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Buck Creek Barrens Misc. 2025 End-of-the-year Visits |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2025) |
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Buck Creek Barrens Misc. 2025 End-of-the-year Visits |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2025) |
| 1 - October 7, 2025 After shooting drone photos at the Standing Indian bogs, I made a short visit to Barnard's pond / bog to see how the fall color was coming along.. |
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| The color was beginning to come on around the pond / bog. |
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| If you look closely, you can see seven Monarchs in this photo. |
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| Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) |
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| Monarch pair |
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| Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus), a little raggedy in the rear... |
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| New England Asters (Symphyotrichum novae-angliae), just one of this genera prodigiously blooming at this time of year. |
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| Another view at the bog / pond |
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| Goldenrod, etc. at the bog |
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| I've seen a lot of Spiranthes at Buck Creek over the years, but I'd never seen them as thick as a spot I came across this day. This is just one section of an area where there were hundreds. |
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| 2 - October 10, 2025 A quick stop for a photo of the bog, on our way back from Franklin |
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| Barnards pond / bog |
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| 3 - October 14, 2025 Another quick stop for a photo, between photographing other nearby spots. |
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| Barnards pond / bog |