This update shows what is in flower now – all flower photos are from 1 Jun – with bird and butterfly observations from the past two weeks. As always, you can see much along the Kirkland Trails! Dame’s rocket and chervil are the most abundant flowering plants, but look for the white flowering shrubs: red-osier dogwood, nannyberry, and mapleleaved viburnum. Several butterfly species can be found flying in sun-lit open areas. Tree swallows are nesting in one of the field boxes north of Dugway; I was repeatedly dive-bombed by the parents on Jun 1. Hooded warbler was a nice sighting yesterday. Two green herons are regulars at pond 10, and a wood duck was on pond 17. Watch out for baby chipmunks along the trail!
