{"id":2000,"date":"2012-07-11T08:10:19","date_gmt":"2012-07-11T12:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/?p=2000"},"modified":"2012-07-11T08:10:19","modified_gmt":"2012-07-11T12:10:19","slug":"june-photojournal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenprovidencepark.org\/2012\/07\/11\/june-photojournal\/","title":{"rendered":"June Photojournal"},"content":{"rendered":"

June brought heat waves, thunderstorms, and a world of insects to observe in Glen Providence Park!<\/strong>\u00a0 One of my favorites is the Ebony Jewelwing, this incredibly blue damselfly<\/strong> which is abundant throughout the park.\u00a0 There are plenty of dragonflies around the pond<\/strong>, including the aptly named Eastern Amberwing<\/strong>, and the Common Whitetail<\/strong> with its lovely markings.\u00a0 The Red Admiral butterfly<\/strong> has amazing black and white striped antennae- look for photos of all these below!<\/p>\n

A huge Carp<\/strong> was just one of our sightings on our fun Pond Walk<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 The Common Muskrat is amusing to watch<\/strong> as it swims around the pond, gobbling up and gathering vegetation- it paid no attention as it swam right past a fishing Green Heron<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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6\/7 Great Blue Heron over pond<\/p><\/div>\n

Familiar birds enchanted and entertained visitors to the park- it is always exciting to see Great Blue Herons at the pond!<\/strong>\u00a0 I watched a juvenile Eastern Phoebe catch insects<\/strong> and then perch on our deer fencing- I was glad to see the phoebe nest in the park had been successful!\u00a0 A stunningly red Scarlet Tanager<\/strong> was feeding along the Shingle Mill Trail, and I watched a Juvenile Crow successfully begging for pizza(!).<\/strong>\u00a0 Throughout the month, the “one-bird duet” of the Wood Thrush<\/a> continued to lend the woods a magical air, though I never did see chicks at its seemingly abandoned, and probably unsuccessful, nest.<\/p>\n

There were already\u00a0fungi emerging in early June<\/strong>, with a remarkably large and orange Sulfur Shelf<\/strong>.\u00a0 By\u00a0mid-month, the native\u00a0rhododendrons along the Ice House Trail’s eastern hill<\/strong> were in bloom. \u00a0I saw a few orange<\/strong>\u00a0Jewelweed flowers <\/strong>towards\u00a0the end of the month- Jewelweed seems to be especially abundant in the park this year, so\u00a0<\/strong>there should be many more flowers soon along Broomall’s Run and around the pond!<\/p>\n

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Click on any photo for a closer look, or scroll through the photos below for a virtual tour.\u00a0 You can view more photos in our past\u00a0photojournals<\/a>, and in our Facebook\u00a0Albums<\/a>:\u00a0including\u00a0Wildlife<\/a>, Plant Life<\/a>,\u00a0Scenery<\/a>, and\u00a0History<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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