Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Butterflies at Breakneck Hill Conservation Land

Back to the meadow after a day off due to rain.  Although I have a lot of household chores to accomplish, I couldn't resist a sunny day.  What a shocker that must be to those who know me!

Clouded Sulphur 
greeted me in the parking lot


Northern Broken Dash


Common Wood Nymph


Peck's Skipper


Pearl Crescent


Sulphur Cinquefoil


Eastern Tiger Swallowtail


Ditto


Gray Hairstreak


Eastern Tailed Blue


Snowberry Clearwing Moth


 Spicebush Swallowtail



Duskywing species, one of three pollinators zeroing in on this particular thistle


Black Swallowtail


Orange Sulphur



 Northern Broken Dash


Hummingbird Clearwing Moth


Dun Skipper

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Birds and Butterflies

My blogging duties slipped the last couple of days while I enjoyed some quality time with my sister!   I'll try to summarize and catch things up.

7/20/2013, Waseeka Wildlife Sanctuary, Hopkinton, MA:

Peck's Skipper


Pearl Crescent


Water Lily
(closeup)


(and the big picture)



Great Crested Flycatcher


Allegheny Monkey Flower


Indian Pipe


7/20/2013, Wildwood Cemetery, Ashland, MA:

Eastern Bluebird with a fat caterpillar


7/20/2013 evening, Breakneck Hill Conservation Land, Southboro, MA:

Viceroy




7/21/2013, Shrewsbury Power Lines, Shrewsbury, MA

Viceroy


Red-Tailed Hawk


Peck's Skipper


Common Wood Nymphs (mating)


Wild Indigo Duskywings (mating)


7/22/2013, Ogunquit, Maine:

Double Crested Cormorant



Ogunquit in summer is filled with hanging plants, window boxes, beautiful gardens and lovely views.  These flowers were placed along a fence, and I just loved them!


Passionflower


Along the Marginal Way....


The Marginal Way is one of New England's only paved, public shoreline paths.  It is a little more than a mile in length and connects Ogunquit Beach with Perkins Cove.  The land for the path was donated to the Town of Ogunquit in 1925.  There are benches all along the path, and the views of the Atlantic are wonderful!


Song Sparrow


Morning Glories




Perkins Cove



Ruby Throated Hummingbird
(seen in the preceding garden)


Perkins Cove from the drawbridge
(poor lighting today)


Cute gift shops/galleries in the Cove



Little Tern


Semi-Palmated Sandpipers (juvenile)
Thanks to Alan M. for help with this identification!



Before we turned South, we stopped in Kennebunk to take a look at the Wedding Cake House (called the most photographed house in the State of Maine).  What do you think?  I'm not sure it was worth the trip!

Friday, July 19, 2013

Butterflies at Gloucester Harbor Walk

My sister is up for the weekend, and we had to take our ritual day trip to Cape Ann.

Rockport, MA:










Gloucester, MA:

Clouded Sulphur




 Broad-Winged Skipper




 American Lady


Cabbage White