Mid-Late May in Eberwhite Woods!





New Flora and Fauna from mid-late May 2018
(From left to right, top to bottom)
 Ruby-throated hummingbird, Scarlet tanager (male),
Baltimore Oriole, Goldfinch, Indigo Bunting



Green Frog, Painted Turtle, Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Red Trillium, Meadow Rue, Jack-in-the-pulpit, Wild Geranium, Spring beauty

Common Split Gill fungi, Morel fungi

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  1. cmMay 30, 2018 at 1:21 PM

    virginia waterleaf (both the white and lavender varieties), false solomon's seal, broadleaf waterleaf. Oh, and poison ivy.

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