Camp Naturalist

May 4, 2008

3 Canadian Goslings - May 4, 2008

Filed under: Birds, Wetlands, reproduction — Camp Naturalist @ 11:50 pm

These 3 goslings are by the roadway at camp. Their parents leave as I approach in my car and then realize the goslings aren’t with them and they come back honking and hissing the whole away.

April 23, 2008

Redbud Tree - April 23 2008

Filed under: Plants, Spring, Trees, Wild Edibles — Camp Naturalist @ 4:40 pm

Redbuds are bursting out. These buds are edible. Some people put them on salads.

Marsh Marigolds by Bog Jog - April 23 2008

Filed under: Plants, Spring, Wetlands — Camp Naturalist @ 4:38 pm

Morel Mushroom Outside the Nature Center- April 23, 2008

Filed under: Fungus, Mushrooms, Wild Edibles — Camp Naturalist @ 4:11 pm

It’s mushroom season!!

Green Darner Dragonfly - April 23, 2008

Filed under: Arthropod, Insects, mating — Camp Naturalist @ 3:56 pm

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As I’m walking back to work from lunch, I spy these green darner dragonflies mating. They are strikingly beautiful! They are quite fierce in their aquatic stage nymph stage.

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April 21, 2008

Mayfly and May Apples - April 21, 2008

Filed under: Insects, Plants — Camp Naturalist @ 4:08 pm

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It’s only april but the mayflies and the may apples are out and about.

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April 14, 2008

Beetle - April 14 2008

Filed under: Insects — Camp Naturalist @ 4:54 pm

I see some miner bees hovering over the ground and I notice something just a bit larger. This beetle is what I find. I don’t know what kind it is but its antenae look like something from Dr. Suess.

Northern Watersnake - April 14, 2008

Filed under: Reptiles, Wetlands — Camp Naturalist @ 4:12 pm

As I’m coming back from lunch, I spot this Northern watersnake on the edge of the fen sunning itself. It doesn’t like how close I get so it takes a swim to escape.

It returns to the shore and I’m still to close so it takes off again.

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It’s a gorgeous snake.

April 11, 2008

Miner Bee Cleaning Itself on White Pine - April 11 2008

Filed under: Insects, Spring, Trees — Camp Naturalist @ 4:21 pm

This tree is on the edge of the upper flat near the Sycamore lodge.

Here is another flying insect on the same white pine tree.

Flying Insect on White Pine - April 11 2008

Walnut Remains from Flying Squirrel #2 - April 11 2008

Filed under: Herbivory, Mammals, Plants — Camp Naturalist @ 3:57 pm

Here in the old stump a flying squirrel left the shell of a black walnut. These squirrels eat 4 small holes in the walnut.

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