Trails
- The winds were wild and clouds dramatic across the Old Hayfields.
- Tuesday at about 10:00 AM, the Old Oak simply fell over with a crash that was heard at Gifford gardens and beyond.
- A closer look shows the roots were pretty rotted away.
- Other trees underneath were shattered by its enormous bulk.
- Branches reach up in new ways - one of many changes to be seen, I'm sure.
- Gray dogwood berries were still hanging on in the Old Pasture.
- Back-lit little bluestem grass vanished among the cedars.
- The maples were almost bare now at my favorite view up the Wappinger Creek.
In the Fern Glen
- Burlap has been put up to protect the buds from deer browse through the winter.
- The black waters of the pond have taken on a milky swirl.
- With an invitation like this, how could I pass up the opportunity to try out a little hand lens.
- See you in the spring!
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Birds
- 1 Red-tailed Hawk
- 1 Downy Woodpecker
- 2 Blue Jay
- 4 American Crow
- 8 Black-capped Chickadee
- 1 White-breasted Nuthatch
- 3 Golden-crowned Kinglet
- 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- 1 Eastern Bluebird
- 6 American Robin
- 18 European Starling
- 4 White-throated Sparrow
- 1 Dark-eyed Junco
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