9-7-08  Skegemog Hike
9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Gerri Erickson & Margaret Platner, Carole Groves, Samantha & Bruce Bodjack,  Heather Peyton, Kate Trainer, Joyce Ward, Ann Putti, Brad Boals, and Matt Winkler.

Leaders: Tom Ford, Bob Carstens

Avian Species observed:

Blue Jay, American Robin, Black-capped Chickadee, Northern Flicker, Hairy Woodpecker, Pileated Woodpecker, White-breasted Nuthatch, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Rosebreasted Grosbeak, White-throated Sparrow, Eastern Kingbird, Common Raven, Brown Creeper, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Belted Kingfisher, American Wigeon, Virginia Rail, American Crow, Downy Woodpecker, White-throated Sparrow
Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Purple Finch

 

Plants and Flowers observed:
Canada Goldenrod, Bluestem Goldenrod, Calico Aster, Rasberry, Blackberry, Partridge Berry,
Cinnamon Fern, Interrupted Fern, Sensitive Fern, Bracken Fern
Royal Fern, Marsh Fern, Virgin’s Bower,
Alternate-leaved Dogwood, Current,
Virginia Creeper, Jewelweed, Riverbank Grape, Wild Lettuce, Non-native Honeysuckle,  Tamarack , Red Pine White Pine, Balsam Fir, Labrador Tea,
Tag Alder (Speckled Alder), Lady Fern, Wood Fern, Elm-leaved Goldenrod, Button Bush, Common Mullein,
Star Flower, Bluestem Grass, Cranberry, Turtlehead, Joe Pye Weed, Bouncing Bet, Bee Balm, Boneset, Spotted Jewelweed, Bottle Gentian, , Water Horehound, Little Bluestem Grass, Great Lobelia, Grass of Parnassus, Bladder Campion, Burr Reed, Twin Flower,  Burr Marigold, Gooseberry, Bristly Sarsaparilla, Water Avens, (is this ARUM???????)--Carole
Rue Anemone, Starry False Solomon’s Seal,
Bunchberry, Sphagnum Moss, Bulblet Fern, Herb Willow, Yellow Lady Slipper,
Patience Dock (Rumex obtusefolius)
Wintergreen, Pincushion Moss, Sweet Gale, Ladies Tresses, Red Osier Dogwood, Oak Fern,
Naked Miterwort, Goldthread, Dewberry, Wild Lilly of the Valley, Ground Cherry, Snowberry, Trailing Arbutus,  (72 plant species)