In the few remaining clearings with last year's bracken and raspberry canes, we came up with a dozen or so little ones. The developer has lowered the water table. May 96 Returned to both sites. Nothing but a g'zillion mosquitos. Ground cover taking off.
Oaks are already in catkins.
Too many warm moist nights since last Sunday. We spotted a small cluster of what looked like collybia dryophila , but since we were allegedly hunting morels and there were only a few, we left them. We did get good looks at a raccoon, a muskrat, and a water snake. Pussy toes and Canadian Mayflower are just about ready to bloom, blueberries already are, and the milkweed are finally up. Maybe we'll see some monarchs this year.