The delicate Spring Beauty is beginning to flower throughout our parks. Look for carpets of them on the forest floor. Posted : March 30, 2016
Tiny Four-toed Salamanders will keep watch over their eggs until they hatch. They will also tend to the eggs of other Four-toed Salamanders that lay eggs in communal nests. The preferred nest habitat is a sphagnum moss hummock where the eggs wlll be protected and kept moist. After hatching the young larvae fall to the water below and begin their life in the wetland pool.
While visiting Hemlock Lake we noticed that a Barred Owl was perched in a tree watching us. Barred owls are one of the few owls that can be seen during the daytime and we suspect this one might be nesting here or looking for a nest site.
