Dateline 7 April, 2011. Still early in the time of emergence from hibernation: I made the fairly long walk and wade to a compartment I call the Cranberry Sedge Meadow, or alternately (or simultaneously) the Sweetgale/Leatherleaf Meadow. This is a wetland I would like to describe in more detail in the future; a level expanse […]

Dateline 3 April 2011: In contrast to last year’s early thaw and warmth, that brought spotted turtles out of hibernation on the 15th of March, the earliest date on which I have recorded emergence from hibernation in my thirty year annals of the Digs, spring was late to break this year. And it is yet […]