26-Sep-2020
Honey bee (Apis mellifera)
Nectaring on New England aster, this bee has a big load of pollen.
26-Sep-2020
Autumn in the garden
A mild, sunny day at FWG, with the sun picking out the colours. Here, looking west to the old red barn.
26-Sep-2020
Small milkweed bugs (Lygaeus kalmii)
A couple of these insects were found on a swamp milkweed pod.
26-Sep-2020
Small milkweed bugs (Lygaeus kalmii)
Wandering around the swamp milkweed pods.
26-Sep-2020
Turtlehead (Chelone)
Planted in the Butterfly Meadow.
26-Sep-2020
Song sparrow
Birds are moving through the area, flocking together as they head south. A small group of these sparrows was feeding near the pond.
26-Sep-2020
Pond in autumn
Looking at the pond from the other side (looking westward).
26-Sep-2020
Pond in autumn
Autumn colours well underway in late September when this shot was taken.
26-Sep-2020
Changes
This new sign reflects the changes in this particular section of the garden. When originally planted, this was a hedgerow, planted on the garden side of the fence around the ball diamond. It was designed to show how a mixed planting of shrubs and small trees, could create a linear habitat. However, over the years the New Woods, planted at about the same time, grew to meet the hedgerow and in time they became one, the hedgerow no longer distinguishable. The combined hedgerow and new woods is now called the Evergreen Woods.
02-Sep-2020
Yellow-bellied flycatcher
When I saw this bird I wasn't entirely sure which species. I knew it was an Empidonax, it looked like a yellow-bellied flycatcher, but they are not overly common, so I posted to iNaturalist who confirmed the ID.
02-Sep-2020
Yellow-bellied flycatcher
02-Sep-2020
Paper wasp (Polistes fuscatus)
This is the native paper wasp, here nectaring on goldenrod.
