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Animals and Plants in Spring

Male Red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)

This male is a regular visitor to the same tree along the wooded trail to check for insects in the bark. The Red Breasted Woodpec…
Blue-gray gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)

The Blue-gray Gnatcatcher is a forager that flits through dense outer foliage, hops and sidles along branches, peering with quick…
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)

According to the Cornell University Laboratory of Ornithology, the Song Sparrow is widely distributed across North America. Howeve…
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)

The Mockingbird's scientific name roughly translates "copy many tongues". They are abundant all year re at Galloway, and often qu…
Heros Work Here

Enough said here - we are all grateful for the staff not only of the Arbor, but throughout Galloway Ridge who enrich our lives and…
Eastern Tent Caterpillar (Malacosoma americana

This little guy is provisionally identified as an Eastern Tent Caterpillar due to the white stripe down its back. These are the cr…
Yellow Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus)

The Yellow Flag Iris is a beautiful, but invasive species from Eurasia. This is the yellow flowering pl;ant that we see in the det…
Detention Ponds in Late April

By Late April, Spring has well progressed and the detention ponds are beginning to fill with Yellow Flag Iris and the beginnings o…
Non-Emergency

One of the advantages, or disadvantages, of living above and to the side of the main entrance is that we can see all of the emerge…
American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)

The American Goldfinch is widespread in North America and breeds from coast to coast across the northern two-thirds of the United…
Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis)

The Eastern Gray Squirrel (or tree rat according to some) is a native to most of eastern North America up into part of central Can…
Carolina Chickadee (Poecile carolinensis)

The Carolina Chickadee is a small passerine (perching) bird in the tit family. It is a year-round resident throughout the southeas…
Am I Being Scolded?

This guy looks like he is scolding me. Probably is.