Nature & Wildlife Thread

[j.w]

Wowzer, you stole all the good pictures to camp at JB. Another beautiful,fun trip for you

 

[addy1]

What a great end of season camp trip! beautiful shots!

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Went to a new place yesterday called Hawthorn Hallow. A small area, but nice woodlands.

stone path:

wigwam along the trail:

They also have these three old buildings from the 1800s. Two were schools and one was a town hall.

 

[j.w]

Neat place to explore. Boy fall has hit you alright! What's the little hut used for?

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Neat place to explore. Boy fall has hit you alright! What's the little hut used for?

Yeah, the good part of fall is almost over. Now onto the cold, windy, colorless fall. The hut is just an example of a Native American wigwam for people to check out as they walk by.

 

[addy1]

Very nice

 

[j.w]

Has hit us too and today is so dark and dreary. I see, so the place has a lot of historical examples so you understand how the people lived way back when. Cool!

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Well, I headed out again today . Kind of a last minute plan I went to my favorite trail.

Visited the birdhouse I donated last year:

the trail is on the northern edge of the largest wet-prairie east of the mississippi river.

I found a few Garter snakes including this one:

and this Blandings Turtle sunning right on the path

 

[addy1]

Cute little snake and a great looking place

 

[j.w]

You have so many cool places you found to visit JB. Neat you have such a nice spot to visit near you that you love

 

[koiguy1969]

 

[Mike in Vermont]

 

[addy1]

We see turkeys out in a corn field near our house, never really close though.

 

[Mike in Vermont]

They showed up twice a day for 3 days, and never came back. The first day, I was sitting by the pond. I heard this ruckus out back. I ran and saw turkeys clucking, running and flying. Our dog was checking them out. I was surprised to see them return. They surrounded the pond and house several times. I hope they have an easy winter.

 

[addy1]

They are huge, out in the field you almost think it is a small deer.