Tag Archives: western massachusetts

05.31.2023 Wordless Wednesday

Posted on May 31, 2023 by Steve Gingold

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amherst, Cypripedium acaule, flora, Massachusetts, native flowers, native orchid, native plant, native wildflower, New England, pink lady's slipper, western massachusetts, wild orchid, Wildflowers | 14 Comments

05.26.2023 The return of Frog Friday

Posted on May 26, 2023 by Steve Gingold

As always, I cannot be sure how often Frog Friday will appear here depending on sightings. But I did see a couple on the 21st prior to the heron experience. Currently the water levels are high and that might bode … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amherst, amphibian, bullfrog, frog, Lithobates catesbeianus, male bulllfrog, Massachusetts, New England, Norwottuck Rail Trail, Poor Farm Swamp, western massachusetts | 8 Comments

04.27.2023 Turtle Thursday

Posted on April 27, 2023 by Steve Gingold

Turtles are great subjects. If they don’t flee immediately upon your appearance then they just sit there. Occasionally they blink. 🙂

Posted in Amherst, Animal Behavior, Nature Photography, Western Massachusetts | Tagged Amherst, Chrysemys picta picta, eastern painted turtle, Massachusetts, New England, Poor Farm Swamp, reptile, water, western massachusetts | 13 Comments

04.25.2023 Two-fer Tuesday

Posted on April 25, 2023 by Steve Gingold

In this case two more bloodroot views.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bloodroot, flora, Massachusetts, native flowers, native wildflower, New England, Sanguinaria canadensis, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 15 Comments

04.24.2023 Virginia Bluebells

Posted on April 24, 2023 by Steve Gingold

Fresh and hot from the backyard woods. I planted one and it has multiplied into six so maybe if I’ve got another 15 years in me I might see a large patch of them. Not exactly a Texas-sized Bluebonnet patch … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amherst, Eastern Bluebells, flora, Massachusetts, Mertensia virginica, New England, Virginia Bluebells, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 14 Comments

04.23.2023 Silent Sunday-Bloodroot Bud and Leaf

Posted on April 23, 2023 by Steve Gingold

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bloodroot, Falls Road, flora, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Sanguinaria canadensis, Sunderland, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 17 Comments

04.21.2023 Fern Friday

Posted on April 21, 2023 by Steve Gingold

I bet there’ll be more ‘F’ Fridays coming. Mackay’s Fragile Fern-Cystopteris tenuis This is a new to me fern species. I found it on the ledges I visit often, same ones on the same day that I photographed the Early … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cystopteris tenuis;, ferns, flora, Mackay's Fragile Fern, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Sunderland, western massachusetts | 15 Comments

04.20.2023 Trillium the First

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Steve Gingold

Red Trillium-Trillium erectum, aka Red Wake Robin, is the first of the Trilliums to flower in Spring. The second- White Trillium is just rising through the leaves of last Autumn and should be flowering in a week or so. And … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Falls Road, flora, Gunn Ledges, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Red Wake Robin, Sunderland, Trillium erectum, western massachusetts, White Trillium, Wildflowers | 30 Comments

04.19.2023 Wordless Wednesday-Early Saxifrage with a Dark Background

Posted on April 19, 2023 by Steve Gingold

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Early Saxifrage, Early Small-flowered Saxifrage, Falls Road, flora, Gunn Ledges, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Saxifraga virginiensis, Sunderland, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 12 Comments

04.15.2023 Sanguine Saturday

Posted on April 15, 2023 by Steve Gingold

Yesterday when I walked down the path into our small woods I only saw my bunch of Dutchman’s Breeches. Certainly a happy sight but I was looking for more.This morning while in the yard with Bentley I walked in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Amherst, bloodroot, flora, intimate landscape, Massachusetts, native flowers, native plant, native wildflower, New England, Sanguinaria canadensis, western massachusetts, Wildflowers | 15 Comments