Views
- A foot of fluffy snow had fallen by the end of yesterday; today it was very packy.
- It started cool, moody, and gusty but cleared some and warmed a little.
- I was amused to find myself thinking about the Eastern Comma butterflies that would soon be appearing by the cedars along the Sedge Meadow Trail.
- The steps down to the board walk were barely discernable under the snow.
- Snow falling from branches created a moonscape on the surface below.
- As cool as it had been, the swamp was still unfrozen.
- The fungus on the Old Oak was buried again.
- A peculiar artifact was in a tree at the bottom of the Wappingers Creek Trail.
- And peculiar scars were high on a tree across the water.
- Upstream from the foot bridge over the little creek, stand by the info box and look across.
- A log in the creek showed just how deep the snow was.
- And the Creek did look nice; it was a pretty snow.
- The foot bridge at the "Appendix" was quite buried.
- And there I again saw a small bird flit by. The Carolina wren from last week? The Winter wren from the week before? No, a Brown Creeper!
- I had many a good view as, unconcerned about my presence, it worked over several near by trees, landing at the bottom and climbing up each one.
- Blowing snow flakes sparkled in the shafts of light penetrating the Cary Pines Trail.
- The Fern Glen Pond was surrounded by snow, but not at all frozen.
- Along the way back, I noticed several Stoneflies in the snow.
- There was even a small spider slowly walking around, too. I considered waiting and watching for an encounter between the two, but I was slowing down as well and continued homeward instead.
- The Scotch Pine Alleé showed no bare ground today...
- One last pause was in order to capture the way the snow drifts wrapped around the bases of the trees.
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Birds
- 1 Turkey Vulture
- 3 Red-tailed Hawk
- 1 Mourning Dove
- 10 American Crow
- 2 Black-capped Chickadee
- 1 Tufted Titmouse
- 1 White-breasted Nuthatch
- 1 Brown Creeper
- 2 American Robin
- 6 Dark-eyed Junco
Insects
Other Animals
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