Laughing Brook May 23 and 28
Well, it took more time than I wanted to get these pictures ready, but here it is finally. Both days were beautiful, peaceful spring mornings with gorgeous morning light. I heard a lot of birds on these trips:
Oriole Red-bellied woodpecker Black and white warbler
Ovenbird Veery Yellow warbler
Phoebe Louisiana waterthrush Cardinal
Black-throated green warbler White-breasted nuthatch
Scarlet Tanager Redstart
Yellow-rumped warbler Brown creeper
I saw a small woodpecker, but not for long enough to tell if it was a Downy or a Hairy. I also heard vireos that I originally thought were Blue-headed, but after listening to Birding By Ear again I think they could have been Red-eyed. I need to re-calibrate my listening for those.
Here are some photos. I really enjoy how the greens light up in spring.

Morning light creates a variety of scenes as it plays across the forest floor.

More light on the forest floor

A reminder of times gone by, lighting up in the morning as it must have done many times in the past.
I took this shot of the light on some quartz but I think I got something else:

A turtle peeking out of a stony shell?
A Pale Beauty, Campaea perlata, in the Geometrid family of moths:

Perhaps newly emerged and a bit wrinkled? It is not holding the wings in the usual manner for this family. Maybe just a bit wet from the morning dew.
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