Monarch on Coneflower
This Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) certainly chose the correct color of coneflower to nectar on as photographed yesterday. It is now egg and caterpillar season! Have you found any on your milkweed?
Read MoreAugust Sunset
The summer sunset at Stratford Point can still be wonderfully reflected in our surroundings even without a cloud in the sky thanks to all of our Queen Anne’s Lace.
Read MoreField Farm & Forest
Here we have field, farm and forest all in one shot on a hot but beautiful August afternoon. This green scene has changed dramatically already with the recent drought in parts of the Northeast wilting plants and turning some leaves to brown or yellow this September. Perhaps the last few days of rainfall will help. Nevertheless, fall foliage may be earlier this year and a little different than usual.
Read MoreRadar Overnight August 21, 2015
And here is what you get after you have a cold front move through in the day before a clear evening with now northerly winds…heavy migration! That is a classic Atlantic coastal signature for late August. Go find these birds today if you are not already outside and enjoying them.
Read MoreInsects to Birds
It is starting to get darker earlier each day. The sunflowers are growing in height. The insects are peaking, and our bees will be slowing down shortly. For now the flowers are feeding the bugs, but soon enough they will be transitioning to feeding all of the birds pouring down to the south, with the later arriving seed eaters ready to feast on sunflowers right out of the garden. Is it going to be a large irruptive season for the winter finches? While it is too soon to tell for certain, some Red-breasted Nuthatches and Purple Finches seen out of place to the south in a few places late this...
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