Friday, June 1, 2007
Our Manager, Ric Jordan, and a couple of visitors from Toronto saw The Arboretum's first record of a Sandhill Crane today. The crane flew right over their heads.
Saturday, June 2, 2007
The deer below was spotted by the Gosling Gardens. Deer and their fawns have been sighted throughout The Arboretum recently.
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White-tailed Deer.
Photo by: J. Brierley
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Jon Brierley, our local photography guru, found the following species in and around the Gosling Wildlife Gardens today: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, American Goldfinch, Cedar Waxwing, Sharp-shinned Hawk, Eastern Phoebe, Black-capped Chickadee, Song Sparrow, Indigo Bunting, American Crow, and Field Sparrow. We also have a nesting pair of Eastern Bluebirds near the Gosling Wildlife Gardens, so come and visit!
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Jon took these terrific shots of a female Indigo Bunting and an immature Red-tailed Hawk in The Arboretum today. Kyle Horner, The Arboretum's Interpretive Naturalist Intern, found a pair of Gray Catbirds and a Baltimore Oriole in the Gosling Wildlife Gardens today, too.
Female Indigo Bunting Photo by J. Brierley
Immature Red-tailed Hawk. Photo by J. Brierley
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Today was a great dragonfly day in The Arboretum! All along the west side of Victoria Woods were lots of dragonflies including our first record of a clubtail, the Unicorn Clubtail. We also saw and/or caught American Emerald, Williamson's Emerald, Dot-tailed Whiteface, Four-spotted Skimmer, Twelve-spotted Skimmer, Common Whitetail, Widow Skimmer and a young Meadowhawk species. Most of these were caught by Kyle Horner, our Interpretive Naturalist Intern. We are offering a Dragonfly and Damselfly Workshop on July 11 if you want to learn more about this cool group of insects - check out our workshop page for more details.
This is an American Emerald Dragonfly - nice eyes! Photo by C. Earley
This female Unicorn Clubtail Dragonfly is the first clubtail record for The Arboretum. Photo by C. Earley
A beautiful Widow Skimmer Dragonfly. Photo By C. Earley
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