Ward Pond Ridge

Insects and more at WPR

Sherry Felix17 Comments

We drove two friends to Ward Pond Ridge, Westchester County, New York yesterday. It was too hot to walk much. We enjoyed a picnic by Cross River. There were butterflies, dragonflies, other insects, and one snake up a tree. It was resting after having just shed its skin.

  • Ebony Jewelwing (caloteryx muculata), Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020
  • Common Baskettail (Epitheca cynosura), Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020
  • Common Whitetail (Libellula lydia), Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue (Cupido comyntas), Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue (Cupido comyntas), Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020 (excuse focus)
  • Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus), Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020
  • Little Wood Satyr (Hermeuptychia hermes), Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020
  • Appalachian Brown (Satyrodes appalachia), Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020
  • Dun Skipper (Euphyes vestris), Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020
  • Crossline Skipper (Polites origenes), Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020
  • Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020
  • Small Bee-like Fly (Toxomerus marginatus), Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020
  • Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica), Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020
  • Black Rat Snake (Pantherophis obsoletus)?, Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020
  • Common Mullein (Verbascum thapsus), Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020
  • Meadow at Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020
  • Meadow at Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020
  • Berries at Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020
  • Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica), Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020
  • Cross River, Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020
  • Cross River, Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020
  • Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020
  • Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020
  • Covered bridge, Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020
  • Covered bridge, Ward Pond Ridge 7/9/2020

Ward Pound Ridge Res

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On the second day with the rental car, after a later than desired start, we arrived at the Ward Pound Ridge Reservation around 9:30 am on May 21st.

The highlight of the day was the Pileated Woodpecker deep in the woods on the FH trail by Fox Hill. It was very far away. I was lucky to get a blurry couple of photos at 600mm. We saw about 26 species of birds, but not many butterflies. Tiger Swalllowtails, Cabage Whites, Silver-spotted Skipper, and a Mourning Cloak.

The second gallery is landscapes and plants. I would like to know the names of all the insects. I sent some of the pictures to bugguide.net.

Tomorrow I’ll show part two of the trip – Jamaica Bay.

  • Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus), Ward Pound Ridge 5/21/2020
  • Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus), Ward Pound Ridge 5/21/2020
  • Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis), Ward Pound Ridge 5/21/2020
  • Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura), Ward Pound Ridge 5/21/2020
  • Pearl Crescent (Phyciodes tharos), Ward Pound Ridge 5/21/2020
  • Tiny grasshopper on Buttercup(Ranuncula), Ward Pound Ridge 5/21/2020
  • Spider, Ward Pound Ridge 5/21/2020
  • Tiny fly, Ward Pound Ridge 5/21/2020
  • Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus), Ward Pound Ridge 5/21/2020