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Certainly Not A Sign Of Spring
Seeing a Robin (Turdus migratorius) on the second day of January is certainly not a sign of spring, particularly when there are weather forecasts of snow happening here in just a few days. Sounds for sure like good ol’ winter to me. Many Robins don’t migrate at all but stay right where they’ve been during…
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American Beech And Its Marcescent Leaves
An American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) showing off its marcescent leaves. These Beech trees create patches through the woods of pale brown areas of leaves hanging on, waiting for spring to fall to the ground. Marcescence occurs when deciduous trees, mainly Beech or Oak trees, let their leaves wither in the late fall but they fail…
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The Big Mushroom Is Still There
Back in October I did a post about a Giant Puffball (Calvatia gigantea). Today while out roaming about I came upon that same Puffball. Very old, looking like a ball broken open and filled with powdered cocoa. I had wondered what happened to it. Apparently not much. Just a great change in its color. From…
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A Few Days Ago, Sunrise
Nearly a week ago. The first morning of winter, as the sun was coming up painting a glow of warm coloring across the landscape. Captured by Yucca Filmentosa (Yucca filamentosa). Welcome winter. I love having you here. _______________________ If you would like to receive my daily blog posts by email, sign up here!
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An Eastern White Pine Cone
The cone of an Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus), which usually grows to between 6 and 8 inches. The seeds from the cone are eaten by nuthatches, chickadees, grosbeaks, blue jays, juncos, woodpeckers, brown thrashers as well as black bears, rabbits, and squirrels. The needles of the Eastern White Pine grow in bundles (fascicles) of…