June 1-7 at Anson B. Nixon Park

Parent Bluebird (the worn out looking one in the center) surrounded by three fledglings, the most verbose of which seems to have something important to say (most likely FEED ME!).

Fledglings have started showing up, like the Bluebirds above they will follow their parents around for a week or so demanding to be fed.

Black Haw Viburnum fruit, Bull Thistle, Soft Rushes, Sweet Vernal Grass, Catchweed Bedstraw.

The Northern Catalpa trees are in bloom, they have large heart-shaped leaves, showy flowers and long seedpods.

Summer Azure and Silver-spotted Skipper Butterflies

A fern frond unfolding, spores on a Christmas Fern Frond, New York Fern, Christmas Fern, A mix of woodland ferns.

Turkey Vulture, Blue Jay, Red-winged Blackbird, Red-tailed Hawk

Young Red Squirrel, closeup of the same, Gray Squirrels

Not a Slug or a Fly

The oak slug sawfly (Caliroa annulipes) is neither a slug or a fly. The first thing you notice is the leaves of this swamp oak, they look skeletonized. Turn the leaf over and you find club-shaped translucent worms coated in wet mucus like a slug. It's the

May 18 - May 31 at Anson B. Nixon Park

Photography was difficult during our long stretch of gray rainy weather, But here's the latest observations. Sign up for Nature Walks at Anson B. Nixon Park — Tuesdays 9:30–10:30AM Sign up for Nature Walks at Anson B. Nixon Park — Tuesdays 9:30–10:30AM

May 6 - May 17 at Anson B. Nixon Park

Ceratina - The Tiny Carpenter Bee

Philadelphia Fleabane has been blooming all over the park in the past week. It's hard to miss, it looks like a small daisy on overdrive. What appears to be a single flower is actually a central disc of hundreds of tiny yellow blooms surrounded by more than 150

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Not a Slug or a Fly

May 18 - May 31 at Anson B. Nixon Park

May 6 - May 17 at Anson B. Nixon Park

Ceratina - The Tiny Carpenter Bee