Shawnee State Park, Schellsburg, PA (5/29-5/31/10)
A gorgeous Memorial Day weekend camping with Michael in Pennsylvania. Technically not a birding weekend, but that Pileated qualifies it!
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Pileated Woodpecker
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A loooong walk.
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A little fishie
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Peace and serenity
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Water diamonds
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Crossing the dam
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Spillway intake
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Spillway output
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Geese on the water
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unknown spider - Shawnee State Park, Schellsburg, PA (5/29-5/31/10)
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Rattlesnake Weed (the flower) aka Early or Vein-leaf Hawkweed (Hieracium venosum)
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Rattlesnake Weed - The leaves have purple veins and form a basal rosette.
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One of several spots where recent runoff crosses the path
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Looking much like Pine cones, we find a small colony of Squaw Root aka Bear Corn. (Conopholis americana)
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This close-up shows better why it's called Bear Corn.
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Bear Corn is an achlorophyllous plant. That means it lives without producing chlorophyll, similar to the Indian Pipe with which we might be more familiar.
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It's small. Bear Corn might be just over an inch tall. It's a parasite that lives off the roots of Oak trees. It can kill a young tree.
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Feathers and Ferns
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... or is it?
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This Morbid Owlet moth is wrapping its wings around the leaf edge on the left, and around the mid-rib on the right and makes itself even more inconspicuous.
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Six-spotted Tiger Beetle
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Rounding a curve in the lake
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Heading back, a view from the other side.
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Packing up on Monday morning we found this slithering across the tarp we had laid out to dry. Eastern Milk Snake. Non-venomous, in case anyone is interested.
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Eastern Milk Snake, a baby at 12" - 16" long. Adults can grow to be five feet long. They prefer forested areas where they like to hide among the leaves.
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