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Here is a good link with excellent pics of male and female ticks for both wood and deer ticks: http://closerviews.photoshelter.com/image/I0000Qh6JMJlkIts As far as a decline...not sure. I'm treating my field clothing with permethrin, so I'm seeing fewer (none, actually!).:o:D

early saxifrage long-spurred violets spring peeper spotted salamander egg masses

Hi Mohamed. It's Shadbush.

http://www.macsnaturals.com/blog/wood-ticks-deer-ticks-diseases-they-carry-and-identification They don't really look that much alike.

Wild columbine is blooming on sunny rocky outcrops in the Upper Valley! Cooler, shadier areas are a bit behind, but should begin blooming soon. jason

Nice pics, Phil! Shadbush is correct. The other one looks like creeping phlox.

Found some dwarf ginseng and three of the smallest red trillium I've ever seen!

anyone else missing all of arghman's post to this thread, as in year's past? arghman, come back! who will we ask our ID question to?:o

my worst garden pests are woodchucks! thanks for the green.

thanks for the green :-)

I was walking a property today in VT, and saw: ramps, violets (white, yellow an violet), wild ginger, hepatica, trout lily, spring beauty, wood anemone, toothwort, blue cohosh, foamflower, squirrel corn, and dutchmans' breeches, marsh marigold and hobblebush. Phew. I don't think I left any out...

Or a positive way. It isn't a terrible thing to have something besides cars and hunters to keep the deer population in check. Deer negatively affect the rate of regeneration of hardwoods in areas where they browse heavily, which is a problem for folks who are trying to manage their forest for...

Marsh marigolds are in bloom in the Upper Valley.

sad. beautiful animal. I've been close to a coyote twice recently (well, not forestgnome close!, but close!). They are beautiful creatures. Also found a fox skull in the woods on Friday in Haverhill, NH.

I was in Barnet, VT today and came across hepatica, bluets, trailing arbutus, coltsfoot, northern white voilet, and wake robin. Bad pics in the breezy, sunny weather with the iphone, so I won't post 'em.:o

Thanks for the clarification on deer/wood tick deseases, everyone! I've been seeing about equal parts nymph and adult deer ticks so far. no wood (dog) ticks yet.

trout lilies are in bloom in the Upper Valley! balsam poplar catkin I didn't know much about these trees until today! Cool trees!

I went to the first one in Canaan. It is always fun looking over maps and dreaming!

Could the blood be from winter ticks?

It describes the landowner issues, and says the trail is unmaintained below the Kilkenny Ridge Trail jct. It continues to say there is no legal access to Cabot from the west. There is no actual trail description.