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| We started off Saturday morning at the Mount Greylock State Reservation, in the fog, with almost 30 participants, including local experts Pam Weatherbee and René Laubach. | ||||||
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Wayne Petersen, Mike Emmons, David Ludlow, and Patty O'Neill ponder a Polypody | |||||
| Pepper and Salt Skipper (yes!) nectaring on Morrow's Honeysuckle (boo, hiss) |
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A snappy Syrphid fly pausing on Rubus sp. | |||||
| David Ludlow with a Pickerel Frog (left) and a Wood Frog (right) |   |
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An Atlantis Fritillary at Stony Ledge | |||||
| A lunch break before . . . |
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heading up the Dynamite Trail to botanize (left to right: Dennis Peacock, Linda Pivacek, Pam Weatherbee, Barbara Howell, David Ludlow, and Patty O'Neill) | |||||
| A Bird-dropping Moth (sp) on a Woodfern |
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False Solomon's-seal and Wild Lily-of-the-valley | |||||
| A White Admiral (Banded Purple) |
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Clintonia (yellow flowers), Wild Lily-of-the-valley (white flowers), Common Wood-sorrel (clover-like leaves), and Mapleleaf Vibernum (upper right) | |||||
| Plenty of evidence of the presence of Pileated Woodpeckers |
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This White-throated Sparrow, near the summit of Mt. Greylock, was so hormonal that he had the feathers of his yellow lores raised. | |||||
| Mountain Cranberry (pink flowers) growing with Laborador Tea (white flowers) on Mt. Greylock |
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Mtn. Cranberry is worth another look | |||||
| This bright yellow crab spider was lurking on the Laborador Tea flowers |
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At the Mt. Greylock State Reservation Visitor Center, this Virginia Ctenucha moth incited a flurry of photography. | |||||
| On Saturday evening, 25 of us dined at The North End Ristorante in Pittsfield. | ||||||
 
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Unfortunately, Sunday brought rain so I didn't get photos of Savoy Mountain State Forest or Mass Audubon's High Ledges property. Thanks to Ron Wolanin of Mass Audubon who acted as our guide to the special botanical features of High Ledges. For those who were there, the mystery caterpillars (below) consuming the willows near the parking lot were Mourning Cloaks, as suggested by Dennis. |
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| 6/18/2001, images by DML (except the one including DML, taken by Betty Petersen) | ||||||