting killed.
Chincoteague June 4
Marc and I did stopped ant the wildlife refuge and later at the Island Nature Trail in Chincoteague. There were hundreds of newly hatched little toads.
Chincoteague June 2
We took a morning hike in the National Wildlife Preserve. we moved fast to try to outrun the mosquitoes. The photographs of the buntings (male and female) needed rescuing in Topaz Photo AI. There were hundreds of toads. Many baby ones were the size of my little finger nail. There were very few butterflies. I saw a couple of monarchs, cabbage whites, and one least skipper.
In the afternoon we went to have a rest at Assateague Beach. It was nice and peaceful there under our beach umbrella.
There were hundreds of trucks driving out to the island to dump sand for the new beach parking lot. They created a lot of noise. Here is an article about it: In Chincoteague, A Stampede Against Beach Changes – Times Leader. The town’s residents are not happy about it.
Laurelwood Nature
Some mixed photographs from our visit to the Laurelwood Arboretum. I used AI to add part of the left leg to the frog.
E B Forsythe Mix
The purple Martins are in their little aprtments. The Oystercatcher looked like it was nesting right next to the road. I saw a small dark shape on the road. It was a box turtle. Some of its shell was scraped off on top, and its back leges were hanging out. We picked it up and it pulled in its legs. I think somone ran over it and it was still in shock. We put it in the grass. I hope it is OK.
Pine Barrens Mix
Rick Cech led the group. He is an expert lepidopterist. I use his book, Butterflies of the East Coast: An Observer’s Guide: Cech, Rick, Tudor, Guy: Amazon.com, to identify butterflies.
