Today the clean white petals and the sunny yellow central discs of Ox-Eye Daisies spangle the roadsides. In the ditches Bittersweet Nightshade with its swept-back violet petals and its yellow "beak" of anthers climbs toward the sun. In one marshy weed patch Muskflower is in full flower. Muskflower is found in only this one spot in Dummerston.
Growing from a crack in a steep crumbly ledge I found Maidenhair Spleenwort looking much like a miniature fern. Maidenhair spleenwort is not rare, but - since I had never noticed it before - it was a true rarity for me.
And in a shrubby maple sapling I found a half grown Barred Owl, still downy and tailless but solidly perched and very alert. Probably it was blown from its nest tree by last night's powerful wind. An adult owl hovered nearby. I snapped a few quick pictures and then moved quietly out of the little owl's life.
John
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