06 August 2023. Assabet River NWR ,

Assabet River NWR in the A.M. Main gate. Puffer Pond loop and eastward on Winterberry to Old Marlborough Road lot and westward on Taylor Way to Taylor Brook culvert.

See following link for bird observations:

https://ebird.org/checklist/S146609038

Flora/flowering:
Sweet Pepperbush, Buttonbush, White Meadowsweet, Goldenrod sp., Joepyeweed sp,. Boneset sp., Tick-trefoil, Cardinal Flower, Swamp Milkweed, Annual Fleabane, fragirant Water Lily, Yellow Pond Lily, Pickerelweed, Arrowroot, i Purple Loosestrife, Ghost Pipes, Smartweed (2 sp) sp., Evening Primrose, Pokeweed, and Jewelweed.

Flora/Fruits: high.bush blueberries, black cherry.

Fungae: Amanita sp.; Bolete sp.

Odes: Blue Dasher, Eastern Pondhawk, Slaty Skimmer, Forktail sp.

Herps: Green Frog (h); Gray Tree Frog (H); American Toad; Eastern Painted Turtle.

Mammals: Red Squirrel (1); Eastern Gray Squirrel (1); Eastern Chipmunk (1).

Posted on 16 de agosto de 2023, 07:10 PM by mpgooley