In the Valley Water

The Valley Water is one of four water bodies in Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery. It is the closest to the 5th Avenue entrance and a regular stop on our excursions through the place. We stopped by over this last weekend. The joint was jumping: bull frogs, green frogs, and a smaller species, with plenty of big fat bull tadpoles; blue dasher and amberwing dragonflies; several damselflies, include eastern forktails; a great egret. Honey bees working over the clover; I reported a feral hive I noticed earlier this spring to this project, which is mapping them. A young Baltimore oriole patrolled the shoreline for a while, rare to see one on the ground.
This eastern red slider baby was just over an inch long. Very cute.