New Jersey

Greenbrook

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A brief trip to Greenbrook Nature Sanctuary on the Palisades near Alpine, New Jersey.

White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), Greenbrook 10/31/2022
Deer leaving the road at Greenbrook 10/31/2022
Greenbrook 10/31/2022
Oak leaf, Greenbrook 10/31/2022
Greenbrook Pond 10/31/2022
Greenbrook Pond 10/31/2022
Greenbrook 10/31/2022
Greenbrook Pond 10/31/2022
Greenbrook Pond 10/31/2022
Greenbrook 10/31/2022
Greenbrook Pond 10/31/2022
Greenbrook 10/31/2022
Greenbrook 10/31/2022
Greenbrook 10/31/2022
Greenbrook 10/31/2022
Beech tree, Greenbrook 10/31/2022
Greenbrook Pond 10/31/2022
Maple leaves, Greenbrook 10/31/2022
Greenbrook 10/31/2022
Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor), Greenbrook 10/31/2022
Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus), Greenbrook 10/31/2022
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata), Greenbrook 10/31/2022
American pussy willow (Salix discolor), Greenbrook 10/31/2022

Willowwood Doors

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Willowwood Arboretum has lovely old buildings. Check out the history: About Willowwood.

For Thursday doors by Dan https://nofacilities.com/2022/07/14/return-to-old-wethersfield/.

Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022

Scherman Hoffman Insects

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These are the few insects I captured. My last photo is of the invasive Spotted lanternfly – Wikipedia. I was sorry to see so many nymphs there.

Little Wood Satyr (Hermeuptychia hermes), Scherman Hoffman 7/3/2022
Ebony Jewelwing (caloteryx muculata), Scherman Hoffman 7/3/2022
Silver-Spotted Skipper (Hesperia comma), Scherman Hoffman 7/3/2022
Drone Flower or Hover Fly (Syrphidae), Scherman Hoffman 7/3/2022
Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica), Scherman Hoffman 7/3/2022
Invasive Spotted Lanternfly nymph (Lycorma delicatula), Scherman Hoffman 7/3/2022

Scherman Hoffman and Great Swamp

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Our small group of Linnaean NY birders led by Richard Z tried to stay cool by hugging the shade on Sunday, July 3. The highlight was a Ruby-throated Hummingbird sitting on its tiny golf ball sized nest at Great Swamp in Morris County, New Jersey. The rest of these photographs were made at the New Jersey Audubon Sherman Hoffman Sanctuary.

Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), Great Swamp 7/3/2022
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), Scherman Hoffman 7/3/2022
Showy Tick-Trefoil (Desmodium canadense), Scherman Hoffman 7/3/2022
Eastern Daisy Fleabane (Erigeron annuus), Scherman Hoffman 7/3/2022
Bracken, Scherman Hoffman 7/3/2022
Piliated Woodpecker holes, Scherman Hoffman 7/3/2022
Queen Anne’s Lace (Daucus carota), Scherman Hoffman 7/3/2022
Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus Cincinnatus), Scherman Hoffman 7/3/2022
Christmas fern, Scherman Hoffman 7/3/2022
Scherman Hoffman 7/3/2022
Scherman Hoffman 7/3/2022
Deer skull, Scherman Hoffman 7/3/2022
Fringed Loosestrife (Lysimachia ciliata), Scherman Hoffman 7/3/2022
American or Purple Vetch (Vicia americana), Scherman Hoffman 7/3/2022

Willowwood Details

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More images from Willowwood Arboretum.

Great Spangled Fritillary (Argynnis cybele), Bamboo Brook, NJ 6/29/2022
Great Spangled Fritillary (Argynnis cybele), Bamboo Brook, NJ 6/29/2022
Common Wood-nymph (Carcyonis pegala), Bamboo Brook, NJ 6/29/2022
Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus), Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus), Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Virginia raspberry (Rubus odoratus), Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022

Willowwood Arboretum

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Another lovely place to visit next to Bamboo Hook is the Willowwood Arboretum in Morris County, New Jersey.

Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022

Bamboo Brook

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I found a new place to visit in Morris County, New Jersey: Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center / Gardens | Morris County Parks (morrisparks.net). It is about an hour’s drive from New York.

“Bamboo Brook Outdoor Education Center, located on 687 acres, was once known as Merchiston Farm and was the home of William and Martha Brookes Hutcheson from 1911 to 1959. Bamboo Brook’s original 100 acres was donated by the daughter of Mrs. Hutcheson. Ms. Hutcheson one of America’s first women landscape architects attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s School of Architecture and Planning, along with other famous women garden designers of that time, including Marion Coffin and Beatrix Farrand. …” 

Bamboo Brook, NJ 6/29/2022
Bamboo Brook, NJ 6/29/2022
Bamboo Brook, NJ 6/29/2022
Beetle in Daylily, Bamboo Brook, NJ 6/29/2022
Bamboo Brook, NJ 6/29/2022
Bamboo Brook, NJ 6/29/2022
Bamboo Brook, NJ 6/29/2022
Bamboo Brook, NJ 6/29/2022
Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa), Bamboo Brook, NJ 6/29/2022
Variable Dancer (Argia fumipennis), Bamboo Brook, NJ 6/29/2022
Ebony Jewelwing (caloteryx muculata), Willowwood Arboretum, NJ 6/29/2022
Bamboo Brook, NJ 6/29/2022
Herzog Brook, Bamboo Brook, NJ 6/29/2022
Bamboo Brook, NJ 6/29/2022
Bamboo Brook, NJ 6/29/2022
Bamboo Brook, NJ 6/29/2022
Bamboo Brook, NJ 6/29/2022
Bamboo Brook, NJ 6/29/2022
Daylily, Bamboo Brook, NJ 6/29/2022
Cricket on Daylily, Bamboo Brook, NJ 6/29/2022
Cricket on Daylily, Bamboo Brook, NJ 6/29/2022
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta), Bamboo Brook, NJ 6/29/2022

Sandy Hook

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We went on a botanical walk during the annual Littoral​ Society (littoralsociety.org) picnic at Sandy Hook, part of Gateway National Recreation Area.

I learned how a little window on the seed pod opens on the Clasping Venus’ Looking-glass (Triodanis perfoliata) and the seeds tumble out.

American Copper (Lycaena phlaeas), Sandy Hook, NJ 6/25/2022
Prickly Pear cactus (Opuntia humifusa) and American Copper (Lycaena phlaeas), Sandy Hook, NJ 6/25/2022
Signs of Leafcutter Bees (Megachile), Sandy Hook, NJ 6/25/2022
Cat Greenbriar (Smilax glauca), Sandy Hook, NJ 6/25/2022
Prickly Pear cactus (Opuntia humifusa), Sandy Hook, NJ 6/25/2022
Woolly Plantain (Plantago patagonica), Sandy Hook, NJ 6/25/2022
Grass, Sandy Hook, NJ 6/25/2022
Family Dolichopodidae – Longlegged Flies, Sandy Hook, NJ 6/25/2022
Family Dolichopodidae – Longlegged Flies, Sandy Hook, NJ 6/25/2022
Clasping Venus’ Looking-glass (Triodanis perfoliata), Sandy Hook, NJ 6/25/2022
Clasping Venus’ Looking-glass (Triodanis perfoliata), Sandy Hook, NJ 6/25/2022