{"id":2456,"date":"2014-06-10T11:00:40","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T15:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gorga.org\/blog\/?p=2456"},"modified":"2014-06-10T10:58:05","modified_gmt":"2014-06-10T14:58:05","slug":"willard-pond-loverens-mill-cedar-swamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gorga.org\/blog\/?p=2456","title":{"rendered":"Willard Pond & Loverens Mill Cedar Swamp"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am just a little behind in my blogging…<\/p>\n

Last Friday, I headed out to see what was up ode-wise at two different habitats.<\/p>\n

My first stop was the Audubon Sanctuary at Willard Pond<\/a>. I was specifically interested in seeing what was up at the Mill Pond there. In the past, I have observed the Kennedy’s Emerald there.<\/p>\n

On this trip, I did see a few dragonflies in flight over the pond that may have been emeralds but none perched so I did not get any photos. of them.<\/p>\n

I did spend some time in the woods along the Mill Pond trail photographing wild flowers… there were literately many dozens of lady slippers along the beginning section of the trail. I also photographed odes in a number of small clearings. (All of the photos below, except for the last one, were made at Willard Pond.)<\/p>\n

My second stop was the Nature Conservancy’s Loverens Mill <\/a>property*. The rare cedar swamp at this site often has some unique odes, but this trip was earlier in the season than I have been in previous years. \u00a0I did observe small numbers of dragonflies in constant flight as well as small numbers of jewelwings, mostly river jewelwings; it is early in the season.<\/p>\n

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* Joan’s father donated a parcel of land which is incorporated into this preserve. Her family calls it the “Windsor Bog”.<\/p>\n

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