Glorious, simply glorious
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1: yellow birch 2: hardwoods, forest floor with abundant wild lily of the valley (Maianthemum canadense); pit and mound topography 3: interrupted fern 4: shadbush (Amelanchier sp) 5: hobblebush 6. sugar maple 7: hobblebush 8: white birch |
9: starflower 10: Rhodora (our native azalea) 11: Sandy Lake beach 12: sugar maple 13: painted trillium 14: striped maple 15: wild lily of the valley in flower 16: cucumber plant 17: painted trillium (in flower) amongst blue-bead lily (not yet in flower) |
Heard but not seen: ovenbird, a good indicator of undisturbed forest/forest interior.
Update: ‘Got it, a few days later. On the ground, not chirping:
