THURSDAY, MAY 9, 2004 - 10 AM
Jason Gorman of the Finger Lakes Land Trust will lead us through the Wesley Hill Nature Preserve
WE WILL MEET AT THE WESLEY ROAD ENTRANCE
Wesley Road is north of the Gulick Road Entrance heading west toward East Lake Road.
There should be an open area to park on the north side of Wesley Road.
Diverse stands of mature forest, a wide array of wildflowers, and sweeping views of the hills surrounding Honeoye Lake’s southern end make this site truly special.
What a wonderful day this turned out for hiking. We had ten people enjoy a rain free, cool, morning even with some sunshine as we walked the yellow and blue trails from the Wesley Road entrance through Wesley Hill Nature Preserve with Jason Gorman and our favorite Plant Man! It was also a great day for birding!
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Overlooking the southern end of Honeoye Lake (Harriet Hollister)
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Trail entrance is just ahead to the left.
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Jason discusses invasive species and attempts to manage them
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Autumn Olive branches
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Christmas fern
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lots of jack-in-the-pulpits
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| fringed polygala - gaywings |
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high heel?
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pussy toes
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wild geranium
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huckleberry blossoms
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blueberry blossoms
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middle right side - pin cushion moss
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Cananda Mayflower
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Approaching the John Wenrich Cabin built in 1926
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signing the logbook
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bird watching/listening
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| millipede |
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Do you see the small pine on the roof to the left of the chimney?
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ostrich fern
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aspen grove
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more bird watching
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Jason describes the sturdiness of the black locust bench
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dogwood tree along Wesley Road
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dogwood bark
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Incomplete Species list:
Ash trees, dead; Autumn olive; Black berry; black raspberry;
Black locust; Blueberry; Blueberry; Buttercress; Buttercup; Canada Mayflower;
Cedar tree – cedar apple gall rust; Centipede; Chestnut oak; Cutleaf
bittercress; Enchanters night shade; FERNS: Bracken, Christmas, Lady, New York,
Ostrich, sensitive, intermediate wood fern; Flowering dogwood; Fringed polygala
(gay wings); Granulated sedge; Hawkweed; Hickory; Honeysuckle; Hooked
buttercup; Huckleberry; Jack in the Pulpit; Multiflora rose; Nipple wood; Oldfield
cincfoil; Orange fruited gentian; Orchid; Partridge berry; Pignut hickory;
Pioneering tree; Polygala – gaywing; Quaking aspen; Raspberry; Rattlesnake
weed; Starflower; Striped maple; Trailing arbutus (cow wheat); Tree moss;
Veronica; White oak; Also: turkey, deer, chipmunks, towhee, common yellowthroat, black squirrel,
blue winged warbler, great crested flycatcher;
