PHOTOPAGE 386

    

   

 

End of February 2009

Poking around, I found some new green underfoot as well as the flowering moss on fallen trees. The ground is spongy on days above freezing and the water birds have paired off. It must be pre-calendar Spring!

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386.11 Black Walnut 

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386.12 Emerging Lesser Celandine  

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386.13 Predator Event 

   

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386.1  Moss in Flower   
 

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386.2 Honey Locust Bark 

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386.3 Tendril

Always fascinating is the above thorn armored Honey Locust tree. The thorns growing directly out of the side of the trunk and branches  range from less than an inch to over 6 inches long and are very sharp. The bark is tough and often has a peeled back appearance. It is said that in the past the thorns were used as nails.

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386.5 Beech leaf shadows 

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 386.4 Winter Disarray

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 386.6 Knotweed 

Above, the American Beech tree with smooth, skin like bark and leaves that hang on through Winter. 
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386.7 Ice Pattern  

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386.8 Canada Geese 

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386.9 Fertile Fronds - Sensitive Fern  

A first spotting of these, for me at the canal - although I'm not a seasoned bird spotter - I don't seek birds out - they come to me, so to speak.

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386.10 Hooded Mergansers  

 

  

   
 
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