Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Saturday Visit
Forgot to put this up with my map since some pretty exciting things were witnessed saturday. I heard seven different species of birds, not sure what they all were but definitely chickadee's and woodpeckers, and a woodpecker even paid a visit to my place. I have pictures, but they are on two different friends cameras, so i must visit their respective places to download them. Smelled a skunk on my way in, and saw some really cool mammal tracks that i will hopefully identify. The animal trekked right past my spot to centennial brook. Very cool. Pics coming soon... including our bus adventure at lone rock.
Monday, February 21, 2011
My Map
Finally!! Had to figure out a pdf to jpeg conversion but here it is...thought the legend would be clearer though
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Second Visit
There were many patterns that i observed as i sat at my place. A few stuck out to me though.
One was as the snow reached the stream, still slightly visible under all the snow, it turned to ice, and then flowed seamlessly into the water. This natural beauty is seldom appreciated, but sitting in the quiet edge of the woods, it was a place of wonder. Why did this snow turn to ice before melting away? I will refrain from analyzing, but it was sweet.
Another was the leaning of seemingly dead shrubbery around my spot. It was almost as if they were subordinate to the wind that channeled through the woods from the clearing. I sat wondering which were alive and which were not, and how i could determine this by sight.
A third pattern i saw was the series of holes running up and down dead trees around my spot. I wonder if these holes are random, or quite deliberate. were they simply searching for food, or a place to live and raise their young. There also seemed to be bark left on only certain select spots on the dead trees.
One was as the snow reached the stream, still slightly visible under all the snow, it turned to ice, and then flowed seamlessly into the water. This natural beauty is seldom appreciated, but sitting in the quiet edge of the woods, it was a place of wonder. Why did this snow turn to ice before melting away? I will refrain from analyzing, but it was sweet.
Another was the leaning of seemingly dead shrubbery around my spot. It was almost as if they were subordinate to the wind that channeled through the woods from the clearing. I sat wondering which were alive and which were not, and how i could determine this by sight.
A third pattern i saw was the series of holes running up and down dead trees around my spot. I wonder if these holes are random, or quite deliberate. were they simply searching for food, or a place to live and raise their young. There also seemed to be bark left on only certain select spots on the dead trees.
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