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Flintknapping ban has been lifted, I came home and started on this #normanskill #flutedpoint I am covered in blood but i should reshape it a little and one flute did not travel far at all? Other side went to almost the tip. #paleoindian #paleo #clovis #arrowhead #projectilepoint #experimentalarchaeology #crafts #boomimback #lithics #newyorkchert. Thanks to the dude doing the knapping demonstration at #hammonassetstatepark for this chunk of normanskill. ift.tt/2h6RFL4
30th September 2012., Clinton, Connecticut, USA
Seen during the "Connecticut street rod association's" charity event at Hamonnasett state Park on 30th September 2012
More information on the club, can be found here ...
"Mr No Respect" is a Modified pulling tractor, which its owners tell me they have decided to sell. It runs on alcohol and uses approx 9 gallons for a 300 foot sprint
Full details of the team running this behemoth with contact details and a history can be found on their website here .......
Stalking prey in marsh grasses. Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison, Connecticut, USA. 22 April 2019. © Frank Mantlik
Hammonasset State Park, Connecticut, USA.
I really loved that boardwalk. This was the morning Sarah and I moved on to our next destination. I was still feeling lonely and unsettled. Sarah and I were not getting on too well. It can be hard travelling with someone else. I enjoyed the peace of this boardwalk, and the sunshine.
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Purple Sandpiper (Calidris maritima)
Hammonasset State Park, Madison, Connecticut
I was super stoked to see Callinectes claws, freshly strewn from the sea... Then I realized that they were everywhere--paired with a carapace--as if seagulls had enjoyed a buffet shortly before my walk. Oddly, the claws were all red...I think they were all females...so it was an odd pattern...
Anywhozits, I imagine this is what it would look like if I was one of these crabs. Hmmm. What's for lunch?
Hammonasset Beach S.P., Madison, Connecticut, USA. 24 February 2020. 12th CT record. © Frank Mantlik
After two rainy days, this past Wednesday was gorgeous... most of the day. I decided after work I would head to Hammonasset to try out my recently repaired Tamron 150-600. It began clouding up as we left the house... and the first raindrops hit the windshield as we pulled off the exit in Madison. I decided I could still take photos from the relative shelter of my car window. Well, duh! Raindrops do impact photo quality. So I don't know but what maybe the lens repair made it worse (!). I'll have to try it another day.
This perch is about 30 feet away from an Osprey platform with a nest and sitting female.
The world of hydroids is weird and scary. All I've got is a Peterson guide (which actually doesn't seem half bad), which suggests this is in Sertularidae (the garland hydroids).
After two rainy days, this past Wednesday was gorgeous... most of the day. I decided after work I would head to Hammonasset to try out my recently repaired Tamron 150-600. It began clouding up as we left the house... and the first raindrops hit the windshield as we pulled off the exit in Madison. I decided I could still take photos from the relative shelter of my car window. Well, duh! Raindrops do impact photo quality. So I don't know but what maybe the lens repair made it worse (!). I'll have to try it another day.
Glossy Ibises live year-round in Florida and the Caribbean Islands, but some of them come as far north as Connecticut in the summertime. They use their long bills to probe for aquatic insects.
A very foggy morning at Hammonasset, but that didn't stop the birds. Wow, what a day! Picked up 4 life birds and saw lots of others. I should have known it was going to be a good day when the first bird of the day was this Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) in a puddle in the West Beach parking lot across from the pond.
Hammonasset State Park
Madison CT
5/29/12
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In general I'm not a fan of thorns - but this native vine is great for wildlife:
Faunal Associations: The insect visitors of the flowers are probably similar to those of Smilax hispida (Bristly Greenbrier) as they have very similar flowers. Thus, likely floral visitors of Round-Leaved Greenbrier include Halictid bees, Andrenid bees, cuckoo bees (Nomada spp.), Syrphid flies, and other flies. The flowers offer nectar as a floral reward to such visitors; the male flowers also offer pollen. Other insects feed on the foliage of woody Smilax spp. (Greenbriers). These insect feeders include the leaf beetle Pachyonychus paradoxus, the aphid Neoprociphilus aceris, the thrips Ctenothrips bridwelli, and larvae of the following moths: Acrolepiopsis heppneri, Acrolepiopsis incertella, Phosphila miselioides (Spotted Phosphila), Phosphila turbulenta (Turbulent Phosphila), and Phyprosopus callitrichoides (Curve-Lined Owlet). Both upland gamebirds and fructivorous songbirds feed on the berries of Smilax spp. These bird species include the Ruffed Grouse, Red-Bellied Woodpecker, American Crow, Catbird, Brown Thrasher, Eastern Bluebird, and White-Throated Sparrow (see the Bird Table for a more complete listing of these species). Such mammals as the Opossum, Raccoon, Gray Squirrel, and Fox Squirrel also feed on the berries occasionally. Other mammals browse on the woody stems, leaves, and young shoots of these vines. This includes the Beaver, Cottontail Rabbit, and especially the White-Tailed Deer; it also includes cattle and other domesticated livestock. Round-Leaved Greenbrier and similar species provide protective cover for many birds and small mammals. - www.illinoiswildflowers.info/trees/plants/rl_greenbrier.html
Taken at Hammonasset State Park on an outing with my camera club
Celastrus orbiculatus - Asiatic bittersweet *invasive*
Bittersweet vines wrapped around and up on themselves. they go on forever and ever and ever...