Sunday, November 13, 2011

Norma the Leucistic Red-Tailed Hawk

Down by the SW Gate I watched Norma, the leucistic Red-Tailed Hawk circling and hunting over the Woods and Pott's Dairy Farm.
South of the SW gate there are bright red translucent berries of a small Cocculus vine.

In the Woods, new green leaves of Lonicera japonica, Japanese Honeysuckle are sprouting from stems. Many of the tallest trees have lost 90% of their leaves. Along the South Service Road tall white daisies are still blooming. Some yellow small sulphurs and small acridid spur-throated grasshoppers are flying low over the ground.

On the new Tree Loop I numbered 49 trees with blue plumber's tape.. sixteen spp. (I think). I need some help with a couple of the Carya and Quercus. Need a few more spp. sycamore, red and white mulberry, catalpa, soapberry, etc.

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