Hike to Pout Ponds May 24 2014

 

Pink Lady's Slipper on the Moors!  I haven't seen one in many years...

 

 

 

 

 

Swaths of Birds Foot Violets

 

 

 

Beach Plum continues to be in prime bloom

 

 

 

Huckleberry blooming as well

 

Bastard Toadflax near the ponds

Early Golden Heather  (Hudsonia Ericoides)

Blue eyed Grass

Buttercups

 

 

May 18 Walk in Squam Swamp and Squam Farm

 Lance Leaved Violets in the swamp

 Spring Azure butterflies

 Starflowers all over the forest floor

Squam Farm

Carpeted by Quaker Ladies,  Bluets

Early Wild Geraniums

Beach plums blooming abundantly

Cherry Trees is full bloom all over the island

Windswept Cranberry Bog May 10 2014

The Shad (Amelanchier)  are blooming all over the Island.   We missed Daffodil weekend,  but there are still drifts along the roads.  Spring is driving away the long winter.  Water levels in ponds are down from our last visit in late March.  Eiders diving in formation on the ocean off the bluff;  3 Gannets are soaring and diving.

At Windswept bog,  tree swallows and barn swallows swooping and eating insects.  Heard a Great Crested Flycatcher.  Red-winged blackbirds calling.  Wood anemones in the wood;  quaker ladies in the open;  white violets in the bog.