Archive for September 2020
No Mushrooms But A Nice Hike In The Weiser Stater Forest Roaring Creek Tract
My search for the orange birch, aspen and oak bolete mushrooms took me to the Roaring Creek Tract of the Weiser State Forest in Columbia County last Sunday. I had hiked there a few times and thought it might be a good place to look for these mushrooms. My family has gathered these “red top”…
Read MoreLate Summer Green Ridge Walks With My Macro Lens. More Butterflies and Insects.
Late Summer arrived here in Northeastern Pennsylvania with more heat and sunny days. I spent a few of those hot, sunny afternoons walking in the woods near my home in the Green Ridge section of Hazle Township with my macro lens. Once again the patch of flowering mint near my house attracted a number of…
Read MoreAn Early September Hike At The PPL Wetlands: Beavers, Muskrats And Deer
September is mushroom season here in Northeastern Pennsylvania. I spent my afternoons last week and all day Saturday looking for bolete, hen of the woods and chicken of the woods mushrooms. I didn’t find any. So,on Sunday, I decided to take a break from my mushroom hunting and return to the PPL Wetlands in Salem…
Read MoreWood Ducks, A Kingfisher But No Bald Eagle At the PPL Wetlands
After another week of searching for wild mushrooms, this time with some success, (this is a photo of some of my finds, including chicken of the woods, hen of the woods, and milker mushrooms), I decided to take a break and search for wood ducks, bald eagles, kingfishers and other wildlife, at the PPL Wetlands…
Read MoreLate Summer Walks At Community Park
It’s hard to believe it’s late Summer already. It seems as if we were just celebrating the arrival of the robins and first flowers of Spring . But Summer is ending, and I saw many signs of the coming Fall on a couple of afternoon walks I took at my local Community Park these past…
Read MoreMorning Mist And Sunshine: The End Of Summer At The PPL Wetlands.
I awoke to clear, calm skies and a cold 37 degrees at my home in Hazle Township Luzerne County on Saturday. I decided to return and hike in the PPL Wetlands, in Salem Township. It is located about 20 miles north of my home. When I arrived I found a cold mist rising on the…
Read MoreSeptember Afternoon Hikes With My Macro Lens
Fall arrived here in Northeastern Pennsylvania on Tuesday morning with clears skies and an early morning frost. The sun is still strong and quickly warmed the morning air. Temperatures were in the 60’s by noon., I took advantage of the pleasant weather and went on a a couple of late September afternoon walks this week…
Read MoreAn Early Autumn Walk In Community Park.
Rain was in the forecast for Saturday morning here in Northeastern Pennsylvania. So I decided to stay close to home and take an early Autumn walk at the nearby Community park in Hazle Township, Luzerne County. It was partly to mostly cloudy with a seasonably cool 53 degrees when I arrived at the park around…
Read MoreMore Fall Color Appears At The PPL Wetlands
I awoke to cloudy skies, a light rain and mild summer-like temperatures on Sunday morning. I decided to return and hike in the PPL Wetlands in Salem Township, Luzerne. Despite the warm temperatures, I quickly was reminded it was Autumn as the trees in the wetlands were continuing to display more color with each visit…
Read More