Skunk Cabbage - April 11 2008
I find these on my walk the bog jog. I just love there shapes.
April 11, 2008
April 9, 2008
Wood Frog on a Green Frog - April 9 2008
This male wood frog is on top of the green frog.
Glow worms under a log - April 9 2008
Glow worms under a log - April 9 2008, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.
My assistant finds these two glow worms(lighting bug larva) under a log outside the nature center.
April 8, 2008
Wood & Western Chorus Frogs Calling - April 7, 2008
Here is a male western chorus frog “puffing up” to call for a mate.
As I’m watching these wood frogs I notice the vibration that their call makes in the water.
Notice the rings in the water. I also notice that sometimes the males move in the water when they call which changes there call.
April 7, 2008
Green Frog Jumping into the Vernal Pond - April 7 2008
On the edge of one of camp’s vernal ponds this green frog jumps to safety.
Wetland Burn #2 - April 6, 2008
Today is the second wetland burn provided to camp by the DNR L .I.P. Landowner Incentive Program. This burn will hopefully help to open up our wetland so that more grasses and sedges can grow.
Miner Bees Mating - April 6, 2008
Miner Bees Mating - April 6, 2008, originally uploaded by Camp Naturalist.
As I’m walking by the base of Turtle Hill to check out the wetland burn at main camp I spy these miner bees in what I guess to be a mating ball.
The hole to the right is a miner bee’s burrow.
April 6, 2008
April 1, 2008
Woodcock in Flight April 1 2008
This faint line in the two pictures below is the return flight of the woodcock from its noisy circular areal mating trip. On hearing the woodcock “meep” I return the call and this sends the male woodcock into its courtship journey. This calling to a male woodcock is timberdoodling. I am able to get the bird to take 4 flights. It’s difficult to get good photos. Here you can hear the woodcock’s call.
