Landscape

Doodletown

2021-05-172021-05-17Sherry Felix3 Comments

We went on a terrific field trip to Doodletown on Saturday. We saw many wonderful birds spotted by a sharp group of birders. Marc found a Five-lined Skink. I spotted the Worm-eating warbler. Everyone contributed sightings. The American Wisteria was blooming allover the place. It was a glorious day.

The full birds report will eventually be posted on the Linnaean NY website Field Trip Reports page.
I didn’t bring really long lens, consequently, the bird images are very grainy.

Cerulean Warbler (Setophaga cerulea), Doodletown 5/15/2021

Central Park

2021-05-142021-05-10Sherry Felix12 Comments

I saw more warblers than I photographed. It was a fair day for migrating birds in Central Park. The last 3 photos of the Catbird tells a story, “My Ant!” Maybe it didn’t taste good.

Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla), Central Park 5/9/2021

NYBG Trees and Nature

2021-05-092021-05-07Sherry Felix18 Comments

We took two friends with us to the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx on Thursday, May 6. It was a glorious spring day. We covered the entire garden. After the garden we ate an Italian meal near Arthur Avenue. There are enough pictures to spread over 4 days.

Japanese Painted Fern ‘Ursula’s Red’ (Athyrium niponicum var. pictum), NYBG 5/6/2021

Sterling Forest

2021-05-082021-05-06Sherry Felix9 Comments

After visiting Skylands and stopping at a diner for lunch we drove to Sterling Forest, Orange County, New York. We did half the blue trail around the lake. I included a bad photograph of some Common Mergansers because I so rarely see them. I didn’t look for the Golden-winged Warbler.

Skylands

2021-05-072021-05-05Sherry Felix28 Comments

The New Jersey Botanical Gardens at Skylands has a mansion and formal gardens. It is in Passaic County. I like going there because it is lovely and an easy place to walk around and it is very pretty.