swells's Journal

On Saturday, July 23, I visited Phillip's Farm, a Latah county park a few miles north of Moscow. It's a local hot spot for birds and there were plenty around on Saturday, but I was only able to get decent photos of a few.

My iNat total for the day was 51 observations from 25 species, including my first lichen ID (wolf lichen). There are still a bunch that I haven't identified yet, including a mystery dragonfly, hover fly, a grass skipper, and a possible Sylvan Hairstreak.

The iNat community was of great help in sorting out plants and flycatchers. Now I just need help with the insects!

Phillip's Farm is a great place to go iNatting, though the pond is pretty much choked out with duckweed.

For several weeks now, a striped skunk has been visiting our yard. On Sunday, I finally got a piucture of him.

It's not very good picture since it was taken through a (not very clean) window, but still.

I often stop by this little park to look for birds. Yesterday I visited to take some iNat observations.

I didn't seem many birds, but there were plenty of of bugs. Some of my iNat firsts included a tumbling flower beetle (Mordellidae), Pacific Forktail, and Common Whitetail.

August 2 update: Set up the Carol Ryrie Brink Nature Park as an iNat "Place". Now any observations inside the park will be automatically added to the list.