We found a very interesting group of tracks of all sizes the other day on our hike.
Cross tracks at the cross road
Maine
Small tracks along the snow trail
As our weather meanders deeper into winter, our time in the woods gets shorter and shorter. It doesn’t go above freezing anymore. More and more forest life leaves only their tracks and most of them are mysteries.
Kitty tracks
Kitty cat
With tiny tracks
Walks through the winter
Winter graphic
This could be a progress chart on pandemic impacts or snow on our garage roof.
Turkey tracks
We have had little chance so far this winter in getting some good bird pictures. But a little light snow and some time in the back woods did provide us with some “almost” bird images!
Winter begins on Woodbury
It was weeks ago before the ice came that we saw this on Woodbury Pond. Now, the ice is here, the Republican stormtroopers have assaulted the US Capitol, and the nation has lost over 350,000 people in nine months of pandemic. Make America Great Again has new meaning.
Winter on the bog stream
Our winter started last week with heavy wet snow followed by consistently freezing temperatures. The icing of the waterways has begun. The drought conditions are history. The beavers are into winter hiding and the birds are getting ready for the cold.
Duck on a log
A female mallard checks out the rest of her crowd before venturing into the water in an inlet on Woodbury Pond.
Approaching the dam
From earlier this fall during our canoe ride up the Madagascal stream near Burlington, Maine. The beavers selected this wide spot to construct their largest dam. There are several narrower sections within a mile or so. It remains a mystery to us why this spot was selected.
Defending the trading post
The re-created stockade fence protecting the buildings of the Cushnoc Trading Post at Fort Western in Augusta, Maine.
john's f-stop 