Recent content by er-birds

Good eye! And yes, without the flowers they really blend into the background. I'd spot one budding and lose sight of it seconds later.

Pine Barren Gentians getting ready to open up! Hope to get back out to see them in full bloom later this fall...and look for some ladies' tresses...! Beautiful light out there yesterday, and a few Common Nighthawks flying around at dusk.

beautiful!

Thanks for that report, Guy! Encouraging to hear the situation is moving in a good direction. I visited yesterday, but didn't see where the beaver deceiver is. Some signs of past flooding and high water still visible around the bog, as you mentioned, but also areas seemingly thriving with...

Ahh thank you-- this is good to know! I'll let you know how it looks after I visit again.

There might be a more recent thread about this that I've missed, but wondering if anyone knows about the current status of Webb's Mill Bog? Has it been flooded recently? I visited in mid to late May and it did look like the water level was high and that maybe the site was not that healthy, but...

beautiful!! That yellow asphodel...so nice!

Caught a Large Twayblade (Liparis liliifolia) starting to flower earlier this week! More were still budding. Also came across some Adder's-Tongue Ferns for the first time-- unusual plants.

I love the humbler orchid species...had been excited to look for Twayblades this spring, and succeeded in finding some yesterday! A pretty big population scattered in and around sphagnum beds, under cedars and red maple. One had grown straight up through a dead leaf, keeping its leaves from...