July 11th. Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus) with a dark berry in its mouth.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common Yellowthroat warbler (Geothlypis trichas); a female or an immature bird.

 

 

 

A young male Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)...

 

...with a number of female Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At Old Colchester Road, it looks like more forms have been raised on the far side of the stream. You can just see the top of one near the right end.

 

More forms and rebar await placement on the near side.

 

At Norton's Pond, the Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodius) was in the usual spot. A tuft of down in its mouth.

 

Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) blooming.

 

Bumble Bees working it.

 

A male Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus).

 

Butter-and-eggs or Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) has just started blooming.

 

July 12th. Ebony Jewelwing damselfly (Calopteryx maculata).

 

Bouncing Bet (Saponaria officinalis).

 

An unusual double Day-Lily (Hemerocallis fulva). I've seen it bloom at the marsh for many years.

 

Early Goldenrod (Solidago juncea).

 

 

 

Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum).

 

A young Wood Duck (Aix sponsa), or adult male in eclipse plumage.

 

A different bird in the same spot 20 minutes later?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodius) in the usual spot at Norton's Pond.

 

July 13th. Female Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) and duckling.

 

Adult male in eclipse plumage.

 

July 14th. Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodius) far away through the woods near the Colchester Spur junction.

 

Another Great Blue Heron. This one grooming atop a Wood Duck house at the marsh.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A male Wood Duck (Aix sponsa).