Tony Pratt

Archive for October, 2009

Oct
6

Beauty on the Edge of the Marsh

Filed Under Fall 2009, Wildflowers

I detoured to a Delaware Bay marsh on the way to work this morning. It was a nice sunrise, 48 degrees out but with the bright clear sky it would warm to about 70. I scouted for birds in the marsh, and finding none I looked a little closer at what was around me. Refocusing allowed me to find these beautiful fall blooming wildflowers growing along the marsh’s edge.

Wildflowers 10.6.2009_100609_7148

Wildflowers 10.6.2009_100609_7168

Wildflowers 10.6.2009_100609_7182

Wildflowers 10.6.2009_100609_7200

Wildflowers 10.6.2009_100609_7211

Oct
4

Starting the Day with Yellowlegs

Filed Under Fall 2009, Shorebirds

Yellow legs in early morning light.

Creek Sunreise and Yellowlegs 9.20.2009_092009_6748

Oct
1

Ailanthus Webworm Moth

Filed Under Fall 2009, insects

I stopped this evening to look closely at Goldenrod growing adjacent to the marsh. Clinging to the yellow flowers was this Ailanthus Webworm Moth which frequents meadows from southern New England south to the Gulf of Mexica and west to Michigan. Good to know that the edge of wetlands are like a meadow.

Goldenrod with Insects 10.1.2009_100109_7022