The weather was very dramatic. When the event was over we went buy a take out at a lobster place nearby and it rained hard while we were there. The ones signed Felix are by Marc.
On Saturday we attended the Littoral Society‘s annual picnic at Sandy Hook, part of Gateway NRA. We went on the bird walk led by Don Riepe. I lost count of the Ospreys. Every chimney had a nest.
On Sunday we went with the Linnaean Society of NY to the Great Swamp NWR in Morris County, New Jersey and Lord Stirling Park in Somerset County, New Jersey. The photos signed Felix are by Marc. He found the wood frog.
Purple Martin (Progne subis), Great Swamp NWR 6/27/2021
Purple Martin (Progne subis), Great Swamp NWR 6/27/2021
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia), Great Swamp NWR 6/27/2021
Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum), Great Swamp NWR 6/27/2021
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) and Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias), Great Swamp NWR 6/27/2021
Wood Frog (Lithobates sylvaticus), Great Swamp NWR 6/27/2021
Eastern Tailed-Blue (Cupido comyntas) on Crown Vetch (invasive), Great Swamp NWR 6/27/2021
Orange Sulphur (Colias eurytheme), Great Swamp NWR 6/27/2021
Crown Vetch or Axseed (Coronilla varia) invasive, Great Swamp NWR 6/27/2021
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta), Great Swamp NWR 6/27/2021
Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) invasive, Great Swamp NWR 6/27/2021
Chicory (Cichorium intybus) invasive, Great Swamp NWR 6/27/2021
Orange Daylily (Hemerocallis fulva), Great Swamp NWR 6/27/2021
Great Swamp NWR 6/27/2021
Great Swamp NWR 6/27/2021
Great Swamp NWR (above)
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) female, Lord Stirling Park 6/27/2021
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) male, Lord Stirling Park 6/27/2021
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens), Lord Stirling Park 6/27/2021
Green Heron (Butorides virescens), Lord Stirling Park 6/27/2021
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis), Lord Stirling Park 6/27/2021
Blue-fronted Dancer (Argia apicalis), Lord Stirling Park 6/27/2021
Eastern Amberwing (Perithemis tenera), Lord Stirling Park 6/27/2021
Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata), Lord Stirling Park 6/27/2021
Yellow Evening-Primrose (Oenothera flava), Lord Stirling Park 6/27/2021
Northern Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum), Lord Stirling Park 6/27/2021
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.
Pump House, Skylands 5/2/2021
Pump House, Skylands 5/2/2021
Skylands 5/2/2021
Skylands 5/2/2021
Mansion, Skylands 5/2/2021
Mansion, Skylands 5/2/2021
Mansion, Skylands 5/2/2021
Skylands 5/2/2021
Mansion, Skylands 5/2/2021
Mansion, Skylands 5/2/2021
Mansion, Skylands 5/2/2021
Mansion, Skylands 5/2/2021
Skylands 5/2/2021
Skylands 5/2/2021
Skylands 5/2/2021
Skylands 5/2/2021
Skylands 5/2/2021
Skylands 5/2/2021
Skylands 5/2/2021
Skylands 5/2/2021
Skylands 5/2/2021
Star Chickweed (Stellaria pubera), Skylands 5/2/2021
On a very cold day in early March at Greenbrook Nature Sanctuary in Bergen County, New Jersey on the Palisades. There was still ice on the lake. We didn’t stay long because it was so cold.
