A Year in the Forest

  If you look real closely in the middle of the picture you can see a deer standing there.

The buzzards made for quite a display.  It is not evident from the pictures but the local crows did not like the buzzards around and were cawing and harassing them.

  Another cool day, I did wear long pants again but am still wearing my short sleave shirt.  I worked on the new path again.  It affords a view of the den in the side of the ravine that I wrote about earlier. I encountered a deer again today.  It is getting near deer hunting season and I have expected them to get a little more afraid of me but that has not happened.

The freeze did stop most of the mushroom growth.  Now I will have to start looking at other things.

  The forest was damp and the air cool this morning.  I took the opportunity to go off the beaten path and look at some other areas.  I am not sure why but the bird activity was really ramped u, they were flitting around and bathing in puddles everywhere.  I did find one thing I have been looking for – more of the deer carcass from a few days ago.  I also found some fresh puffball mushrooms that I picked and we had or supper.

  Dry day in the forest.  Leaves are falling more every day.  I heard the deer snort at me and saw the squirrels playing in the leaves.