Maris Trail and More

If you start walking the Maris Trail from the "P" section you will encounter some dead branches over the trail, which are really no problem.

Now there is a dead tree over the trail, but I can get under that.

A live tree snapped in high winds.

The trail is blocked!

In the meadow on the butterfly weed, was this lovely banded hairstreak.  Notice the orange color of the flower reflected in the butterfly's wing.

The bird blind nears completion.

An ebony jewelwing damselfly which can be found in a sunny glade on the Loop Trail.

In the meadow a mated pair of pearl crescents.

A butterfly and a bee share a milkweed blossom.

If you haven't had enough orange, there is a daylily blooming by the bench.

Finally some wild bergamot, Monarda fistulosa, which is now blooming, about a week late.