Summer is beginning the slow slide into Autumn. On today's walk in the Dykeman Spring Nature Park that slide is becoming more evident - Fall flowers are taking over, the Hummingbirds have disappeared, and the butterflies seem to have increased as a sort of last hurrah before they die off (or migrate, in the case of Monarchs) for the season. Here are some scenes from today's walk.
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| Bindweed (wild Morning Glory) along the nature trail |
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| Virgin's Bower, an invasive but pretty vine, is all over the wetland |
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| Small-flowered White Asters on the forest floor in the wetland |
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| A Northern Crescent butterfly on Boneset up along the edge of the meadow |
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| A Buckeye butterfly (with another in the background) on Boneset along the edge of the meadow |
© 2019 by A. Roy Hilbinger
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