June 4th. Massive machine for drilling footings for the new abutments.

 

 

 

 

 

Removing a section of drill pipe from a finished hole. I'm guessing each section of pipe was eight or ten feet long, and there were four that I counted coming out. So... 30 to 50 feet down?

 

 

 

Guy at the upper left was controlling the drill.

 

Pipe that will line the holes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Covers for the holes they drilled.

 

 

 

Just plastic bags.

 

 

 

 

 

June 5th. Near the end of my walk at Raymond Brook Marsh, I discovered that my camera had only been pretending to take pictures. Yesterday, I had failed to replace the memory card. So much for pics of male Wood Ducks, a distant hawk, a Great Blue Heron, and some odd oak leaf galls. Not to mention pics of these pinkish Multiflora Roses (Rosa multiflora). At least I was able to replace the latter after fitting my spare card.

 

 

 

A Bumble Bee (Family Bombycidae) was working the flowers.

 

 

 

Late afternoon at Lyman Viaduct. Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium sp.).

 

Blue-black Spider Wasp (Anoplius americanus) in the Family Pompilidae.

 

Red spots on the abdomen help with ID.

 

Sulphur-winged Grasshopper (Arphia sulphurea) at home on the hot dry exposed viaduct surface.

 

 

 

A female Damselfly (Order Odonata, Sub-order Zygoptera, best guess Violet Dancer Argia fumipennis).

 

Blue Toadflax (Nuttallanthus canadensis) was everywhere but inconspicuous.

 

White Sweet Clover (Melilotus alba) just starting to bloom.

 

Dandelion (Taraxicum officinale) seed head.

 

June 6th. Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A female Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) gathering nesting materials.

 

 

 

 

 

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) molting head feathers.

 

First live Northern Water Snake (Nerodea sipedon) I've seen this year.

 

Green Frog (Lithobates clamitans).

 

 

 

King Devil, a common alien Hawkweed (Hieracium pratense) a bit past its prime.

 

Assassin Bug (Zelus luridus).

 

A female Ichneumon parasitic wasp (Family Ichneumonidae).There are more than 2,700 species in North America and most require a specialist to identify them.