David Reik, Photo Blog

 On 2020-10-6, I visited Bluff Point in Groton, CT.  Below is a a link that takes you to an interactive map I made that shows where I took the pictures below. http://arcg.is/viWmq0 Here's a screenshot of the interactive map. 1 2 2.  Rugosa Rose, Rosa rugosa, native to eastern Asia.  This rose species is often seen near salt water. 2.  Rugosa Rose, Rosa rugosa, native to eastern Asia. 2.  Is this a vein of pink granite? 3 3 4.  Jimsonweed, Datura stramonium, a native, probably, of Central America. 4.  Jimsonweed, Datura stramonium, a native, probably, of Central America. 4.  Jimsonweed, Datura stramonium, a native, probably, of Central America. 4.  Jimsonweed, Datura stramonium, a native, probably, of Central America. 4.  Black Cherry, Prunus serotina? 4.  This was growing on a limb of the tree above.  Bristly Beard Lichen, Usnea hirta? 4.  Black Cherry, Prunus serotina? 4....

 On 2020-10-1, I visited Timberlin Park in Berlin, CT. Blow-down 1.  I hiked with Bill Shortell of New Britain, CT.  We found lots of evidence of blow-down cutting that had been down in recent weeks on the Metacomet Trail.  We are sitting on the first large blow-down we came to as we hiked from Timberlin Park towards Ragged Mountain. Bill stopped to take a phone call at a viewpoint on the Metacomet. Blow-down 2.  Actually two blow-downs. Blow-down 3. Blow-down 4. Blow-down 5.  Is that another blow-down another 100 feet down the trail? Fungi that Bill found near the mill dam.  I think this is chicken of the woods, Laetiporus sulphureus, an edible mushroom. This map is no longer accurate now that the Blue/Red Metacomet Loop Trail has been established. The QR code on the map takes you to  http://www.etrailhead.net/trails/20  . Here's a map showing where the defective map and the blow-downs were. After the hike with Bill, I walked easterly a...

On 2020-9-17, I hiked the Hazen Drive trails in Avon, CT.  I took pictures of blow-downs.  I went back to cut the blow-downs on 2020-9-22, 2020-9-25, and 2020-9-25.  Below is a link to a map that shows the locations of the blow-downs, as recorded by my iPhone 5s. http://arcg.is/4W1ne0 BD 1 BD 1 BD 2.  I left this alone BD 3 BD 3 BD 4 BD 4 BD 5 BD 5 BD 6 BD 6 BD 7 BD 7 BD 8 BD 8 BD 9 BD 9 BD 10 BD 10 BD 11 (no "before" picture) David Reik