2nd Wednesday Walk- February 2nd, 2022

Another cold, bright sunny day. Plenty of snow. Bigger crowd this week with six guests, one was a repeat visitor, and Alli, Chelsea and Maura. We were enthralled by lots of fox sign- tracks, scat and maybe urine.
We took a few sniffs but did not get a super strong skunk smell. Once guests pointed out blood splots on the trail as well. We stopped at the beaver chews and another guest noticed that in the tangle of honeysuckle and multliflora rose is also AUTUMN OLIVE, a nother non-native species, and that the beaver is actually chewing down this shrub in this tangle. Must be tasty! An our return trip along the channel, the group saw three Eastern Bluebirds that landed in some winterberry along the trail and two red-tailed hawks were sighted soaring above the station as the guests were leaving.

Posted on February 9, 2022 12:49 PM by mauraflora7