The Tyler Rood Trail is in in Upper Township in southern New Jersey close to Cape May. It has lovely meadows with butterflies and flowers and a small family burial ground. I recently read “The Pine Barrens” by John McPhee. It covers the culture of the Pineys and much more.
I like to try to identify wildflowers. I use iNaturalist and the internet. The red maples are seeding and from a distance it looks like the trees have red flowers. 5 of 8 posts.
Blue Toadflax (Nuttallanthus canadensis), Upper Lake Reserve, Woodbine, NJ 4/23/2023Wintercress (Barbarea vulgaris), Upper Lake Reserve, Woodbine, NJ 4/23/2023Wild Strawberry (Fragaria vesca), Upper Lake Reserve, Woodbine, NJ 4/23/2023Dwarf Dandelion (Krigia virginica), Great Lizzard Swamp., Cape May Ct Hs, NJ 4/23/2023Red Maple (Acer rubrum), , Upper Lake Reserve, Woodbine, NJ 4/23/2023Fern, Upper Lake Reserve, Woodbine, NJ 4/23/2023
Weeping Willow (Salix babylonica), Central Park 3/21/2023Daffodil (Narcissus), Central Park 3/21/2023The Pool, Central Park 3/21/2023Siberian Squill (Scilla siberica), Central Park 3/21/2023Star Magnolia (Magnolia stellata), Central Park 3/21/2023Dwarf Iris (Iris reticulata), Central Park 3/21/2023Snowdrop (Galanthus nivalus), Central Park 3/21/2023
Marine Park in Brooklyn was the third place we stopped at during the LSNY field trip. We found our target bird, a Red-headed Woodpecker. The Hooded Mergansers were at the Salt Marsh nature Center at Marine Park.
Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus), Marine Park 3/18/2023Red Dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum), Marine Park 3/18/2023Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus), Marine Park 3/18/2023
We went to Central Park with the Linnaean Society of NY on a birding trip on Sunday 3/12/2023. It has been a long time since I’ve been to the park. It was lovely seeing my old friends. Richard Z led the trip and did an excellent job finding us birds. I will post some of the highlights here and in the next several posts.
Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca), Central Park 3/12/2023White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis), Central Park 3/12/2023Azalea (genus Rhododendron), Central Park 3/12/2023