It's not the most dynamic time of year at the Pine Bush Preserve - but I wouldn't go as far as another visitor who claimed to have seen nothing!
We ventured out onto the trails which are slightly disrupted at the moment - not by their regular controlled burns but by some more long-term changes. We saw quite a few of these:
The trails were about as we expected - icy in places. E5N1's technique was to run and keep running. It seemed to work - the lying down picture was from a voluntary rest to wait for us to catch up - the rest of us took a more measured approach.
Some of the ice was crinkling like this and leaving impressive marks in the mud once it had melted away.
We also saw chipmunks, a blue jay, crows and chickadees - so I can report that the Pine Bush is alive and well. We are also alive and well and happy to get out on the trails to combat the February cabin-fever.
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