I sandwiched this hike in between NatureFest and a 3-day workshop on Wooded Wetlands. This month, wild geraniums and wild blue phlox were in bloom in the woodlands, and ragwort was celebrating life in the sandy soil at Luckey's Landing.

Carol dropped me at the North Gate, and we went birding on the way. We witnessed an interesting oriole interaction at the Shew Wetlands. One male came swooping down on a female carrying nesting material and another male zoomed to the rescue. We also saw two scarlet tanagers at the North Gate. Yellow warblers and bluebirds completed the color palette.