Views
- Action started as I pulled into the parking lot: two Red-tailed Hawks could be seen in the top of the Old Oak.
- It's hard to tell from the Little Bluestem Meadow that it snowed last night.
- The bottom of the Old Gravel Pit was solid, snow covered ice.
- A pair of Mourning Doves rose from the Old Gravel Pit; I don't see them all that often.
- The view of the Wappingers Creek from the Fern Glen bridge was a little different today with the Hemlocks being back lit.
- I like the stone work of the bridge, too.
- Although the air was near freezing, the Fern Glen pond was warming in the sun.
- Newts, waterboatmen, and diving beetles were active in the shallows.
- Last season's ferns were stark against the snow.
- I always approach the "Appendix" cautiously. Today I was rewarded with a glimpse of a Carolina Wren.
- Patiently, the foot bridge at the "Appendix" was waiting for Spring, unchanged since last week.
- The Old Oak and fungus were still there, of course.
- From the boardwalk of the Sedge Meadow Trail, a skunk cabbage flower could be examined up close.
- Along the way back to the Gifford House, flocks of birds that I couldn't identify passed over head. But those rallying in the brush suggested that they may have been juncos.
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Birds
- 2 Red-tailed Hawk
- 2 Mourning Dove
- 2 Downy Woodpecker
- 8 American Crow
- 8 Black-capped Chickadee
- 1 Tufted Titmouse
- 1 Carolina Wren
- 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
- 14 Dark-eyed Junco
Insects
Other Animals
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