A Year in the Forest

I started out the day by going a different route.  I went down the ravine to harvest a Bear’s Tooth Mushroom I have been eyeing from the ridge top.  While going down the ravine I spotted something I have been looking for for quite a while, a fox den.  We have several foxes and I have always seen them going toward one area.  That is where I spotted the den.  Here is a couple of pictures of it.  One from afar.    And another closer up.    Foxes usually have several dens that they wander between.  This one looks active right now because of the well worn path going to it.

Going further down the ravine I did find the Bear’s Tooth Mushroom.     I also found a ripe paw-paw.  The only one this season.  A paw-paw tastes like a super sweet banana.  The black walnuts are falling with so much rapidity that I almost got hit twice.