Sub-adult Wood Frog out and about on a rainy day
White-tail fawn foraging in cultivated fields
Bumblebee feasting on Touch-me-not (Jewelweed)
Teasel at ground level, the 6-foot stalk flattened by flood waters
Clearwing Hummingbird Moth on Phlox (1 of 2)
Small pool of spring water that has quenched the thirst of 3 dogs during 30 years of trail walking
White Admiral, wings upright and showing its true colors
Photos by NB Hunter (August, 2017). © All Rights Reserved.
In the summer months the fragile spring flowers of moist, shaded woodlands give way to hardy species that thrive in open, disturbed sites. They colonize places that are inhospitable to most of our native plants, including nasty roadside habitats. Daisies are a group of plants that occupy that niche and their flowers, en masse, are now a pleasing sight.
Oxeye Daisy in full bloom, field – road ecotone (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum; Composite Family).
Photos by NB Hunter. ©All Rights Reserved.
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