Wildlife Photos from 08/12/12 – Vassar Farm

Zabulon Skipper (female)

Got a late start last Sunday, so I kept the hiking close to home and went to Vassar Farm in Poughkeepsie.  The heat has been really tough to deal with this year, so I stayed out as long as I could bear.

A majority of my time was spent at the front pond – watching green herons & a great blue heron go about their business and dragonflies & skippers flying around.  One of the more interesting sightings was a female zabulon skipper.  I seen the males everywhere this summer, but this was a first for females.  They look much different than their male counterparts, as you’ll see in the gallery.

I didn’t make it back to the beaver dam this time around.  I’ll have to wait when the weather is a little less hot and humid.

Wildlife Photos from Vassar Farm (click photos to enlarge)

American Lady

Barn Swallow

Barn Swallows

Common Whitetail

Eastern Pondhawk

Great Blue Heron

Green Heron

Green Heron

Green Heron

Least Skipper

Least Skipper

Least Skipper

Monarch

Pearl Crescent

Silver-spotted Skipper

Snapping Turtle

Zabulon Skipper (female)

Zabulon Skipper (male)

Zabulon Skipper (female)