The Joyce Road Neighborhood

This blog will be used to communicate items of interest for the Joyce Road neighborhood. (Click on blog images for larger view)

30 September 2016

Turkeys

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For most of this summer there were very few turkeys in the neighborhood but a large flock of turkeys has returned for the fall (and hopefull...
28 September 2016

Turkey Vulture

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I was driving down Joyce Road and noticed a Turkey Vulture ( Cathartes aura ) on top of a utility pole in a spread-winged stance known as a...
27 September 2016

Wildflower - Venice Mallow

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I was walking around a corn field on our property when I found a wildflower I hadn't seen before. I did a little research on the Interne...
26 September 2016

Harvest Time

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The weather is getting cooler and its time to harvest some of the vegetables I planted last spring. I planted 7 or 8 butternut squash plants...
23 September 2016

Wildflower - Hedge Bindweed

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Walking along the road on our cabin property it is easy to find the invasive wild morning glory know as Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium). ...
21 September 2016

Apple Blossom Time ???

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I was driving around our cabin property today, checking on the wildlife food plots, when I noticed something strange with one of the apple t...
18 September 2016

Evan Reed Beebe

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Our new grandson, Evan Reed Beebe was born on Saturday September 17th at 1:12AM. Evan weighed in at 7 lbs 5oz. and is 19 inches long. This...
17 September 2016

Hawk-moth Caterpillar

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I was digging potatoes in my garden when I came across this large caterpillar and I needed an excuse to stop digging for a while. This is th...
16 September 2016

Praying Mantis

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Most years I'm lucky to find one or two praying mantises but I've already found 5 or 6. This one is a pregnant female European M...
15 September 2016

The Planes ... The Planes ...

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While I was mowing along the driveway to our cabin on Tuesday when I looked up and thought we were under attack. Three large USAF C-17 Globe...
14 September 2016

They're Back ...

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As I drove by my neighbor's house on my tractor I noticed some Bald Faced Hornet's ( Dolichovespula maculata ) were rebuilding a ne...
10 September 2016

Changing with the Seasons

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As we head into Autumn the days are getting shorter, the nights are getting cooler and the deer in the neighborhood are shedding their reddi...
09 September 2016

Hornet's Nest

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We got a phone call from one of our neighbors that they had a "bee's nest" in a tree by their house and next to Joyce Road. Th...
07 September 2016

Marbled Orbweaver Spider

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( People with arachnophobia, the fear of spiders, can in some cases have reactions triggered by just the image of a spider. To view my image...
02 September 2016

Toads

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I was doing some clean-up of blown down trees on our West Hill property when I found this toad trying to put some more distance between the ...
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