31 May 2013 11:40 CDST

Art Fleming Trail
77º Cloudy


Came across this fungus thing on a log. At first I thought it was caulking.

 

The forest valley by the Big Oak is looking very green.

 

 

Bug on a flower













The short-cut trail starts to get impassable.













White cluster flower.














Water Levels:
1st Bridge - 5"
2nd Bridge - Dry
4th Bridge - 1"
Short Marshy Bridge - 2"
Long Marshy Bridge - 1"

29 May 2013 1500 CDST

Backyard, Danville IL
90ºF

I was putting a hand cart away in my shed when I saw something fly out of my Cherry Tree and land on the ground. At first glance I saw it was a Cardinal but the color was wrong. It was then that I realized it was a fledgling.

First Flight

In the bushes

28 May 2013 0730 CDST

Art Fleming Trail
68ºF Cloudy possible T.Storms

Trail has been mulched. Getting ready for cross country runners.

Flower

Flower

Flower

Flower

Water Levels:
1st Bridge - 5¾"
2nd Bridge - ½"
4th Bridge - 1" Steady flow
Short - 1¾"
Long - 1"

22 May 2013 1405 CDST

Art Fleming Trail, Danville IL
75ºF Rainy

Observed:
6 - Grackle on the Meadow
1 - Rabbit on the Meadow
1 - Robin in the Woods
1 - Gold Finch (Carduelis tristis) in the area

Water Levels:
1st Bridge - 7"
2nd Bridge - Dry
4th Bridge - ¾"
Short Marshy Bridge - 3"
Long Marshy Bridge - 1"



Frost Grape Vine Vitaceae vulpina














Daisy

 

19 May 2013 1255 CDST

Art Fleming Trail
88ºF Sunny

Using a new camera and I do not have the knack of it yet.

Water Levels:
1st Bridge - 5" No Flow
2nd Bridge - Dried up
4th Bridge - ¾" No Flow
Short Bridge - 2"No Flow
Long Bridge ½" No Flow

Observed Crayfish at the 1st bridge but they ran off when I got too close.

All the purple, yellow and white flowers on the trail are gone.

The flowers are gone and they are starting to fruit on the May Apples.

8 May 2013, 18:00 CDST

Art Fleming Trail
83ºF Calm P.Sunny

7 May 2013 16:00 CDST

Art Fleming Trail
79ºF Calm P. Sunny w/upper level clouds


Mushroom

White Flower

Grass Spider Agelenopsis pennsylvania















 May Apple Flower Podophyllum peltatum

 

Marshy Bridges

Bridge Water Level:
1st Bridge - 6"
2nd Bridge - damp
4th Bridge - 1"
Short Marshy - 2¼"
Long Marshy - ¾"

1 - Ground Squirrel

6 May 2013, 19:00 CDST

My Front Yard, Danville IL
66ºF


Bumble Bee

Dandelion ready to seed

2 May 2013, 11:55 CDST

Art Fleming Trail
87ºF E Slight P.Sunny
High: 91ºF Low: 45ºF Press: 30.08 Steady, Hum: 53%, Precip: 0.00"

Blue Flowers

Robins Bathing
 

They will sit in the water for a while the flap their wings in the water to get all wet.

White Flowery tree












1 - Crow
3-Bumble Bees
2 Six-Spotted Tiger Beetles

Water Levels:
1st Bridge - 6"
2nd Bridge - trickle
4th Bridge - 1"
Short Marshy Bridge - 2½"
Long Marshy Bridge - ½"


1 May 2013, 14:05 CDST

Art Fleming Trail
87ºF S  Sunny

Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea

First Mushrooms of the season

White Cluster Flowers












Saw:
4 - Grackles in the meadow
3 Robins in the Woods
1 - Gray Squirrel
4 - Grackles in the Woods

Water Level:
1st Bridge - 6"
2nd Bridge - ¼"
4th Bridge - ¾"
Short Marshy - 2½"
Long Marshy - 1