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Photos from PTH15 on 2003aug09:
Joe-Pye weed: plant Joe-Pye weed: flowers+buds Ctenuchid moth: on JoePye Monarch: on JoePye Monarch: on JoePye Monarch: on JoePye Monarch: on JoePye Monarch: on JoePye Smooth aster: Smooth aster: flower Smooth aster: closeup Flat-topped aster: Canada goldenrod: Purple loosestrife:

Photos from MossSpurRoad on 2003aug09:
Sandhill crane: many Sandhill crane: many Sandhill crane: many Spotted jewelweed: patch Redtailed hawk: screams at us Redtailed hawk: screams at us Bumblebee: on SpottedJewelweed Bumblebee: on SpottedJewelweed Bumblebee: on SpottedJewelweed Hornet: on SpottedJewelweed Hornet: on SpottedJewelweed Hornet: on SpottedJewelweed Hornet: on SpottedJewelweed Hornet: on SpottedJewelweed Hornet: on SpottedJewelweed Strawberry blite: Strawberry blite: closeup w fly Strawberry blite: closeup Evening-primrose: Yellow avens=Geum aleppicum: Fritillary butterfly: on JoePye Fritillary butterfly: w bee on JoePye Blue lettuce: seed-stage Many-flowered aster: Sandhill crane: solitary Sandhill crane: solitary posing Tansy=Tanacetum vulgare: Tansy=Tanacetum vulgare: closeup Bumblebee-red-abdomen=Bombus melanopygus: on Tansy Bumblebee-red-abdomen=Bombus melanopygus: on Tansy Bumblebee-red-abdomen=Bombus melanopygus: on Tansy Bullrush: Bullrush: Butter-and-eggs:

Note: the red-tailed hawk flew in circles above us, and screamed, while we were at the Jewelweed patch.

Note: while at the Jewelweed patch, I observed many bumblebees and many hornets visiting the flowers, and noticed that the hornets visited the "wrong" end of the flower; apparently they get at the nectar by chewing through the end of the long spur; this method is "wrong" for the Jewelweed as it cannot effect pollenation. (The black&white hornets were more numerous than the black&yellow.)