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Crook Street Wetlands - 2005

This was my second season to survey Odonata, dragonflies and damselflies, in the Crook Street Wetland, by permit from the Lorain County Metroparks. While I survey and collect data on Odonata, I photograph anything relevant or interesting. 2005 had a cold, wet spring, a hot, dry summer and a prolonged, mild autumn, all of which influenced the number and type of dragonflies and damselflies. If I have mis-identified anything, a correction is appreciated. Thank you to the Lorain County Metroparks!
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04/09/2005 Muskrat Swimming among the Dead Cattails
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04/09/2005 Muskrat Swimming among the Dead Cattails

  • 04/09/2005 Muskrat Swimming among the Dead Cattails
  • April 9, 2005. First Odonata on the Site. Common Green Darner, Anax junius, in wheel position. These are migrants, coming in from farther south, who will lay their eggs. There will be an emergence in the fall of another generation which will migrate in the opposite direction. There are only a few species which migrate.
  • 04/09/2005 Spring Beauties with Pollinator
  • 04/09/2005 Spring Beauties, the First Wildflower of the Season
  • 04/09/2005 Canada Geese
  • Trout Lily in the woods. 041605
  • Another Trout Lily in the woods. 041605
  • Spring Cress. 041605
  • First frog to pose for me this year. I like the reflection in the water. 041605.
  • Spring Cress Cardamine bulbosa 050105.
  • Some nice color from these violets. Only this one color, so far. 050105
  • I cannot identify these. They were in the woods in a wet area. 050105. Help?
  • Wild Geranium 050105
  • Nice pair of Blue Winged Teal with this goose. 050105
  • This mallard hen is using a muskrat mound for a nest. I did not notice her visitor until I took a good look at the photo. Was it just sunning itself, or did it have designs on her eggs? 050105.
  • Whichever, she is quite calm about it. 050105
  • 050105. This goose is also using a muskrat mound for a nest. She is sharing it with a sunning turtle!
  • Mourning Cloaks were back in the same spot as last year. 5/08/2005
  • Young Whitetail female, newly emerged. One of the first that I saw. May 6, 2005.
  • Snipe were abundant. May 8, 2005
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