Registrar: Lenore Swenson
Report: Rick Cech
Participants: 10
Weather: Mostly Sunny, 68-70 F, N 4-5 mph
Bird Species: 41
It turned out to be a nice day, we were in the field at 9:30 am.
More nectar and activity, though still below customary numbers. No Pierids at all (owing to brood timing). With many good eyes afield, we had 27 species, more than in the two prior years.
It may be time to add Cobweb Skipper to the list of species gone from Pound Ridge; not seen this year and diminishing rapidly at many traditional sites in the area. Dusted Skipper, on the other hand, is doing very nicely for now.
The season was still early (owing to trip date and cold spring). Would have had a much different assortment of species in a week or two. In 2016/17, on June 10 both years, had some later emerging/2nd brood species – Great Spangled Fritillary, Question Mark, Appalachian Brown, and Little Glassywing. This year, had Long Dash, Indian Skipper and 1st brood Harvester.
No bluebirds that I could see this year (others had a couple, but not in usual numbers). A White-eyed Vireo was calling vociferously from the thicket at the end of Michigan Road, and a Red-shouldered Hawk sailed over just before we left.
With Ken, Mike & Seth along, lots of general entomology to boot. See photo gallery (link below). One unusual sighting was a syrphid fly, Microdon abditus (I’m calling it Humpbacked Syrphid Fly), which feeds on larvae in ant nests.
- Pictures at https://rbc-pix.smugmug.com/Nature/Nature-Trip/LIN-NYC-BFC-Pound-Ridge-Photo-Gallery
- Butterfly list for Pound Ridge 6/9/2018 (PDF)
Species Lists
Birds
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Great Blue Heron
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Great Crested Flycatcher
White-eyed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Northern Mockingbird
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Mammals
Eastern Chipmunk
Woodchuck
Herps
American Toad
Green Frog
Eastern Box Turtle
Black Rat Snake
Moths
Yellow-fringed Dlichomia
Orange-patched Smoky Moth
Yellow-collared Scape Moth
Pale Gray-Bird-dropping Moth
Odonates
Ebony Jewelwing
Fragile Forktail
Variable Darner
Harlequin Darner
Clubtail species
Common Baskettail
Calico Penant
Common Whitetail
Widow Skimmer
Blue Dasher
Other Insects
Golden-backed Snipe Fly
Syrphid Fly-Microdon abditus
Pea and Bean Weevil
Maple Callus Borer
Meadow Plant Bug
Common Paper Wasp
Anchor Stink Bug
Bee-like Robber Fly
Two-spotted Grass Bug
Feather-legged Fly
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle
Total Species: 11
Arachnids
Arabesque Orb Weaver (Spider)