Westville Lake, Fiskdale (6/10)

After the rain stopped on Saturday I took a walk at the Corps. of Engineers property at Westville Lake. I was dying to try out the new 100 mm macro lens that I bought for my canon 350D. And it was just nice to be outside in dry weather again.

I started in the main field but their wasn't much activity. A few Tree Swallows circled the waters edge and a fisherman claim to have seen a couple of hawks earlier. Not, seeing anything interesting, I started to hike around the lake. A few yards down the path I spotted a baby Snapping Turtle. He sat perfectly still but he was still alive, just very cold.

Further up the path I came to a small field and was able to kick up a few butterflies (Pearl Crescent and few skippers). Its nice to see some of them survived the rain.

The path also had some nice plants. Deadly Nightshade was growing along a small creek and Orange Hawkweed was widespread. There was even a large patch of daisies that somehow escaped the mowing.

On the other side of the dam was a nice patch of Alders. I tried but couldn't find any Harvesters. I did find a cool moth though. It had the sheerest wings that I've ever seen. Whatever species it was, they are fairly widespread since I saw them throughout the weekend.