On the bird walk with Ruth this morning we saw this eastern wood-pewee in a tree, and Ruth pointed out how it could be identified by the orangish lower mandible.
Especially when you cannot see the two wing bars.
There is a ton of goldenrod.
Many New England asters, purple and pink, as well as rose.
And a blue aster, that may be New York.
There is still plenty of Bidens.
There is mistflower, which is a Eupatorium.
And another eupatorium, snakeroot.
The grasses could not be lovelier.
I found one last chickory bloom in the wetland.
There is this one tiny lobelia. Good luck trying to find it.
There is this small white aster, as well as several other white asters. Some may be the Boltonia, and some white wood asters.
And here is the song sparrow inviting you to join the bird walk on Friday at 8 am. Meet in the picnic grove.
Are you all eyes? After 47 hours I am now back online, Will try to post some photos from my meadow weekend by tomorrow.
This is a great spread-wing damselfly.
It was a beautiful afternoon to wander about in the meadow.
Mantids were everywhere, this pair mating upside down.
Sachem skippers were everywhere also.
Here a mantid was hiding in the grass.
Another sachem.
And then a surprise. Finally a dragonfly sitting, and this is a new one for me. I think it is a green-striped darner.
A William Penn elm tree
A gift from Haverford arboretum to Foulkeways being planted. For more details see the November bulletin.
A new addition for a new "W" apartment.
In the meadow there are two trees, one is this oak tree.
It's leaves have been well chewed. Douglas Tallamy in "Bringing Nature Home" states, "The value of oaks for supporting both vertebrate and invertebrate wildlife cannot be overstated."
The other tree is this ornamental.
Nothing has nibbled its needles. It certainly is out of place in a naturalized meadow.
This little guy is a wild indigo duskywing. He usually appears as a black butterfly flitting along the grass paths, but the pattern in the wings is really very pretty. The caterpillars live on vetch, and wild indigo.
Lots of these female sachems around. Their caterpillars feed on Bermuda grass and crabgrass.
Another little guy is this Peck's skipper.
But if you were really lucky today you might have seen this female common green darner, which was hiding right in plain sight near the bench overlooking the wetlands.
But all you had to do was look up to see this view.
The bidens is back blooming in the meadow.
Sometimes you have to look through the boltonia to see it.
Sometimes it is blooming with the New England asters.
The honey bees have found them.
Here is a tiger swallowtail on the bidens.
Even from the back against the sky they are beautiful.
If the weather gets cooler next week we could plan for a walk in the meadow to see the bidens.
