Views
- It was almost November and looked like it.
- A quiet, cool and damp walk brought me to the road to the Fern Glen.
- In the Glen, a dead tree had fallen across the path; it was conveniently broken in sections.
- Leaving the Glen, I paused to gaze up the path to the Plant Science building.
- Along the Cary Pines Trail, Partridge berry peeked out from under fallen leaves.
- Farther along, an old log's usually inconspicuous mosses and lichens had perked up with the recent moisture.
- The ancient clubmosses were represented by Creeping Cedar and (I think) Tree Clubmoss.
- Mushrooms were making a rare appearance this year.
- This foot bridge appeared to be undisturbed by the recent high waters.
- A neighboring tree offered an opposing argument.
- Except for signs of the recent flooding, the Wappinger Creek Trail was quiet... until strange grunting and squeeking arrested my enterance to the Sedge Meadow Trail: it was a fat racoon in the shagbark hickory!
- So uneventful has been the fungus at the Old Oak this season, I consider closing this chapter.
- A commotion filled the last tree as the Sedge Meadow Trail lets out to the Gifford House lawn.
- They were all the handsome Cedar Waxwing.
- White-throated sparrows, golden-crowned kinglets, and even a pheasant made this final stop of the day the hot spot of the day.
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Birds
- 1 Ring-necked Pheasant
- 1 Mourning Dove
- 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
- 2 Downy Woodpecker
- 1 Northern Flicker
- 6 Blue Jay
- 7 American Crow
- 25 Black-capped Chickadee
- 2 Tufted Titmouse
- 6 White-breasted Nuthatch
- 1 Carolina Wren
- 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet
- 1 American Robin
- 15 Cedar Waxwing
- 2 White-throated Sparrow
- 12 Dark-eyed Junco
- 1 Northern Cardinal
Mammals
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