More Blooms and Birds in May

These are all from Southern WV during the first two weeks of May  

Showy Orchis - May 2 - Dunns

Showy Orchis

Showy Orchis

Stone Crop 

Yellow Lady Slipper just opening- May 3- Camp Creek Forest

Appalachian Bellwort- May 3 Camp Creek Forest

Scarlett Tanager

False Solomons Seal

Virginia waterleaf

Pinxter Azalea  May 8 Dunns, WV

Pinxter Azalea

Canada Mayflower May 14 Beckley

Fire Pink May 14, Beckley Soccer Field Trails 

# 365 - Black Chokeberry - Found Trail Running in Beckley on May 12-
365th wildflower identified and photographed for this blog 

Blooms and Birds

April is a great month for blooms and birds. My last post was contrasting bloom times for different elevations. Red Trillium were blooming April 7 at 1200 feet, April 13 at 2050 feet and near my home at 3050 feet on April 28 they were just starting to open.

Purple Trillium

Other recent recent wildflowers

Gaywings

Columbine

Dogwood

Morel

Also some interesting birds at my feeders

especially four male Rose Breasted Grosbeaks and my first Baltimore Oriole

3 Of 4 Rose Breasted Grosebeaks

Baltimore Oriole

Female Cardinal

Eastern Towhee

New River and Camp Creek Ephremels 800' Elevation Difference

I've been running and exploring on New River and at Camp Creek State Park the last couple of week and have noticed a big difference in peak flowering of ephemerals. New River is roughly 1200' in elevation while Camp Creek is 2050'.


First New River on April 7

Yellow Mandarin

Phlox

Redbud 

Twisted Bellwort 

Large Flowering Trillium

Large Flowering Trillium

Foam FLower 

Miterwort

Waterfall on Mill Creek

Silver Bell

Dwarf Ginseng  

Wild Ginger

Squirrel Corn 

Phlox

Dwarf Larkspur

Fumewort

Dwarf Larkspur

Miterwort Camp Creek April 13th

Camp Creek April 13th

Trillium Camp Creek April 13th

Twisted Bellwort Camp Creek April 13th

Falls after 2-3 iches of rain

Trillium Camp Creek April 13th