Amphibian Neighbors
Kids discovering amphibians along our trails with Yale biologists Dave Skelly and Kealoha Freidenburg.
Kids discovering amphibians along our trails with Yale biologists Dave Skelly and Kealoha Freidenburg.
Author and biologist Tom Wessels taught us how to understand history by looking at the forest.
Yale Botanist Michael Donoghue leading a spring botany and wildflower walk.
Julie Ainsworth leading a group out into the Ox Pasture in the spring time.
Fall on the Greist Pond loop of the Ironwoods Trail.
Young hikers following a treasure hunt along the Neck River.
Birder Mike DiGiorgio leads a group in the early spring along the Summer Hill Trail.
Photo by Dave Stephenson, near Indian Rock Shelters Trail
Photo by Anne Elliott, 2011 photo contest, Ironwoods Preserve
Photo by Emily Soboleski, 2011 photo contest, Shepherds Trail
Photo by Natasha Barrow, 2011 photo contest
Photo by Joan O’Neill, view of Cedar Island looking toward the Sound from the East River
Photo by Geoffrey Giller
Photo by Joan O’Neill
The best thing you can do to insure that these threatened turtles continue to visit our shoreline for many summers to come is to make a generous donation.
What to look for on the trail April-JuneAPRIL Red Maples flower. Tree Swallows, House Wrens, Wood Pewees, Phoebes, catbirds, Flickers. Toads call, Turtles crawl. Spring Azure Butterfly. Anemone, Spring Beauty, Hepatica, Bloodroot, Wild Ginger, Dwarf Ginsing, Trilliium, Vibod-Betony, Wild Geranium, Blue-Eyed Grass, Cinquefoil.
MAY Marsh-Marigold, Bluets, Chickweed. Pussytoes, catbrier, Ferns unfolding, Violets, Blue Flags, Bittersweet, Trout Lily, Mayapple, Starflower, False Hellebore, Solomon’s Seal, Wood Sorrell, Indian Cucumber-Root, Bellwort, Jack-in-the-Pulpit
JUNE Butterflies, Wood Nymph. Fireflies. June Bugs, crickets, Bullfrog chorus. Bats in evening sky. Devil’s Paintbrush, Orange Hawkweed, Lady’s Slipper, Moccasin-Flower, False Solomon’s Seal, Butter-&-Eggs, Spotted Wintergreen, Partridgeberries, Wild Strawberries, Mountain Laurel, Water-Lilies.
