Windy day, cool morning, mixed clouds and sun. Tide still low in the morning and both night herons (Black-crowned and Yellow-crowned) on the pond along with the expected Eastern Willet. We have to begin to say Eastern Willet as the two willets are being split; Western Willet is a not-too-difficult find in fall migration (Cupsogue is the best spot that I know of around here to look for them).
Almost every morning I see a small spotted fawn on the marsh with no adults nearby. Is this an abandoned youngster? Elsewhere I have seen small groups of two or three spotted fawns with one or two adults (the mothers presumably).
Spotted Wintergreen is in bloom; we used to have a lot of these exotic natives but Sandy cleared out most of them). This is the tropical-looking plant with two-tone leaves and droopy, waxy white flowers. Another native in flower right now is the Venus Looking-glass, also seemingly decimated by Sandy but surviving in a few places. The first Chanterelles have been appearing -- enough to make a little first course for dinner last night.
Still not many butterflies but I did see a Red-banded Hairstreak. This small butterfly is supposed to be a Southern species which only wanders here but this information is, I suspect, quite out of date as I see this butterfly rather often around here; it feeds on rotting leaves and we certainly have a lot of those!
Eric Salzman
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