Category: Observations

• Observing Dryad’s Saddle: The Forest’s Spotted Surprise

  You can see my observation on the iNaturalist site here. A Welcome Sight in Spring Today’s woodland walk brought a delightful surprise: a beautiful cluster of Dryad’s Saddle mushrooms, also known as Polyporus squamosus. This impressive bracket fungus often appears on dead or dying hardwood trees—particularly elm, maple, or box elder—and is a welcome herald…

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  June 4, 2025

  Environment, Farm, Garden, Naturalist, Observations

  foraging, fungi, Garden, mushrooms, Nature, Permaculture, photography

• Volunteering for Lake Champlain: Cyanobacteria Monitoring Insights

  I recently volunteered to be a cyanobacteria monitor for Lake Champlain. This program is run by the Lake Champlain Committee. www.lakechamplaincommittee.org. The Committee has been working for a healthy, accessible lake since 1963. Earlier this week I attended the Zoom orientation meeting. The meeting lasted a little less than three hours and was very informative.…

  pxdtech

  May 9, 2025

  Environment, Naturalist, Observations

  citizen scientist, climate change, Lake Champlain

• Nature Observations

  Yesterday and today I spent time taking pictures of plants, identifying them (initially with Google Lens and then with the National Audubon Field Guide to Trees and the iNaturalist site), and then posting the ones I could identify to the iNaturalist site. A good advance on my naturalist skills. I listened to a Tim Ferriss…

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  August 31, 2022

  Naturalist, Observations

• Mourning Cloak

  4/26/2022:This year the variety of butterflies seems to have expanded and arrived earlier than usual. Here is a Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) that I had not observed before.

  pxdtech

  April 27, 2022

  Farm, Observations

  Adirondacks, butterflies, mourning cloak