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Thanks, 46er. That's interesting relating to the Owl. I thought maybe the pheasant was injured on the ground, but had the ability to fly 6 feet up to the branch and died there.

Spung-Man; thanks for chiming in. I never expected you getting involve with one of my post. Good stuff! As I mentioned, Harshberger described that the east lobe of the West Plain is separated from the main area by a "bottom" or depression with oak forest. Into this valley runs the Skyes...

Thanks Rednek; You are probably right. The tree was in a wet area. Close by was another tree with a different bark structure. Red maple leaves were on the ground at both trees. The bottom line is, this oak forest needs to be much further away from the wet area. Who knows where that's at...

This was closed to the southwest corner of Coyle Field.

Well, to be a little graphic, two on the ground appeared to be eaten, but the other one on the ground was missing its head only, not eaten. The one in the tree had its head, not eaten. I have a picture at that angle, but I thought it would be best to show the one I posted.

Back in the early 1900's, botanist, John William Harshberger described an area in the east lobe of the West Plains as an "oak bottom". An area of a depression with an oak forest in the valley of the Sykes Branch. Today, I had the incentive to find this location since my Grandfather knew Prof...

My final guess. It is a 1956 Dodge Coronet, based on the tail light. The bottom light does not protrude as far ouyt as the top light.

Or a food delivery bag.

My best guess is a 1955-56 Dodge.

Critter; you are correct on all counts. I also have done well fishing there over the years.

Thanks Bob, it certainly looked different then the other rushes that were near by, that I thought were J canadensis.

Well; my outing in the Pines today didn't go as planned. It hasn't been the first time. My objective was to explore a portion of the Shreve Branch where I had discovered remnants of several old corduroy roads and bridge foundations on my last visit back in April of 2011. First I had to...

Bob; I've been there about 5 times over the past several years, but never during the time when flowering plants were in bloom. So I only know Narthecium and pitcher plants are present. The photo of the pitcher plant grouping is in the most saturated area. It's always is, even without all the...

Recently, I hiked to a remote area of the Pine Barrens into coyote territory (heard them), to explore some open sphagnum swamps along a stream I've been there several times before Not having a 4-wheeled vehicle, it's about a two mile hike, with three water crossing (not caused by recent rains)...

I visited the upper stretch of this stream last week to give myself a little introduction of the area. The water as much lower and running clearer. The photos below were all taken as I stood in the stream. Yesterday, the water was running faster and too high to get across.

Yesterday, I set out to hike along a stream to its headwaters, where the waters are crystal clear before iron and tannic acids start to build up. It was tough going in the lower half due to the heavy thicket and the extremely saturated swamps caused by recent heavy rains. Further up where the...

At times, when my exploring takes me to some old bogs, I'll bring along my 5' rod that breaks down into two pieces for easy transport. I've done well in the shallow bogs and deeper reservoirs. I even caught pickerel in bog canal systems. Some spots in the Friendship Bogs are so shallow, you...

On Monday, I spent a couple hours on a very flooded road within the Wharton section of the Pines. Having been on this road before, I knew what to expect, especially with all the hard rains we been having. It was somewhat challenging, but manageable, slushing through 2 to 8 inches of water...

This is new territory for me. I haven't been on Maple Island Rd. I drive a 4-door sedan. I have no problem driving up Sandy Causeway from Chew Rd to Maple Island. I hear it gets more sandy north of that. They are currently re-grading the roads in this area. They did Sandy Causeway from...

I have been roaming the Pines for the past ten years. Even though I've traveled to the deepest parts, I've done very little exploring on the west side of RT 206, south of Atsion Lake. For the past month, I spent much time there searching out numerous spungs and areas showing remnants of past...