Back Around Bentley

Dateline: 16 April 2023

American Robin overlooking Lake Chautauqua

Surprise spring snow aside, it’s Trout Lilly season, and there’s no place better than Bentley Nature Preserve outside Jamestown, NY.

Trout Lilly (Erythronium americanum)
More Trout Lilly
Black-capped Chickadee
Takeoff

Trout Lilly with an unknown species of False Blister Beetle:

The beetle(s)
I heart pollen

More Black-capped Chickadee:

Hangin’ in there (again)
Take off (II)
Portrait

Eastern Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica)
Even more Trout Lilly
Song Sparrow in motion
Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)
Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)
Lots of Trout Lilly
Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Couple nice shots of Mourning Cloak butterfly along the Tom’s Point trail:


Red-winged Blackbird @ Lake Chautauqua
Sparrow @ morning light

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