Middle Branch Investigation

[bobpbx]

I am going to the Middle Branch of the Forked River tomorrow. I will be deep in the cedar swamp. If anyone is interested in going let me know. I am looking for 2 certain plants. I will probably leave around 10:30 or so. It will be about 2.5 miles. You can meet me at Wells Mills at 11:00. That is the side I'm going in at. Rubber boots needed.

 

[Teegate]

I wish you had given more notice.

Guy

 

[bobpbx]

I wish you had given more notice.

Guy

Sorry Guy, I was looking at the weather and I did not know if Kara was going to be around or not. She turned 19 yesterday. I will be taking her out to dinner tomorrow evening.

 

[Teegate]

I have things I have to do, and would have finished them yesterday afternoon if I had known. I won't be able to make it I would have loved to come. Sorry!

Tell your daughter Happy Birthday! I will have one soon but it won't be 19 I am jealous.


Guy

 

[Teegate]

Bob,

I will be at Wells Mills Park at 11. I tried calling but something wacky was happening with the phone.

Guy

 

[Teegate]

Bob and I headed out in search of some elusive flowers at a particular location, and in short order I saw a snake. Bob identified it as a water snake, and promptly caught it.


Bob with snake. I like the glasses BTW.

Closer look.

Bob and I were chewing on a stick, so Buddy decided he didn’t want to be left out. He walked around in the woods and returned with this one.

He looks like a reindeer

Guy

 

[bobpbx]

Thanks for accompanying me Guy. Always a treat having you along.

That Buddy is a riot. He got the stem of that blueberry bush stuck between his front teeth. He stood there like that! Nice shots Guy.

 

[woodjin]

Glad you guys had a good time out there. Nice catch on that snake Bob, they can be nasty when trying to catch them. Was he still a bit sluggish from the cold? Nice color phase. Looks like a lot of swamp maples from the photo.

Jeff

 

[bobpbx]

Glad you guys had a good time out there. Nice catch on that snake Bob, they can be nasty when trying to catch them. Was he still a bit sluggish from the cold? Nice color phase. Looks like a lot of swamp maples from the photo.

Jeff

I didn't give him a chance to be nasty. I surprised him by moving quickly and pressing my walking stick against his neck, pinning him down. He squirmed pretty good, not real sluggish.

We moved from a maple swamp into a nice cedar swamp. Here's a sure sign of Mid-Spring:

Here are the largest inkberry holly bushes behind Guy I have ever seen. We estimated 14-15 feet tall. Wild!

 

[james ungehajer]

Great photos,looks like you'se had a real interesting day.

 

[woodjin]

Wow, those are some huge inkberrys!! Bob, do you have any idea about the life span of an inkberry bush? Could you guess and age of those bushes?

 

[bobpbx]

Wow, those are some huge inkberrys!! Bob, do you have any idea about the life span of an inkberry bush? Could you guess and age of those bushes?

No, I can't tell. It is weird they are so high.