Tag Archives: Lawrence Swamp

06.20.2022 Silky Dogwood

Posted on June 20, 2022 by Steve Gingold

A bit different in appearance from the dogwoods we are most familiar with, this shrub produces blue berries, not blueberries, that birds are quite happy to consume. Silky Dogwood-Cornus amomum aka Swida amomum. I photographed these in the same field … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Flora, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Cornus amomum, flora, Lawrence Swamp, MacLeod Field, Massachusetts, native flowers, native wildflower, New England, Silky Dogwood, Swida amomum, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 12 Comments

05.03.2022 You don’t always get what you want-2

Posted on May 3, 2022 by Steve Gingold

I set out yesterday morning with the hopes of finding some Fringed Polygala in Lawrence Swamp’s pine woods here in town. Not a sign of them although I have found some on this date in May in the past. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Flora, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers | Tagged Amherst, flora, Lawrence Swamp, Massachusetts, Merrybells, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Pine Woods wildflower, sessile bellwort, Sessile-leaf Bellwort, Spreading Bellwort, Straw Lily, Uvularia sessilifolia, western massachusetts, Wild Oats, Wildflowers | 36 Comments

11.07.2021 Autumn Frost

Posted on November 7, 2021 by Steve Gingold

This could be the start of something. We’ve had a few frosts in the past week but yesterday was my first opportunity to do something beside scraping the windshield. Frosted Red Oak Leaves in MacLeod Field.

Posted in Amherst, Autumn Color, Closeup Photography, Fall Foliage, Intimate Landscape, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Autumn Color, Fall Foliage, frost, frosted leaf, intimate landscape, landscape, Lawrence Swamp, MacLeod Field, Massachusetts, native plant, New England, Quercus rubra, red oak, red oak leaf, western massachusetts | 30 Comments

09.03.2021 Frog Friday Frog Fun

Posted on September 3, 2021 by Steve Gingold

When I visited MacLeod Field on this past Sunday I had insects on the mind and as you saw had an enjoyable time chasing the Silver-bordered Fritillary. But prior to that I was chasing a small moth when I saw … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Animal Behavior, Closeup Photography, Fauna, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, amphibian, common gray treefrog, Dryophytes versicolor, eastern gray treefrog, Hyla versicolor, Lawrence Swamp, MacLeod Field, Massachusetts, New England, northern gray treefrog, tetraploid gray treefrog, tree frog, western massachusetts | 32 Comments

08.30.2021 A pleasant chase

Posted on August 30, 2021 by Steve Gingold

While at MacLeod Field yesterday morning, I spotted this flash of orange and having seen several Pearl Crescents thought it to be one. But upon a closer look I was mistaken. Silver-bordered Fritillary-Boloria selene When I first spotted this individual … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Butterflies, Closeup Photography, Insects, Lepidoptera, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Argynnini, Boloria, Boloria selene, Heliconiinae, insect, Lawrence Swamp, lepidoptera, MacLeod Field, Massachusetts, New England, nymphalidae, Papilionoidea, Silver-bordered Fritillary, western massachusetts | 27 Comments

08.29.2021 Sunday Night with the Hopper

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Steve Gingold

Lots of insects at the wet meadow this morning. This hopper was my first encounter. Red-legged Grasshopper-Melanoplus femurrubrum I continue to be impressed with this 180+2.o combo. These are pretty common and can be large enough in numbers to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Acrididae, Amherst, insect, Lawrence Swamp, MacLeod Field, Massachusetts, Melanoplus femurrubrum, New England, orthoptera, red-legged grasshopper, short-horned grasshopper, spur-throated grasshopper, western massachusetts | 14 Comments

08.05.2021 Dragonfly Conundrum

Posted on August 5, 2021 by Steve Gingold

This could be one of two dragonfly species. They are indistinguishable in a photograph or even in hand, which I do not do. I have decided that it is a Cherry-faced Meadowhawk-Sympetrum internum but cannot be positive. The other possibility … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Anisoptera, Cherry-faced Meadowhawk, dragonfly, insect, Lawrence Swamp, Libellulidae, MacLeod Field, Massachusetts, New England, odonata, Skimmer Dragonfly, Sympetrum internum, western massachusetts | 21 Comments

07.19.2021 Collecting little pieces of Nature here and there

Posted on July 19, 2021 by Steve Gingold

While checking out the milkweed for monarch caterpillars (still none to be seen) I noticed this little grasshopper sitting on a nodding bloom of Fringed Yellow Loosestrife-Lysimachia ciliata. The Two-striped Grasshopper nymph-Melanoplus bivittatus did not weigh much and the flower … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, insect, Lawrence Swamp, MacLeod Field, Melanoplus bivittatus, orthoptera, short-horned grasshopper, Two-striped Grasshopper | 18 Comments

06/05/2021 Saturday Night Extra

Posted on June 5, 2021 by Steve Gingold

This morning I visited the wet meadow where I often find two species of native orchids. But…usually they are not in flower until mid-June. I was lucky and found both flowering early albeit the Grass Pink which will follow was … Continue reading →

Posted in Amherst, Closeup Photography, Flora, macro photography, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts, Wildflowers | Tagged Amherst, flora, Lawrence Swamp, Lawrence Swamp wet meadow, Massachusetts, native flowers, native orchid, native wildflower, New England, Pogonia ophioglossoides, Rose Pogonia, western massachusetts, wild orchid, Wildflowers | 24 Comments

06.19.2020 Ebony Jewelwing

Posted on June 19, 2020 by Steve Gingold

I visited the swamp meadow again looking for more Grass Pinks and Rose Pogonias as well as whatever I could find. One of the “whatevers” was this damselfly, the Ebony Jewelwing-Calopteryx maculata. The white spot on the wings, called a stigma, … Continue reading →

Posted in Closeup Photography, Insects, macro photography, Nature Photography | Tagged Amherst, Calopteryx maculata, damselfly, Ebony Jewelwing, insect, Lawrence Swamp, Massachusetts, New England, odonata, western massachusetts | 27 Comments