This is the last of my 2005 Adirondack edits.
Loon Lake Flora
Fungii
Inselteich and Tornower-Niederung
On the day of my birthday Marc and I toured the area around Lubben. We stopped for a mosquito laden picnic in the woods. A highlight for me was being able to get some photographs of Cranes in a field and Red Kites following a tractor in a field.
I wanted a photograph of this lovely mansion with a tower. I was only able to photograph the tower. I was chased off and told no photographs. The owner actually drove out in his car to make us leave. I was not standing in his property.
Near the end of the excursion, I made Marc stop the car. I saw a mushroom by the side of the road that was the size of a football. Wish I had known it was edible, I would have picked it and its companion for dinner.
The next to last photo shows a windfarm in the distance. Germany has loads of wind turbines.
Common Crane (Grus grus), Inselteich 10/18/2021 
Common Crane (Grus grus), Inselteich 10/18/2021 
Common Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs), Inselteich 10/18/2021 
Mute Swan (Cygnus olor), Inselteich 10/18/2021 
Greylag Goose (Anser anser), Inselteich 10/18/2021 
Red Kite (Milvus milvus), Tornower-Niederung 10/18/2021 
Red Kite (Milvus milvus), Tornower-Niederung 10/18/2021 
Red Kite (Milvus milvus), Tornower-Niederung 10/18/2021 
European cattle (Bos taurus), Inselteich 10/18/2021 
Sheep (Ovis aries), Inselteich 10/18/2021 
Horse (Equus ferus caballus), Tornower-Niederung 10/18/2021 
Oak, Inselteich 10/18/2021 
Oak, Inselteich 10/18/2021 
Inselteich 10/18/2021 
Inselteich 10/18/2021 
Inselteich 10/18/2021 
Tornower-Niederung 10/18/2021 
Tower, Tornower-Niederung 10/18/2021 
Tornower-Niederung 10/18/2021 
Tornower-Niederung 10/18/2021 
Parasol mushroom (Macrolepiota procera) 12 inches, Tornower-Niederung 10/18/2021
Cheesequake Plants
Read about Cheesequake in the post before this one: Cheesequake Birds – Sherry Felix – port4u. It is less than an hour’s drive from lower Manhattan. The recent rains made it optimal for many varieties of fungi to fruit.
Purple-bloom Rusella (Rusella mariae), Cheesequake SP 9/25/2021 
Cheesequake SP, Monmouth Coi, NJ 9/25/2021 
Giant Clitocybe (Clitocybe gigantea), Cheesequake SP 9/25/2021 
Cheesequake SP, Monmouth Coi, NJ 9/25/2021 
Acorns and moss, Cheesequake SP 9/25/2021 
Giant Clitocybe (Clitocybe gigantea), Cheesequake SP 9/25/2021 
Greenshield Lichen (Flavoparmelia caperata), Cheesequake SP 9/25/2021 
Emetic Russula (Russula emetica), Cheesequake SP 9/25/2021
Afternoon at Pelham
Last Friday we went to Pelham Bay Park, Bronx, New York in the afternoon and had a 3 mile hike around Hunter Island. The views are lovely, but it was hot and buggy. After that we drove to the Lobster Shack on City Island to buy a take out. While parked off the road in a driveway a crew cab pickup truck scraped the paint off the edge of our side mirror. The list of mishaps grows long for our little VW Jetta “James”. We’ve only had it a couple of months.
A related post: https://port4u.net/2014/11/26/gull-in-algonquin-mist-pelham-bay-1282013/ Inspired by a book on the place called The Last Algonquin by Theodore Kazimiroff.
Cicada Killer (Sphecius speciosus) plus 1 inch, Pelham Bay Park 8/8/2020 
Fungus (over 12 inches wide), Pelham Bay Park 8/8/2020 
Horseshoe crab shell, Pelham Bay Park 8/8/2020 
Pelham Bay Park 8/8/2020 
Pelham Bay Park 8/8/2020 
Gray Mare, Pelham Bay Park 8/8/2020 
Panorama, Pelham Bay Park 8/8/2020 
Pelham Bay Park 8/8/2020 
Danny Hat Island, Pelham Bay Park 8/8/2020 
Danny Hat and Two Tree Islands, Pelham Bay Park 8/8/2020 
Sunset, Pelham Bay Park 8/8/2020
Goldfinch and Poly
A trip to Central Park on Easter Sunday netted as few birds. Spring migration wasn’t on for Sunday in the park. They must have flew on by. I did see a blue headed vireo at the point. Couldn’t get a good photograph of it.
I think this is a Dryad’s Saddle (Polyporus squamosus). They’re large—about 4 inches across. There are inky caps in the rear left (click to enlarge).
Sherry Felix - port4u 